Hyderabad, May 19 -- This summer has been slow for Telugu cinema. With no films from big stars, theatres are mostly running Tier-2 hero films, Tamil dubbed movies, and some old hit re-releases. While a few of these re-releases are doing okay, most of them are only getting average response.

But everything was about to change in June. Pawan Kalyan's big film "Hari Hara Veera Mallu" is set to release, and the industry was hoping to see a big jump in collections.

Right then, came a shocking decision from theatre owners - they have decided to shut down theatres from June 1 if their demands are not met.

Theatre Owners Demand New System

Theatre owners from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana met in Hyderabad and decided to close theatres from June ...