Why cinema halls are shut in Tamil Nadu and how GST impacts movie ticket rates

On the first Monday after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout two days back, over 1,000 cinema halls in Tamil Nadu are shut today. The Tamil Nadu Film Exhibitors Association's decision to shut cinema halls coincides with the GST launch but is not directly linked to it. According to the Tamil Film Chamber of Commerce, the cinema halls in Tamil Nadu are shut due to their "inability to pay" (loc…