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An old tweet of Flipkart announcing a movie ticket booking feature called “Flipkart Tickets” has been resurfacing on X (formerly Twitter) from the past few days. This led some users to think that the e-commerce brand is launching its own Flipkart movie ticket platform or feature.🤔 While there’s no official confirmation from Flipkart as of now, there are reports from reputed news publishers confirming the news. Read on to know the complete details behind Flipkart entering movie ticket booking space and competing against BookMyShow, District and other players.
An old tweet from Flipkart is resurfacing on the internet making headlines for Flipkart Tickets.
Here’s the tweet
In this tweet, Flipkart has provided a link to Flipkart Tickets:
https://fkrt.it/FlipkartTickets
As you can see this old tweet from Flipkart, dated 1st April, 2012 announces the launch of Flipkart Tickets. While many users got “fooled” by this April Fools prank, some users were quick to understand the trick.
After 14 years, this old tweet has started to resurface as the news of Flipkart actually launching Flipkart Tickets has started to get more real. Especially after a reputed news agency like Reuters made a post stating
“Walmart's Flipkart plans foray into India's ticketing market as live events boom, sources say.”
So the question still remains. Is Flipkart going to sell movie and concert tickets? The answer is a possible yes.
As per a report from Reuters,
“Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart plans to sell movie and concert tickets in India, moving into a fast-growing space driven by consumers spending more on entertainment, two sources familiar with the matter said.”
As per a report by EY, India’s M&E (Movies and Entertainment) market grew by 9% reaching INR 2.78 trillion in 2025. With numerous international artists pulling massive crowds with concerts like Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Post Malone, and Travis Scott in India.
As per news reports, Flipkart is looking to tap into the M&E sector of India by launching Flipkart Tickets, a direct competitor to BookMyShow, Zomato’s District, Paytm (now owned by District) and other movie ticketing platforms.
If we go by the reports, Flipkart is expected to launch Flipkart Movie Tickets platform in May 2026. Note that the brand is also allegedly going to pilot food delivery in the same month. So the timelines might switch as plans evolve.
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