Telangana Allows Price Hike For Pawan Kalyan's Hari Hara Veera Mallu Despite Pushpa 2 Tragedy
The Telangana government approved a special premiere and ticket price hike for Hari Hara Veera Mallu. The film premieres on July 23, with increased prices until August 2.
The Telangana government has approved a special premiere and ticket price hike for Hari Hara Veera Mallu, starring Pawan Kalyan. This comes just months after promising not to allow such benefits for films.
In December 2024, after a tragic stampede at a Pushpa 2 promotional event left a woman dead and her son critically injured, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had declared in the Assembly, 'Until I am Chief Minister, I will not allow any privileges to the film industry." He had blamed the incident on unsafe crowd gatherings and promised to stop benefit and premiere shows.
But now, the government has made an exception for Hari Hara Veera Mallu. A new order allows a special premiere show on July 23 at 9 pm, a day before the film's release, with ticket prices set at Rs 600.
From July 24 to 27, multiplexes can charge Rs 200 extra and single screens Rs 150 extra. Between July 28 and August 2, multiplexes can hike prices by Rs 150, and single screens by up to Rs 106.
The film's producer, AM Rathnam, thanked Rohin Reddy, a close aide of the Chief Minister, for helping get the permission. He said, 'After the recent (Allu Arjun) incident in Telangana, we couldn't get ticket hikes and premieres. But thanks to (Revanth Reddy's close aide) Rohin Reddy, who is present here, in this event we received clearance for special show."
Pawan Kalyan's highly anticipated pan-India historical action epic, Hari Hara Veera Mallu is set to release in theatres on July 24. Ahead of the grand premiere, the film's producers have scheduled a pre-release event on July 21 in Hyderabad. Reportedly, the high-profile guest list includes ministers from Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, as well as other significant film industry figures.
As per a report by 123Telugu.com, the pre-release event for Hari Hara Veera Mallu will be held in the evening at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad. The chief guests include Eshwar Khandre, Karnataka's Forest Department Minister; AP Cinematography Minister Kandula Durgesh; Telangana Cinematography Minister Komatireddy Venkatreddy; and popular directors such as Ss Rajamouli and Trivikram Srinivas, among others. They will share the dais with Pawan Kalyan.
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