Jashpurnagar: Chhattisgarh Film Policy:A Bollywood movie to be shot in Jashpur
It is the result of the visionary thinking of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel that Chhattisgarh is gaining recognition from Bollywood Film Industry- Mr. Gaurav Dwivedi
Employment is also being generated for locals in Jashpur district through Chhattisgarh’s film policy
24 children of the district have been selected for the film ‘Munurain’
Jashpurnagar
December 2022/With the aim of promoting the production of Hindi films in Chhattisgarh along with providing employment to the local people, the state Government has implemented the first film policy of the state. Chief Minister’s advisor Mr. Gaurav Dwivedi gave detailed information regarding the film policy by holding a press conference at the hockey stadium in Jashpur today. Collector Dr. Ravi Mittal, Superintendent of Police Mr. D. Ravi Shankar and journalists from electronic and print media were present on the occasion.
Mr. Gaurav Dwivedi informed that according to the visionary thinking and intention of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel, the film policy has been implemented in Chhattisgarh to promote film production in the state that will also help local people to attain employment and showcase the beauty of the state. It is noteworthy that,with the implementation of the state film policy, a hindi film is going to be shot in Jashpur for the first time. The state government announced subsidy for the development of film and TV industry. The government will give 33 percent subsidy for Chhattisgarh films made in Chhattisgarh. Similarly, for films made in other languages but shot here, a provision of 25 percent subsidy has been kept.
Advisor to the Chief Minister Mr. Gaurav Dwivedi said that Jashpur is a very beautiful district with tremendous scenic beauty and has immense tourism potential, as well is a good location for film shootings. He told that actors from the renowned series ‘CID’ namely Mr. Aditya Srivastava and Usha Jadhav, Akanksha Pingale, directors Avinash Das and Kanika Verma and producer Anees Ranjan are involved in the shooting of the film called Munurain in Jashpur. Mr. Gaurav Dwivedi further said that local people will also get employment through this process as the shooting of any film takes certain time to reach completion, for the time, the entire unit requires accomodation,food and numerous other things that will benifit many locals. Moreover, crowd actors are also required in many scenes and locales can get involved in it.
He further said that it is the result of visionary thinking of Chief Minister Mr. Bhupesh Baghel that Chhattisgarh’s name and work is also gaining recognition from the Hindi Film Industry. Due to the scenic beauty and aesthetically appealing places of the state,Chhattisgarh has a lot of potential in tourism and film production. Moreover,the renowned actor Mr. Akshay Kumar completed a shooting in Raigarh last month and many renowned actors are coming to shoot in Jashpur as well.
Collector Dr. Ravi Mittal informed that the children of Jashpur district were also auditioned for the film, out of which 3 girls are in the lead role and more than 20 children have been selected. The youth of Jashpur district who have special interest in pursuing films as career. Those kids are also being promoted and sent for auditions.
