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Film fraternity delegates meet PM Modi to discuss the issues faced by the industry

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Film fraternity delegates meet PM Modi

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A delegation of Bollywood producers and actors on Tuesday (Dec-18) met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Raj Bhawan in Mumbai, to discuss the issues being faced by the Indian film industry.

The delegation included prominent film producers such as Ritesh Sidhwani, Siddharth Roy Kapur, the president of the Film Producers Guild, Rakesh Roshan, Karan Johar,Ronnie Screwvala, Vijay Singh – CEO – Fox Star Studios and Prasoon Joshi, the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) along with actors Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.

The team from the film fraternity gave an overview of the vast growth potential of the media and entertainment industry. They also pitched for lower and uniform rates of GST for the entertainment industry in India, a statement issued by PIB said.

In a tweet later, Modi said, “Had an extensive and fruitful interaction with a delegation from the film and entertainment industry.The delegation spoke about the studies being made by the film and entertainment industry, and gave valuable inputs relating to GST for their 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Kumar, who was part of the delegation from the film industry, said, “Heartfelt thank you to the honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji for taking out time to hear us at length, discuss issues pertaining to our industry and assuring positive consideration of suggestions.” Members of the delegation also called for the development of Mumbai as the global entertainment capital through various initiatives and proactive 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was the second meeting of the filmmakers with the prime minister since October 24 this year. They, along with actor Aamir Khan and Sidhwani, had met the PM in Delhi.

Sidhwani, according to the industry sources, urged the prime minister to look towards treating cinema as an “industry” by acknowledging its contribution to the nation’s exchequer and fiscal growth, and in promoting bilateral ties between nations as a global cultural ambassador.

“It was a collaborative effort to come forward, address issues and seek solutions from the Prime Minister directly,” the insiders said, adding that the PM “acknowledged that our films are being recognised internationally and agreed that filmmakers are no less important than nation-builders”.

“He has assured the delegation that he will personally work towards setting up a special committee to look into the industry matters and address them urgently,” sources said.

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