Ahmedabad:
Hundreds of viewers went berserk when the screening of Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg was disrupted at Ahmedabad's Drive-in cinema during Sunday's late night show. According to eyewitnesses, a technical fault reportedly played spoilsport, which resulted in a massive public outburst.
Eyewitnesses said that there were absolutely no problems till the interval. However, in the second half of the film, at the point where Khan's character Chulbul Pandey goes for his honeymoon, the screening got disrupted. Initially, the fans waited for the film to restart, but a few minutes later, when the management announced that the film wouldn't be completed because of a technical fault, the crowd got furious.
"Sounds of glass breaking could be heard from the canteen. Then the lights flickered and went off. We learnt that people were unhappy with the sudden disruption," said Sanjay Soni, an eyewitness. He was watching the film there with his family. Immediately after news of the violence surfaced, Vastrapur police reached the spot and controlled the situation. However, eyewitnesses said that by this time, the crowd had already damaged a lot of property in the theatre.
"The management promised that they would return the cost of the ticket to them. However, some people couldn't tolerate the sudden disruption, and reacted violently," said another source.
Police sources said that electric bulbs of the canteen and screen seem to have been damaged in the brawl. Besides, the outrage caused tremendous panic among people, who began fleeing the scene.
When contacted, Drive-In officials were not available for comment.
However, according to Vastrapur police, the manager of Drive-in cinema, SK Giri in an application with the Vastrapur police stated that money was refunded to the viewers as the movie was disrupted due to technical fault and as there wasn't any major damage done, he wasn't lodging any complaint against anybody.
Eyewitnesses said that there were absolutely no problems till the interval. However, in the second half of the film, at the point where Khan's character Chulbul Pandey goes for his honeymoon, the screening got disrupted. Initially, the fans waited for the film to restart, but a few minutes later, when the management announced that the film wouldn't be completed because of a technical fault, the crowd got furious.
"Sounds of glass breaking could be heard from the canteen. Then the lights flickered and went off. We learnt that people were unhappy with the sudden disruption," said Sanjay Soni, an eyewitness. He was watching the film there with his family. Immediately after news of the violence surfaced, Vastrapur police reached the spot and controlled the situation. However, eyewitnesses said that by this time, the crowd had already damaged a lot of property in the theatre.
"The management promised that they would return the cost of the ticket to them. However, some people couldn't tolerate the sudden disruption, and reacted violently," said another source.
Police sources said that electric bulbs of the canteen and screen seem to have been damaged in the brawl. Besides, the outrage caused tremendous panic among people, who began fleeing the scene.
When contacted, Drive-In officials were not available for comment.
However, according to Vastrapur police, the manager of Drive-in cinema, SK Giri in an application with the Vastrapur police stated that money was refunded to the viewers as the movie was disrupted due to technical fault and as there wasn't any major damage done, he wasn't lodging any complaint against anybody.
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