Overview

• Staff at a Cineworld theatre stopped the show after audience members threw confetti and littered the auditorium during a screening of Hari Hara Veera Mallu.
• Confetti celebrations are a tradition in some southern Indian cinemas but are unfamiliar to many UK moviegoers and seen by theatre staff as disruptive.
• Footage shared on X by users including @MeruBhaiya and @UB1UB2 has drawn nearly three million views across social media platforms.
• Most online commenters supported the staff’s decision to interrupt the screening, while a minority defended the practice as cultural or questioned the public shaming.
• Several media outlets, including NDTV, have issued disclaimers that they cannot independently verify the authenticity of the viral video.