'Jhund' producer questions 'The Kashmir Files' getting tax exemption
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Recently released thriller flick 'The Kashmir Files' has been a phenomenon since the first day of its release. Based on the real life events, the film essays the pain and suffering of Kashmiri Pandits who were brutally driven out of their homeland in 1990. The film has garnered immense love and support from audience, critics and government as well.
The film has been made tax free in several parts of the country and it was even appreciated by Prime Minister himself. Amidst all this, one of the producers of Amitabh Bachchan's recently released film 'Jhund' has questioned the criteria behind films getting tax exemption.
Savita Raj Hiremath took to Facebook to argue that 'Jhund' was a well made film which catered towards growth of the country and thus desreved tax exemption just like 'The Kashmir Files'.
She wrote, "I recently watched Kashmir Files and as the story of Kashmiri Pandits exodus it's heartbreaking and is a story that needed to be told. It is a good 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 further added, "So I want to find out what's the criterion on which govt selects a film to support it so strongly by making tax free, endorsing it through social media and asking Offices to showcase the film or give half day holiday to its employees. 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."
'Jhund' featured Amitabh Bachchan in the role of a football coach who rounds up bunch of slum dwellers and turns them into a football team and subsequently changes their lives.
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