No, PVR is not charging higher amount for the seat adjacent to the reserved Hanuman seat for the movie Adipurush - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 14, 2023
The movie Adipurush is scheduled to release this week, and the film’s team has recently declared that a seat will be reserved for Lord Hanuman in every theater. In this context, a piece of news is going viral on social media platforms stating that the seat adjacent to the reserved Hanuman seat would be priced at Rs. 500. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: The seat next to the reserved Hanuman seat at the Adipurush movie would be priced at Rs. 500.
Fact: T-Series, the production company of Adipurush movie clarified that there would be no variation in rates for seats adjacent to the one specifically reserved for Lord Hanuman. Additionally, PVR did not categorize the seat adjacent to the reserved seat with different prices. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Adipurush, an adaptation of Ramayana is all set to release on 16 June 2023. Earlier the movie production group had decided to reserve one seat in every theatre screening the movie in honour of Lord Hanuman.
It is in this context reports suggesting that the cost of the reserved seat would be higher than regular seats came into light. Box office World, a portal related to movie updates mentioned in a tweet that the seat next to Lord Hanuman seat would cost Rs. 500 in PVR cinemas.
PVR ticket rates for #Adipurush
NORMAL SEAT : 250
TICKETS NEXT TO HANUMAN SEAT : 500
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However, T-Series, the production company behind the movie, responded on Twitter to deny these allegations. Through a tweet, T-Series clarified that the information circulating in the media about the ticket pricing for ‘Adipurush’ was misleading. They affirmed that there would be no variation in rates for seats adjacent to the one specifically reserved for Lord Hanuman.
#FraudAlert 🚨
There are misleading reports circulating in the media regarding #Adipurush ticket pricing. We want to clarify that there will be no differences in rates for seats next to the one reserved for Hanuman Ji! Don't fall for false information!
Jai Shri Ram! 🙏🏹
Additionally, PVR has opened pre-bookings of tickets for the movie in a few cities. However, there is no categorization of seats adjacent to the reserved Hanuman seat on the ticketing portal of PVR. This suggests that PVR is not applying different pricing for the seats adjacent to the reserved seat. For that matter, there are no reports of any cinema chains, pricing the seats in question differently.
To sum it up, PVR is not charging higher amount for the seat adjacent to the reserved Lord Hanuman seat for the movie Adipurush.