India, Feb. 19 -- A district consumer court in Bengaluru has rapped theatre chain PVR-Inox for 'wasting' viewers' time with long ads before a film begins. A viewer had filed a complaint against PVR claiming they continued to show ads and trailers for 30 minutes after the scheduled start of a film's screening time.

Bar and Bench reported that the complainant, Abhishek MR, went to watch Vicky Kaushal-starrer Sam Bahadur on December 26, 2023 for a 4:05 pm show. However, the theatre played trailers and ads till 4:28 pm and the film did not begin till 4:30 pm. The complainant said that this delay disrupted his schedule for the rest of the day.

A coram of President M Shobha, along with members K Anita Shivakumar and Suma Anil Kumar, passed th...