Film producers meet CM,want entertainment duty scrapped

A delegation of the Film Television Producers Guild of India met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday

A delegation of the Film Television Producers Guild of India met Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Friday and urged him to cancel the entertainment duty levied on tickets so that the ticket costs could be brought down. It said the move could bring the audiences back to theatres.

Film director Mahesh Bhatt,producer Yash Chopra and Cineworkers Federation secretary Dinesh Chaturvedi met Chavan at Mantralaya on Friday afternoon. They asked Chavan to appoint two members from the film industry on the Maharashtra Film,Stage & Cultural Development Corporation Ltd that manages the Film City and other operations.

It is a great beginning for the film industry. We have spoken to the CM about taxation and other issues. We hope they will be resolved, Bhatt said.

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Officials said the delegation had pointed that Punjab and Delhi did not have such duties levied on tickets,besides seeking the development of the film city to attract tourists.

They said Chavan was likely to visit the film city in Goregaon in a few days to review the progress made in the plan to build a museum there.

The government had,in the last budget,proposed the museum on film industry. The corporation had issued an expression of interest for pre-qualification last year,but the government has now sought a comprehensive masterplan.

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