Call for ban on bringing mobile phones to cinemas

These are the reasons why taking of mobile phones to cinemas should be banned,” he said.   Dissanayake came out with these ideas in addition to his emphasis on illegal recording and uploading of movies over social media   

A 24-year-old man was arrested on June 11 for allegedly video recording the popular Sinhala movie ‘Sinhabahu’ and uploading it on YouTube. The suspect, a resident of Kandy was arrested by the Police Computer Crimes Investigation Division after he had posted the video of the movie on YouTube, which he had recorded at the Sigiri Cinema theatre in Katugastota.