Ram Charan’s ‘Peddi’ faces Andhra Pradesh High Court over ticket price hike

Justice A Hari Haranadha Sarma heard a matter over pricey tickets of film Peddi on June 2.

Peddi, the movie

On Tuesday,  Ram Charan and Janhvi Kapoor’s film made a significant buzz and headlines after a security breach occurred at the film’s promotional event in Vijayawada.

According to a report by industry tracker Sacnilk, within the initial days of its booking, Ram Charan’s film collected Rs 8.55 crores without block bookings. With block bookings, the film earned Rs 13.54 crores on Wednesday afternoon. Worldwide, the film has collected Rs 35 crore gross.

Also starring Shivarajkumar and Jagapathi Babu in key roles, the sports action drama hit screens on Thursday, June 4, with the makers planning to organise paid premieres in the Telugu states a day prior.

Pricey tickets for ‘Peddi’

• Two petitions were filed before the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging a government memo dated May 26, 2026.
• The aforementioned memo had permitted an increase in movie ticket prices for the film Peddi, which was scheduled for a release on the following day.
• The petitioners had argued that the hike in the prices of movie tickets violated the government order dated March 7, 2022, which regulates special ticket-price increases for films.
• Jada Sravan Kumar, counsel for one of the petitioners, had contended that the film in question did not satisfy Clause 8 of the government order that demands at least 20 per cent of the shooting to be conducted in Andhra Pradesh.
• S Pranathi, representing the government, stated that similar issues were pending before the division bench.

‘List after summer vacations’

The key question before the Andhra Pradesh High Court was whether the government’s memo permitting the increase in the price of film Peddi has violated the government order of 2022.

The court observed that the matters concerning the same issue were pending before the division bench of this court, and considered it appropriate to place these pleas before the Chief Justice for instructions regarding the hearing of them along with the connected matters.

In view of the matter, the court noted that the case could properly be considered only after both the Government and private respondents counter their responses in detail.

The court directed that the matter be listed, after the year’s summer break, subject to instructions given by the Chief Justice, and denied any interim relief at this stage.