Mysuru/Bengaluru – By-polls are over and now it’s time for a break. At least that’s the mantra Chief Minister Siddharamaiah seems to be following.

A day after the hectic public campaign ended at Gundlupet and Nanjangud, the Chief Minister was spotted savouring          dosas at Ramya Mahendra Hotel near the RTO Circle in Mysuru and yesterday, after resting at his Ramakrishnanagar residence, he was  spotted at a theatre watching the latest Kannada movie ‘Raajakumaara.’

The Puneeth Rajkumar-starrer movie was being screened at DRC Cinemas in Jayalakshmipuram and Siddharamaiah arrived at the theatre for the 4.15 pm show along with some of his close aides.

Impressed by the movie, the CM told reporters that he liked the movie and even asked  them to watch it.

He later returned to his house and had a chat with his friends over a cup of tea and left for Bengaluru at around 7.30 pm.

No AC FOR KANNADA MOVIE: Meanwhile, the audience watching the Kannada movie ‘Raajakumaara’ on Saturday took the authorities of Inox in Mysuru to task for refusing to switch on the air-conditioner (AC).

The movie is showing on Screen 4 of the multiplex and the audience present during the 9.55 pm show complained that the authorities did not switch on the AC. This led to confusion and the audience shouted slogans against the management. Later, they came out of the movie hall refusing to watch the movie.  

One of the members in the audience said that when they questioned the authorities they refused to turn on the AC initially but switched it on after an hour.

Multiplex Manager claimed that the AC was on but due to extreme climatic conditions there was a variation in the temperature.

Interestingly, a similar incident happened in the State capital too at the Regalia PVR in Bengaluru’s Nagawara area. According to reports, the AC at the screen showing ‘Raajakumaara’ was not switched on.

Thirty minutes into the film, the audience demanded that the AC be switched on and in response, the multiplex staff told them that they do not normally switch the AC on when a Kannada film is screened.

A huge ruckus followed, when the audience demanded to know if the multiplex staff would have behaved this way if a non-Kannada movie was being screened. Here too, the theatre staff told reporters that the AC had malfunctioned.