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The Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025) said that it would not administer movies successful theatres nether the Kerala State Film Development Corporation (KSFDC) from January 2026 successful protestation against the alleged nonaccomplishment of the authorities to see its long-standing demands.
The apex assemblage of movie bodies successful the Malayalam movie manufacture had earlier deferred its onslaught announced from June 1, 2025, pursuing an assurance by Minister for Culture Saji Cherian that the authorities would see its demands. “However, the authorities failed to support its promise, and hence we person decided not to widen immoderate further cooperation,” said Anil Thomas, president of KFCC, present connected Tuesday.
He blamed the authorities for not acting upon their long-pending request to extremity the treble taxation connected movie tickets, which included the Goods and Services Tax and amusement taxation levied by the section bodies. Mr. Thomas said that the manufacture was staring astatine a immense nonaccomplishment arsenic lone astir 8-10% of the implicit 180 movies released till day had a decent tally astatine the box-office. The KFCC said it would fortify its protestation successful the coming days, if the authorities ignored its cardinal demands.
The Kerala Film Producers’ Association said that lone 8 of the much than 180 movies released truthful acold successful 2025 tin beryllium rated arsenic ‘super hits’ astatine the container office. The estimated full nonaccomplishment is astir ₹360 crore, it added.
