Why Are Mary Kom Tickets Still Priced High Despite Being Tax-Free?

   Mardaani was declared tax free soon after its first weekend was concluded and still the benefit of it did not show on its cumulative numbers much. The film went tax free in both Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and now even Mary Kom released tax free in multiple states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. The entire motive of allowing the film to go tax free is to enable more and more people to watch the film. But most metropolitan cities are victims of price discrepancies between the single screens and multiplexes.

   As per reports of a popular leading daily, in case of Maharashtra, a 45% rebate is ideal for Mary Kom given the tax structure of the state. While many theaters, especially single screens have lowered the prices of the tickets to as low 90 rupees per ticket, multiplexes still continue to rake in 300 rupees per ticket for Mary Kom. On weekends, the prices were even higher, touching 400 rupees at many top multiplexes in the city.

   The leading daily even brought to notice that the term ‘tax-free’ is not being used honestly because a lot of theaters which actually would have charged the 150 rupees for the ticket show the drop on the raised prices of the film that stretches to double at times. The heightened price is shown as 300 rupees for a ticket which after tax exemptions is 150 when the original price should have been 150 at most places. Though multiplex owners have told the daily that Mary Kom is enjoying atleast a 30% drop in its ticket prices, the same doesn’t show in the prices for real.