The Telangana government is blatantly playing with the people on the issue of film ticket prices.

During the Pushpa 2 stampede incident, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy thundered in the Assembly that he would not allow premiere shows or any hike in ticket rates.

But what happened later? The same government quietly released GOs for select films, permitting sharp hikes.

For OG, tickets were shamelessly priced at Rs 800 for premiere shows held a day before release. In Nizam, the film’s four-day collection was fattened mainly due to these inflated prices. Single-screen tickets were fixed at Rs 227, while multiplexes charged Rs 445.

People expected normal rates to return from Monday, but the same hiked prices continued, despite Court's order to return to normal prices.

Only after heavy critic

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