Matching Fragments
2.1.3 The informant has submitted that in the respet:'i:ive States, cinemas are
regiiiated through iocai enactmc-ants. For exampie, cinemas in the state of
iCinemas {Reguiatir;>i'i) Act, §i'i the said
A
.ic.t_, tine paw grant iicerzse are with the S'ta'i:e Gczvemment which does
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if.3'i_ >:.;§)L3.ic.e't'r3 i_',c.ei am. .:;:"x\f ii <.-saw i€SLii=;ti«;>:"i Er LL} -'.;€ 2ii':.pO:»é3D On an
e2>:hibii;.ic:.~n of n":c:;\..-'is, this can omit,' be Lirane by the iicszhsing 3LiU'iC.=i'i*C\_,:'.
to the im'c.ri'niai"i1:, §",f.'2'».:'i?:",~'~'d':'-23', these. -:-:i"z_f§-.39' tsesiiti-an
s.ti'e:s"agti'i in thegir ter"i'itczi*'y of Ci§?.*E'.i'3EiOi'iS ar=.«:i by vimie 0;" swsh i3OSi'CiC2i'i :.ri'
sts+;»ngti'i are aigsie tats i:"sfiL.:ei'w:.e ti'-ms i;.iz':e:rs'ia eiihiiaitcws in their t'a'v'om'.
2.1.4 xix-::corciing ia"ai'o:'i'n:-2nt., hs:>.ii"ig §Lii'Cisf§iJCEE' of
m-.:~.\/i CO gqw :' ii' hi
fiim wii:hii'*. its «;iomain *1 -"i it
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with time diS";!"iiJLitO§'S and a>:hii3itc»r's of Ciiifigiii
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the exhibition of the movie and whca dc; ricit have any contractuai reiatioriship
with the prodmers.
2.1.5 Giving instances at discrimination against nor:-~reg,ionai fiims in terms
restrictiitm on number of cinemas for screeriirig of non-i*egicmai fiims, the
inferma nt has submitted that KFCC has issued a directive to the effect that a
nen~icinemas (17 in Bangalore city and
:1 in district headquarters) as opposed ta a Kaniwada fiim which (sari. be reieased
in 200 cinemas in Karriataka. I-\iterriati\«'eE',,I, a iwawiiannada film can be reieased
in ali cinemas in Karnataka provided it is released two weeks after its reiease in
other film territories. KHZC has also imposed a restriction on number of prints
in reiation'-ta non-Karmada fiims. it has been aileged that sirmiar restriction is
sought te be impesed by the Film Distributors Association, Keraia, by deciaring
not to give permission to the mc:>vi«es of any other iariguages emept for
iv'iala~,Iaiam to be reieased iri Keraa simtiitarieetisiy with aii" iridiari reieases
with effect t'rc»m May 1.. 2.010.
2.1.21 Acizordirig to informant, from the aforeaaid ie~m:--:iii, it was dear' that
KFCC had banned 'Raavan" and 'Raavanan' and requested aii exhibitors to
campiy with the same. in these circumstances, the_Ccm1mis5i<:m may resti'aii'i
KFCC from abusing their doniiiiaht pasiticm as prohibited by Section 4 of the
Act and restrain fmm res?:i'icting any Exhibitors to exhibit the fiims "Raavan'
and 'Raavarian' in the State of ifiamataka Lmtii furizhez" ordera of the
Commissigiw and be M.-tstraineci train giving effect ta ietter dated 28.5.2810 am'.
imp»c«sing upon am: e3>:.i't';bit=:si's ban an the said tiims.
a»:.'t'wities cat i:~r.ii\g<:Cf;t of the iiiitt-:'i'riai':t'5 i"».'=.ovi<:2 with thr: i'T'.C'>\-"iE. 'Raa~.»'23i'i'
in c:>2"="2;:ie"~*,i": of C«:>mipe!:i'ti:>i'i £v:.«::ii*'dis'ig to tine: Em?
movie was for an ziiii indie i"~&iEE3S<;'-, -cm 18.5.203.Ci,. but i€:m:'«r; theze 4:=:»i*:"iii'iiR€':»i*i and had ais-Q 'iii
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2.1.23 inierma«'tie»n in case" no; 433 was --i"iie::d -0-n 1.S,{38.2
infczsrmaiciezm in case no. 45 of 2910 mi Reiiance Meciia Warias Limited
W'o:'icinema haiis which are run in
the name of "Big Cinemas" because Reiiance Big En'<eri;ainmeri'i: Ltd, had flied a
complaint before the Commission wiiii regard is the distr'ibu*tion :32' film
"Raavan" and the Commission was pieased to grant time interim reiief to the
group company 01' the Reiiance Media. A copy of the ietter datexzi 2"" August,
2010 sent by KFCC to one of the Kannacia Film distributors, M/s Pa! Enterprises
was aisa submitted aicmg with irifmmatirsn.
5 it was aiso aiieged that i<IFffC had a so issued circuiar dated O"/'.OE'».;ZO'3_O
in iocai mavvzgaapers in i<amai:ai<a, tailing Li}?-Uh ail distribui:ors, p'rodu~::ers and
1)
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not to support the Big Cinema and .reiai;eci group =:csm;3a.ni£=s
Big Cin=f::ma in' ma': pr:::viciia'ig and mi': i<.am*;acinema reiated 'ti"smsac'i:iom with ii'iem. KFCC iwad aiso its
:':'iemb=:-,~i's vide ciaieci 1éi.08.2{)i.i.f,i witiihaici 'tiirg si*»..ar's3 am-:~.=..m.r
aei:-3<.=.> iche ;:ir'iri"Ls from Big Cinemas. in <:>s'dei' ";cJ 5Lii:»:;tamiia':€' 3 *'
is com.ez'iti i"'., L we
' Enterp:'izse5 aiid
I}'_..1.2i';% The is"=a'::»2'mai"si' aiao Ear-tiughig out thai: an 'i7"'
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011 by Réiiance rifiiédia T
atteand The iught out that since eariier iii"-CC
unoiue i'£astr'i{;i;ic>h5. an the e2>::hibition m' the fiim "'Raa\raria"'
as5r;+r:%.:,n';i0h had adopted x.-'ih.:5ic.¥:i\.v'e mea.2=.:i'~:.e3 to stop the augipiy Q3' g2r'ei'i*:
