Thiruvananthapuram, April 10: In six months’ time, thanks to the efforts of the Digital University Kerala, a new App will be ready where moviegoers in the state would be able to book their movie tickets in any theatre in Kerala. State Minister for Youth Affairs and Culture, Saji Cherian, told that this will help streamline a few things in the Malayalam film industry, especially related to the revenue that the Kerala government will be getting from the tickets that are booked online.
“At first we had talks with a few companies for creating an App according to our requirements, but the amounts that were quoted by the firms, were such that we, the state government just could not afford to get the project started. “It was at that time the state-owned Digital University Kerala came up with their proposal, which we found reasonable and gave them the go ahead,” said Minister Cherian. “We have already paid the advance to the Digital University Kerala and we have been told that in six months’ time, they will come out with this new App, which will benefit the Kerala government hugely by getting the correct taxes that the state should receive through the sale of movie tickets online,” added Minister Cherian.