'Your Screens': Movie tickets go online; entertainment becomes affordable in AP

Amaravati: Cinema buffs can now buy movie tickets online at fixed prices. Thanks to the Andhra Pradesh Film Development Corporation portal 'Your Screens', movie tickets sale will be available online. It will end the black marketing of tickets and make entertainment available to the general public at an affordable price.

Managing Director, AP Film Development Corporation T Vijay Kumar Reddy said the audience can book movie tickets at the standard price through the portal with a service charge of Rs 1.95 per ticket. While one percent of the service charge will go into the APFDC kitty, 0.95 percent will be paid to the service provider.

All tickets sold online or at current booking counters will be issued only through the state government-managed portal. Further, the seats in theatres will be mapped through the new software. Every ticket sale will be reflected on the state government portal.

Other online portals continue:

The government said earlier agreements of theatres with the existing online portals would continue. The audience can book tickets through the government portal.