Feb 19, 2025 10:09 AM IST A Bengaluru consumer court has fined PVR and Inox for wasting a viewer’s time with long ads and trailers beyond the film’s stipulated time. A district consumer court in Bengaluru has rapped theatre chain PVR-Inox for ‘wasting’ viewers’ time with long ads before a film begins. A viewer had filed a complaint against PVR claiming they continued to show ads and trailers for 30 minutes after the scheduled start of a film’s screening time. PVR-Inox has been fined by consumer court over ads and trailers before film. PVR Inox fined by consumer court Bar and Bench reported that the complainant, Abhishek MR, went to watch Vicky Kaushal-starrer Sam Bahadur on December 26, 2023 for a 4:05 pm show. However, the theatre played trailers and ads till 4:28 pm and the film did not begin till 4:30 pm. The complainant said that this delay disrupted his schedule for the rest of the day. A coram of President M Shobha, along with members K Anita Shivakumar and Suma Anil Kumar, passed …