As it is our Marathi film producers have to deal with so many issues relating to their film’s release. Right from finding distributors to booking of Single screen theatres and multiplexes for screening, the marketing of their film also bothers them a lot. But, now they have discovered a new problem and that is related to irregularity noticed in ticket sales.

Recently, one such case has come to light, when the producer of the film ‘Pakada Pakadi’ Mr. Sandeep Navare has lodged a police complaint against the management of Prabhat Talkies, Pune. In this connection, the Management of Prabhat Talkies have yet to come out with their reply and are investigating the matter at their end.

Many producers have expressed their dissatisfaction over the collection shown for their films by the theatre owners and the present case has only suggested how the irregularities can happen. According to Mr. Navare, the producer of this film ‘Pakada Pakadi’, his people had kept a vigil for a particular show in Prabhat talkies and even collected tickets from the viewers, who saw the film and noticed that there were tickets issued of two different types. When they checked, they found a big difference in actual sale of tickets and tickets issued by them. If this is proved, it is certainly a bad news for Marathi cinema, which is already facing the crisis.

Another producer of the film ‘Mohaan Aawatey’, Mr. Anirrudha kale, who was also dissatisfied with the same theatre management, has removed his film from this theatre before the completion of the week. For a long time, this has been a main grievance of many producers against theatre owners in Maharashtra, but to prove it requires extra manpower. The Government of Maharashtra with the help of Home department should investigate and find out how many such Theatre owners are hiding the actual occupancy during a particular show, especially week ends.