India, Feb. 18 -- A Bengaluru consumer court ordered PVR Cinemas and INOX (now merged with PVR) to make sure that movie tickets mention the actual start time of a movie without including the commercial advertisements before it starts, a report by Bar and Bench said.

This comes after a man filed a case in the court claiming that 25 minutes of his time was wasted during a PVR screening of "Sam Bahadur" in 2024 as he was forced to watch long commercial ads after reaching the multiplex.

The cinema goer sued PVR Cinemas, BookMyShow and INOX. The complainant, Abhishek MR said the delay made it difficult for him to get back to work after the movie show like he had planned.

The court observed that BookMyShow can't be blamed for this, since it ...