Jhund producer questions standards of movies getting tax free, says our movie necessary too

Savita Raj Hiremath, one of many producers of megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s Jhund, has mentioned that she is “perplexed” why her movie was not made tax-free because it not solely witnessed optimistic viewers response but additionally had a topic that’s “crucial to our country’s growth”.

Jhund, which launched theatrically on March 4 to glowing critiques, featured Bachchan as Vijay Barse, a Nagpur-based retired sports activities instructor who pioneered a slum soccer motion. The film marked the Hindi debut of filmmaker Nagraj Manjule, identified for his acclaimed Marathi movies Fandry and Sairat.

Every week after Jhund, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, based mostly on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley within the Nineteen Nineties, opened in cinemas. The movie garnered help from the central authorities, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several other leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who endorsed the film.

The Kashmir Files, that includes Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi, was additionally declared tax-free in states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Karnataka, Tripura and Goa.

On Friday, Hiremath took to Facebook and wrote that whereas The Kashmir Files is a vital movie, Jhund was no much less. “I not too long ago watched ‘Kashmir Files’ and because the story of Kashmiri Pandits exodus it’s heartbreaking and is a narrative that wanted to be advised. It is an effective voice for Kashmiri Pandits!

“But as the producer of ‘Jhund’, I am perplexed. After all, ‘Jhund’, is also an important film and has a story and a big message that has received tremendous acclaim and word of mouth from the audience,” she mentioned.

Jhund can be produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raaj Hiremath, Gargee Kulkarni, Meenu Aroraa and Manjule. Hiremath additional wrote she was curious to know what’s the standards for the federal government to pick out a movie and exempt it from leisure tax.

“So I wish to discover out what’s the criterion on which the federal government selects a movie to help it so strongly by making it tax free, endorsing it by social media and asking Offices to showcase the movie or give a half day vacation to its workers.

“After all ‘Jhund’ also has a subject that is so crucial to our country’s growth. ‘Jhund’ is not just talking about the disparity between caste and economic disparity but also shows a way to make the lower strata of society find their success story,” she added.

While The Kashmir Files has clocked in roughly Rs 116 cr on the field workplace, Jhund has netted greater than Rs 15 cr to this point.