Famous Jayaprada Theater on Peters road, Chennai , owned by actor and Samajwadi Party MP Jayaprada, was shutdown on Friday by Chennai Corporation for non-payment of property tax to the tune of Rs 20 lakh.
The theater had been screening two shows a day: Paruthiveeran at 12 noon and the Telugu movie, Krishna.
Theatre complex workers pleaded with them to provide time so that they could get in touch with the owners to take steps to avoid the attachment, the officials insisted that the tax be paid immediately. According to reports squad emptied the manager?s office of all the reels of all the movie cans.