Tamil Nadu theatre owners call off strike over 30% local body tax

July 06, 2017 16:58

Theatre owners in Tamil Nadu have called off their indefinite strike over a 30 per cent municipal tax on movie tickets introduced after the Goods and Services Tax was launched at midnight last Friday. Movie shows will resume this evening.

The strike has been called off as he Tamil Nadu government would form a committee to study the issue.

More than a 1,000 cinemas in the state have been shut since Monday to protest against the hike in taxes - they say that the state tax of 30 per cent on tickets on top of the new national tax GST of 28 percent will deter cinema-goers and encourage piracy.

Tamil film industry representatives say the taxes could affect the livelihoods of nearly one million people.

Superstars Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan have already extended their support to the strike.

Rajinikanth, who is currently in the US for a health checkup, had yesterday requested the government to consider the film industry's plea.

"Keeping in mind the livelihood of lakhs of people in the Tamil film industry, I sincerely request the Tamil Nadu government to seriously consider our plea," he said in a tweet.

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