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  • IMPPA urges Maharashtra authorities to kind committee for subsidy to Marathi movies

    Image Source : TWITTER/IMPPA IMPPA urges Maharashtra authorities to kind committee for subsidy to Marathi movies
    Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) has written a letter to the Cultural Affairs division of Maharashtra authorities highlighting lack of satisfactory subsidy to Marathi movies over the previous three years, which in flip is affecting the Marathi movie trade.
    The letter, addressed to Cabinet Minister for Medical Education and Cultural Affairs Amit Deshmukh, was circulated among the many media on Saturday. The letter reads: ” Marathi film industry has revived in a big way because of the subsidy for Marathi films provided by the Government of Maharashtra which subsidy is what has enabled Marathi film producers to survive despite very poor market conditions and due to subsidy being available more and more producers are planning and starting new Marathi films in the hope of receiving substantial amount as subsidy from the Maharashtra Government.”
    “Unfortunately subsidy payment has stopped fully from 3 years and no producer has received any subsidy in this period. More than 300 films are already eligible and have applied for the subsidy but no reply has been given to them.”

    “The reason for this sorry state of affairs is the fact that for the last 3 years the committee which is supposed to view, evaluate and decide the amount of subsidy payable to eligible films has not been formed and as the committee is non-existent there is nobody to take any action with regard to payment of subsidy.”
    “The producers are not able to do anything as they are fully eligible to receive a subsidy but the same is being denied because the Government has not deemed it fit to appoint the committee to approve the subsidy.”
    “All Marathi producers are facing many hardships and financial problems on account of non-fulfillment of the promise of payment of subsidy by the Maharashtra Government.”
    “We on behalf of our members and all Marathi film producers request your kind self to kindly initiate urgent and immediate action to form the Subsidy Approval Committee so that the committee may evaluate and ensure that the commitment made by the Maharashtra Government to the Marathi film industry is fulfilled,” the letter additional reads.

  • FWICE Will Not Work With Ram Gopal Varma Anymore, Accused Him Of Not Paying Rs 1 Crore To Technicians

    The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has now determined that none of their 32 unions will ever work with director Ram Gopal Varma sooner or later. He has been accused of not paying round Rs 1 crore to artistes, technicians, and staff associated to the movie trade. Also Read – Sushant Singh Rajput’s Sister Shweta Shares Heartfelt Note Remembering Her Brother, Says ‘Forever Sushant’ As per the president of FWICE, BN Tiwari, normal secretary, Ashok Dubey, and treasurer, Gangeshwar Srivastav (Sanju), Ram Gopal Varma has acquired a authorized discover however neither did he reply to the discover nor did he clear the dues. Also Read – Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh Recount Their Love Story, Say ‘Ang Laga De Kiss Was So Intensely Passionate’ Earlier, The Aag director acquired a letter from FWICE on September 17, 2020, asking him to clear the pending funds of the technicians. Prior to the authorized discover, he had written a number of letters to RGV asking him to clear the pending funds, nonetheless, RGV, refused to just accept the funds. Also Read – Karisma Kapoor Spreads Happy Cheer in a Romantic Pink Dress by Anita Dongre Worth Rs 17,900, See PICS

    The FWICE additionally discovered that the director was capturing in Goa, amid the coronavirus pandemic. BN Tiwari said, “We also sent a letter to the Chief Minister of Goa on September 10, 2020, regarding this. We wanted Ram Gopal Varma to clear the dues of poor technicians, artistes, and workers but he never did. Hence, we have decided to not work with him in the future. We have also notified Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) and Producers Guild of India (GUILD), among other unions about this.” Meanwhile, on the work entrance, he’ll launch his horror movie 12 o’Clock which stars Mithun Chakraborty, Manav Kaul, and Flora Saini. He is understood for his movies Satya, Rangeela, Company, Sarkar, Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, Bhoot, and Daud, amongst many others. Watch this house for the newest updates!

  • CM Yogi’s Film City project gains currency, Film producers raises many issues with Maharashtra govt

    As soon as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled the ambitious plan to open the world-class film city in Noida, the Indian Motion Picture Producer’s Association wrote a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Udhav Thackerey that explains why it is difficult for the producers to shoot in the state of Maharashtra.

    In the memorandum of demands, the IMPPA said, “Subsidies and Entertainment tax exemption which is made available only for all Marathi films by the Government should also be made applicable to all Hindi films. The film industry today is in dire need of financial assistance and today Hindi film producers are getting subsidies from various State Governments including UP and many others.”

    “There are too many unions of workers and each political party has its own film-based union who visit and cause disturbance and disrupt shooting forcing the producers to shift out of the state for a harmonious working environment,” the letter added.

    Producers prefer going to shoot at new locations because they found it reasonable rather than shooting in Maharashtra at a high price, the letter mentions.

    In a letter issued by IMPPA, it is mentioned that producers are being harassed by the unions and the Maha government is not providing any kind of protection to them. Describing the problems faced by the producers, the IMMPA in a letter explains that numerous difficulties are faced by the producers while shooting in Maharashtra as a result of which producers prefer to shoot in the state only if absolutely necessary.

    It is only Maharashtra that imposes restrictions for the Bollywood industries as other states, as well as foreign countries, had no such restrictions or permissions required for shooting. Besides paying a subsidy of up to 50% of the production cost.