The Supreme court of India shocked the makers of Balakrishna’s Gautamiputra Satakarni and Gunashekhar’s Rudhramadevi by sending notices to the respective filmmakers.

The Cine Prekshaka Viniyogadarula Sangham (Movie Viewers Association) alleged that the production houses of Gautami Putra Satakarni and Rudhramadevi have not passed on the benefit to the end consumers of the film.

Both the production houses have allegedly received benefit from the tax exemption from the Governments of AP and Telangana and did not reduce the ticket prices as well. The Court issued the official notices to the production houses. Digging deep into the details, Gautami Putra Satakarni received tax exemption from both the Telugu states whereas Rudhramadevi got waived off the Entertainment Tax only by the Telangana state government.

Both the films received commercial success at the box office. The production houses First Frame Entertainments and Gunaa Team Works are yet respond to the court notices and make a comment regarding the same.