Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar and others meet PM Modi to discuss issues faced by film industry

A delegation of Bollywood producers and actors met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Raj Bhavan to discuss the issues being faced by the film industry. The delegation included actors like Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn and also prominent film producers such as Karan Johar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Bhushan Kumar of T-Series, the president of the Film Producers Guild, Rakesh Roshan, Ronnie Screwvala, Vijay Singh – CEO – Fox Star Studios and Prasoon Joshi, the chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) among others.

As per the PTI report, the film fraternity gave an overview of the vast growth potential of the entertainment industry to PM and also pitched for lower rates of GST for the industry in India. They also called in for the development of Mumbai as the global entertainment capital.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the delegation that the Union Government will consider the suggestions positively.

Talking about the meeting PM Modi later posted a tweet,

Had an extensive and fruitful interaction with a delegation from the film and entertainment industry.

The delegation spoke about the strides being made by the film and entertainment industry, and gave valuable inputs relating to GST for their sector. https://t.co/ulQMtxTJQj pic.twitter.com/n4Dn38EJLr

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 18, 2018

Akshay Kumar expressed his gratitude towards the honorable Prime Minister, with his following post

Heartfelt thank you to the honorable Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for taking out time to hear us at length, discuss issues pertaining to our industry and assuring positive consideration of suggestions. pic.twitter.com/ShGfr0Jlvu

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) December 18, 2018

Karan Johar too took to Twitter and wrote,

It was enlightening to hear the honourable Prime Minsiter @narendramodi share his views on our Industry’s soft power status and the strength of our cinema…he gave our media and entertainment representatives a patient and solid hearing….thank you Sir!! pic.twitter.com/BIl8ubQwYa

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) December 18, 2018

This was the second meeting of the filmmakers with the PM. Filmmakers led by Ritesh Sidhwani, along with actor Aamir Khan, had met the PM earlier this year.

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