Since there is no specific thread to discuss about PVR Inox or any other theatre, posting this good news here
- Abhishek MR Filed A Complaint In A Consumer Court Of Bengaluru that a PVR Cinema wasted his 25 minutes by Showing Long Commercial Advertisements due to which The Show Scheduled To Start At 4:05 PM Actually Started At 4:30 PM When He Went To Watch Sam Bahadur On 26th December Which Disrupted His Schedule & Plan Of Returning To Work By 6:30 PM
- The district consumer forum ordered PVR Inox to pay ₹20,000 to the complainant for causing him mental agony and inconvenience, and an additional ₹8,000 towards the expenses he bore to file the complaint. Additionally, PVR Inox was also ordered to pay ₹1 lakh as punitive damages for engaging in unfair trade practices. This amount is to be paid to the consumer welfare fund within 30 days, according to the February 15 order.
"In the new era, time is considered as money, each one's time is very precious, no one has right to gain benefit out of others time and money. 25-30 (minutes) is not less to sit idle in the theatre and watch whatever the theatre telecasts. It is very hard for busy people with tight schedule watching unnecessary advertisements. However, they make their own arrangements to get some relaxation with family. (This does) not mean that people have no other work to do," the consumer forum said.
"In our view OPs 1 and 3 (PVR and INOX) can telecast only PSAs 10 mins prior of the movie as per the guidelines," the consumer commission said.
"The viewers who seated early in the theatre watches advertisements silently till the scheduled time. Taking beyond the scheduled time for the purpose of telecasting the advertisements that too commercial advertisements, is unjust and unfair," the commission said.
A consumer court in Bengaluru has ordered PVR Cinemas and INOX (now merged with PVR) to ensure that movie tickets mention the actual start time of movie shows,
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