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This despite the fact that there are no statutory provision prohibiting one from carrying personal food in the cinema act.” One is forced to shell out hefty charges for the water bottles, snacks and food items. Cinema halls don’t allow us to take our own food inside the hall, but there is no such law that forbids us.”Advocate Arpit Shukla, who is leading the ‘My movie, my food’ campaign in the Diamond City told TOI, “The multiplexes have their monopoly when it comes to food, water and snacks at the theatres. The campaign has been started by Society For Citizen Centric Governance (SCCG) to spread awareness among the movie-goers to carry their own food and water bottles inside the theatre and that the multiplex owners are illegally restraining the visitors from carrying outside food, so that they could earn big profits from their own restaurants and cafeterias inside the theatres.The Bombay HC recently directed the Maharashtra government to seek suggestions from multiplexes’ associations, and take a stand on permitting cinema goers to carry their own food items inside theatres.Sanjay Ezhawa of National Yuva Sangathan said, “We have appealed all cinema-goers to boycott all the theatres on July 15. SURAT: Cinema goers have been exhorted by the city-based organisation to boycott watching movies for a day on July 15 to oppose multiplexes and cinema halls that doe not allow outside food.A city-based National Yuva Sangathan has appealed to the movie goers in Surat in particular and Gujarat in general to not visit the multiplexes and cinema halls on July 15 to protest against the multiplex owners.It was in May, the Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) west zone had served notice to Cinepolis multiplex located in Adajan for removing the food counters and stalls inside the lobby on the third floor, four other illegal restaurants and food courts being operated inside the multiplexes in various parts of the city was also forced to shut down and that eight restaurants in four multiplexes and theatre were served notices by the food department of the civic body.TOI was first to highlight about the campaign ‘My movie, My food’ in its article dated April 7..