A recent report suggesting that Salman Khan had refrained from hiking the ticket price of his Eid release, Bharat, seemed to be much in sync with the actor's traditional practice of sweeping in at eleventh hour with a welcome announcement. But, a lot seems to have been lost in translation, with ticket prices across the city indicating that the drama will be priced at a higher rate than usual.

At odds with rumours that the minimal fare was touted to be bhai's eidi to his followers, prices at select cinema houses seem to have been hiked by an average 20 per cent. Mahim's City Light cinema, which sold tickets of recent releases De De Pyaar De and India's Most Wanted at R200, has set the Ali Abbas Zafar-directed venture at a rate of R250. At Lower Parel's PVR Luxe, theatre owners are drawing R1,800 per ticket. Prices at Juhu and Wadala theatres too sit at an increased fare.