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UP Govt Aggressively Promotes Filmmaking in State: Makes Commendable Strides

May 18, 2016 by BollywoodPresents Team

UP: Hub for film production

Initially when the Akhilesh Yadav government in U.P. (Uttar Pradesh) started inviting several Bollywood stars as chief guests for various events, started making Bollywood films as tax free, not many could clearly see the long term vision that the government had.

These moves were widely criticized, but guess what, today U.P. is among the top states in India that are considered film friendly.

The state of U.P. now attracts several Bollywood filmmakers to shoot their films in the state. This is largely because of the efforts of the state government, who have been working hard, to project UP as an ideal destination for filmmaking and shooting in India. And going by the results, it surely seem to be working good for them.

Take a look at their achievements (and proposals):

  • To make good relationship with the film fraternity, UP started exempting several Hindi films from Entertainment Tax (ET). Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Dedh Ishqiya, ‘Jai Ho’, ‘Mary Kom’, PK, Tevar, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Masaan, Drishyam, Bajirao Mastani, Airlift, and several other films were made tax-free in U.P.
  • While Gujarat won the award for the most film-friendly state, UP was awarded a ‘Special Mention Certificate’ under the ‘Most Film Friendly State Award’ (at the National Awards ceremony) for the strides it had made to promote filmmaking.
  • Buoyed by the good response from Indian filmmakers, the UP state government even showcased UP as an attractive destination for international filmmakers at the Cannes International Film Festival, France.
  • UP’s nodal agency Film Bandhu has a single-window policy for clearances, provides excellent production/post-production facilities, has a database for crew, filmmakers, film talent, film locations, historical buildings, hotels and more.
  • New Film Policy that promises sops to films shot in the state. UP Film Bandhu has over hundred proposals lined up for film shoots and subsidy. Several Bollywood films like Ishaqzaade, Tevar, starrer Bullet Raja and Ishqiya have been filmed in UP. Currently, Salman Khan’s Sultan is being shot in western UP.
  • Under an arrangement with the UP government, young artists can avail of scholarships at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, and Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata.
  • UP also has plans to set up two film city projects – one at Lucknow in the vicinity of the under-construction Agra-Lucknow Expressway, and the other one ‘Trans Ganga City project’ has been proposed in Unnao district.

    U.P. Govt Announces Sarkari Pension to Amitabh Bachchan, Among India’s Richest Entertainers

    In a country where farmers are committing suicides, where the elderly find it difficult to bear rising health costs, and where thousands of government employees are demanding better pension pay, this move by the Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) government baffled many in India, including Mr. Amitabh Bachchan.

    The U.P. government recently announced a life-long pension of Rs. 50,000 (around $800) to Mr. Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan & Abhishek Bachchan, for their contribution to Indian cinema and because Mr. Bachchan is originally from U.P. The pension was announced under the Uttar Pradesh government’s new pension scheme called Yash Bharti Samman.


    Pension for Big B

    What followed was widespread criticism, as the move served no public purpose, sounded more like a vanity scheme for netas handing out freebies with the tax payers money.

    After all, why would the Bachchan’s need pension, and that too from the state government of one of India’s poorest states.

    Besides, surviving freedom fighters and their spouses, and ex-Andaman political pensioners, receive around Rs 20,000 a month as pension, so why Rs. 50,000 to the Bachchans?

    Its a known fact that Amitabh Bachchan is one of the richest entertainers in India. Amitabh Bachchan realized that the move had crated a big furore and announced that his family didn’t need the pension, and the money be given to more needy people.

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