The 54-year-old minister, while saying, "Hum sabko bollywood ka shauk hai," also announced that the PM Narendra Modi led government will introduce an anti-camcording provision to the Cinematograph Act to fight film privacy. The entertainment industry has heaved a sigh of relief as several films like 'Simmba', 'The Accidental Prime Minister' and 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' were leaked online. Leaking of the film causes huge losses to the makers and the new provision will help to tackle privacy.
Considering cinema is one of the largest industries in India, a lot of eyes were set on the Interim Budget which was presented at the Parliament today.
The offers for the entertainment industry comes after PM Narenda Modi met a delegation of Bollywood actors and filmmakers in two separate meetings in Mumbai and Delhi respectively. The first meeting took place in Mumbai in which tinsel town celebs Karan Johar, Akshay, Bhushan Kumar and Prasoon Joshi met PM Modi and pitched for lower and uniform rates of GST for the entertainment industry in the country.
Bollywood's young brigade including Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Bhumi Pednekar, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal met PM Modi last month in Delhi.
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