 "Malayalam movie industry at a standstill due to stand off")
A standoff between various factions in the Kerala movie industry has brought things to a standstill, with not a single new Malayalam language movie released since 1 November.
The crisis had begun after the Kerala film exhibitors Federation protested the cancelation of a Rs. 2 service charge on tickets. The Kerala Film Distributors then hit back, saying they would not allow films of other languages to open. The Producers Association then jumped into the fray, saying they would stop all work on movies, unless their concerns on the rising cost of making movies were addressed.
P. Mohanlal of the Exhibitors Association said the real issue was the fact that the state government had made a plan to grade cinema halls, and the federation feared that the theaters under their ownership would lose out.
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