It seems even chief minister Siddaramaiah is bitten by the Baahubali bug. He was never known to be fond of films until recently.

Last month he watched the Kannada film Raajakumara starring Puneeth Rajkumar and appreciated it. Today, he decided to watch a Telugu film in Bengaluru. He watched the film at the multiplex in orion Mall.

The CM has just returned from a visit to Dubai and today is a government holiday because of May Day. The CM has spent his time watching the film along with other 45 members. Each ticket cost Rs 1,050 sources said. If the ticket price cap was done last week, the CM would have had to pay only Rs 200!

Sandalwood star Kiccha Sudeep has confirmed that he is not part of the Telugu film Baahubali The Conclusion which is a sequel to the 2015 film Baahubali The Beginning. Sudeep had played a small role in the first film and there was speculation that he will have a bigger role in the sequel.

Rs 200 Budget Impact - Part 2 - Baahubali Will Be a Test Case

However as the sequel is up for release next month Sudeep has clarified that he has not worked in the second film.  He has said that as a fan he is expecting to watch the film like others.

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What will be the real on ground effect of the Rs 200 limit on multiplex tickets? The test will come soon enough. As we have seen before, it is the big non-Kannada films that have spurred the exorbitant prices of tickets in Bengaluru's multiplexes. Let me reiterate again that though the cap is for all theatres, single screens and theatres outside Bengaluru hardly ever have ticket prices above Rs 200. It is only multiplexes in Bengaluru that have these unreasonable price.

Rs 200 Budget Impact - Part 1 - KM Veeresh Writes

The test of the impact will come in April when the big non-Kannada film Baahubali the Conclusion is releasing. The Telugu film is among the big non-Kannada film releasing in Karnataka this year. In 2015 the first part of the film was released and for weeks multiplexes had high ticket prices for the film. After that film, Hindi film Bhajarangi Bhaijaan also had high ticket prices. These films are said to have drained Rs 50 crore from the Karnataka market to outside. These two films also affected other films because audience who normally watched 3-4 films in a month ended up watching only one movie.

Multiplex Ticket Price Capped At Rs 200

The effect of Rs 200 cap is already being witnessed in the case of Baahubali. Expecting high ticket prices, the demand from distributors for Karnataka rights of the film was said to be Rs 35-40 crore. But since the announcement and expecting it to be implemented within a month before that film releases, the demand for the film from distributors has come down drastically. The distributors were expecting to recover the money within two weeks of release by pricing the film very high in multiplexes. But with the cap of Rs 200, the film will have to have a longer run of at least 4-5 weeks with the same capacity. 

CM Promises To Solve Multiplex Ticket Price Issue

Expecting that the film may find it difficult to recover such a huge amount, the asking price for the film has come down drastically according to sources. Infact except for Baahubali no other non-Kannada film had demanded so much money for distribution rights in Karnataka. Even Rajinikanth's Tamil films which enjoy large appeal was sold for much less. Only two non-Kannada films have been sold for more than Rs 10 crore in Karnataka for distribution. One is Baahubali The Beginning (Telugu) and the other is Kabali (Tamil). All other films including of big stars was available for Rs 2-3 crore earlier has now doubled or tripled. But not all of them make profit. 

Chiranjeevi's 150th film Khaidi No.150 was brought to Karnataka by paying Rs 8 crore. The film just about managed to recover its cost for the distributor. The film was a remake of a Tamil film. Now another Telugu film releasing this month Katamarayudu has been purchased for Rs 7 crore. The film will escape the Rs 200 cap. So it will be Baahubali which will be the real test for non-Kannada films in Karnataka. Going by the success of the previous instalment, the film may make big money. But how the local distributors react to the Rs 200 cap will decide the fate of non-Kannada films henceforth.

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Veteran Pro Kannada activist Vatal Nagaraj along with KFCC president Sa ra Govindu and other Pro Kannada activists stopped the screening of Telugu film 'Bahubali'. 

Earlier,  Vatal Nagaraj and others had warned to stop the screening of the film until actor Satyaraj who have played a major role in the film about his anti Kannada remarks in the Cauvery issue. 

Vatal Nagaraj reiterated that his fight is not against the film,  but with the actor who has made nasty remarks about Kannada and Kannadigas.  Vatal said his fight will continue until Satyaraj apologies.

