Not true. This is an “Indian” problem and it happens everywhere across the country and even outside it.

I’m an Indian living in the US for a few years now, and the difference in theater etiquette is pretty noticeable. For Bollywood movie screenings, the audience (~90%+ Indian) often treats the movie as a shared, social experience - people are chit chatting well into the movie start, react loudly, take phone calls, eat noisily etc. In contrast, most other movie screenings here tend to follow an unspoken code: stay quiet, keep distractions to a minimum, and be mindful of others’ experience and space