Prime Minister promises support to film industry

Yesterday, delegation of Film Industry led by Mahesh Bhatt along with Amit Khanna, Mukesh Bhatt and Manmohan Shetty, met His Honorary Dr. Manmohan Singh, The Honourable Prime Minister of India.

The Prime Minister was very appreciative of the Indian cinema and hailed it as an important cultural asset for the country. He also promised that he would do all that he could to support the film industry.

Mahesh Bhatt " width="200" height="261" class="attachment wp-att-2429" />

Mahesh Bhatt

He also promised to look into the recommendation of I.C.E (Information-Communication-Entertainment Committee) set by him earlier. His message was “Think BIG! Indian cinema must flourish!”

Post their meeting with the Prime Minister, Mahesh Bhatt, Amit Khanna, Mukesh Bhatt and Manmohan Shetty also met the Finance Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, who said that he completely agreed with the fact that the Indian film industry deserves recognition and support from the Government. He also agreed that the industry serves as the cultural ambassador of India in abroad and promotes the Indian culture globally. -Sampurn

Related posts:

1. Minister asks Kannada industry to buck up Recently, Karnataka Information Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu questioned the quality of films. He stated, in the presence of the President...
2. Chief Minister agrees to film city idea Ananthkumar, BJP MP from Bangalore, suggested a film city in Mysore and Bengaluru at the shraddhanjali held for Dr. Vishnuvardhan,...
3. Mahesh Bhatt plans to shoot his anti-racial film Crook in Australia Throwing light on the film’s theme Mahesh Bhatt says, “‘Crook: It’s Good To Be Bad’ chronicles the journey of an...
4. Mahesh Bhatt plans to shoot his anti-racial film Crook in Australia In the wake of the series of racial attacks against Indian students in Australia, a Bollywood film being planned on...
5. James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ arrives with a bang Vijay Singh, CEO of Fox Star Studios India called for the industry to witness a glimpse of the biggest Hollywood...

Tags: Amit Khanna, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mahesh Bhatt, Manmohan Shetty, Pranab Mukherjee

This entry was posted on Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 4:42 am and is filed under Bollywood News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.