Vatal and team first went to Orion Mall and then to PVR element mall and PVR Phoenix market city at Mahadevapura.

At Mahadevapura when the activists were there Bahubali 2 trailer started playing there in the screen situated in the premises. Seeing this all were angry and started hitting the screen with chapples. Vatal immediately called the authorities and warned them not to repeate it. 

ಬಾಹುಬಲಿ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದಲ್ಲೇ ದಾಖಲೆ ಬರೆದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ. ಮೇಕಿಂಗ್, ಬಾಕ್ಸಾಫೀಸ್..ಎರಡರಲ್ಲೂ ರೆಕಾರ್ಡ್ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಈಗ ವೆಬ್ ಸಿರೀಸ್ ರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲೇ ಎಲ್ಲ ಹೇಳಿರುವಾಗ ವೆಬ್ ಸಿರೀಸ್‍ನಲ್ಲೇನು ಹೊಸತಿರುತ್ತೆ ಎನ್ನುವವರಿಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ರಾಜಾಮೌಳಿ.

ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ರಾಜಮೌಳಿ ಈ ವೆಬ್ ಸಿರೀಸ್‍ನ ನಿರ್ಮಾಪಕರು. ಬಾಹುಬಲಿ : ಬಿಫೋರ್ ದಿ ಬಿಗಿನಿಂಗ್ ಅನ್ನೋದು ವೆಬ್ ಸಿರೀಸ್‍ನ ಟೈಟಲ್. ಅಂದಹಾಗೆ ಈ ಸಿರೀಸ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ರಮ್ಯಕೃಷ್ಣ ಜೊತೆ ನಯನತಾರಾ ಕೂಡಾ ಇರುತ್ತಾರಂತೆ. ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ರಮ್ಯ ಕೃಷ್ಣ, ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಯ ದೊಡ್ಡಮ್ಮ ಶಿವಗಾಮಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದರು. ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಗೆ ತಾಯಿಯಾಗಿದ್ದರು. ಆ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿಯ ತಾಯಿಯಾಗಿ ನಯನತಾರಾ ಬರುತ್ತಾರಂತೆ.

ಈ ಸಿರೀಸ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಹಿಷ್ಮತಿ ಸಾಮ್ರಾಜ್ಯದ ಕಥೆ, ಶಿವಗಾಮಿ ರಾಣಿಯಾದ ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳುತ್ತಾರಂತೆ. ವೆಬ್ ಸರಣಿ ಮಾಡುವವರು ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲೂ ಇಂತಹ ಮಾಡೆಲ್‍ಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಯೋಗಿಸಬಹುದು. 

ನಿಮಗೆ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿ ಇಷ್ಟವೋ.. ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಚಿತ್ರ ಇಷ್ಟವೋ.. ಅರೆ.. ಎರಡೂ ಇಂಡಿಯನ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳೇ ಅಲ್ವಾ ಅಂತೀರೇನೋ.. ಆದರೆ, ಚಾಲೆಂಜಿಂಗ್ ಸ್ಟಾರ್ ದರ್ಶನ್ ಹಾಗಲ್ಲ. ನೇರಾ ನೇರ.. 

ನನಗೆ ತೆಲುಗಿನ ಬಾಹುಬಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಸಿನಿಮಾನೇ ಇಷ್ಟ. ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಅದು ಕನ್ನಡದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ. ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗವನ್ನು ಇಂಡಿಯಾ ಲೆವೆಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ತೋರಿಸಿದ ಸಿನಿಮಾ. ಐ ಲೈಕ್ ಕೆಜಿಎಫ್ ಅಂತಾರೆ ದರ್ಶನ್.

ಯಜಮಾನ ಚಿತ್ರದ ರಿಲೀಸ್ ವೇಳೆ ಮಾತನಾಡಿದ ದರ್ಶನ್, ಯಜಮಾನ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಮನರಂಜನೆಯ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಸಮಾಜಕ್ಕೆ ಒಂದೊಳ್ಳೆ ಸಂದೇಶವೂ ಇದೆ ಅನ್ನೋದನ್ನು ಮರೆಯೋದಿಲ್ಲ.