A show of Puneeth Rajkumar's Raajakumara was cancelled at a multiplex in Bengaluru on Friday evening following protests from the audience, who alleged that the management refused to turn on the air conditioner for Kannada movies.
The AC was not switched on despite many people raising the issue with the employees of the multiplex, according to television reports. Viewers were irked by the poor response of the management, who are even said to have told them that they would not provide AC comfort for Kannada movies and that those who cannot watch the film can leave the theatre. This response triggered the protests.
A viewer, who was in the multiplex to watch the Kannada film Raajakumara, narrated the incident to International Business Times, India edition. "I realised that the AC was not on while entering the auditorium itself and informed an employee to turn it on. We started feeling suffocated inside the theatre within the first 40 minutes of the show.
"Many other viewers raised the issue along with me. What started as an argument soon turned into a heated verbal exchange between the theatre management and the audience. I think the AC started working at some point, but the situation had gone out of control by then.
"There were murmurs among the audience that an employee responded to one of the viewers, saying that they don't provide AC for Kannada movies! This hurt everyone of us and we were united in protesting against the multiplex. Soon Kannadigas from other screens joined us and apparently all the shows were cancelled due to this incident," he said.
IBT tried to reach the multiplex management for their response, but the number was not reachable.
Watch below the video clips of the protest that are doing the rounds online:
#pvrcinemas #Raajakumara pic.twitter.com/gE4SvjCexd
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