As per the latest news, The Indian Motion Picture Producer’s Association lamented about Bollywood’s tax issues and filming obstacles. In a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackerey, IPPA shed light on why it became tough for the producers to shoot in the state of Maharashtra.
In the memorandum of demands, the IMPPA stated, “Subsidies and Entertainment tax exemption which is made available only for all Marathi films by the Government should also be made applicable to all Hindi films. The film industry today is in dire need of financial assistance and today Hindi film producers are getting subsidies from various State Governments including UP and many others.”
The producer guild members asserted that there are several unions of workers besides film-based union of each political party who intrude and disrupt shooting intermittently by pressurising the producers to leave the state for avoiding any disturbance. “Producers prefer going to shoot at new locations because they found it reasonable rather than shooting in Maharashtra at a high price”, the letter mentions.
PPA iterated that government need to make Mumbai more welcoming for film makers if it has to be the hotspot for the film fraternity.