Kerala authorities inspect cinema theatres over excessive food and ticket pricing

…popcorn at a cinema when the price of a ticket was lesser than that. A host of complaints were being received by the civic body from the public that wanted interventions to address complaints of overpricing in cinemas. A solution should be found to the problem. However, before moving on to legal or administrative interventions, the Corporation wanted cinema owners to come to a consensus on the issue , the Mayor said. Cinemas should also provide drinking water inside or outside the cinema. Since it was the city Corporation that issued the licence to these establishments, the Corporation could seek that basic…