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LUCKNOW: The SP, in a tweet, on Sunday flayed the UP government over what it termed deteriorating law and order situation in the state. It mentioned Sunday’s murder in Lucknow and discovery of a half-burnt body of a woman in Rae Bareli. “Yogi Adityanath’s government is completely insensitive towards the way people are being killed, raped and looted.
LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared subsidy worth over ₹112.4 million for 16 Hindi and six Bhojpuri films, a Film Bandhu official said.
“The subsidy amount worth ₹112.4 million for 22 films is being transferred directly into the filmmakers’ accounts through real time gross settlement (RTGS),” the official added.
‘Among these 22 films, ‘Anaarkali of Aarah’ starring Swara Bhaskar has been cleared for ₹ 4.31 million (₹43.41 lakh) subsidy by Film Bandhu, the one-stop film clearance and subsidy vetting facility.
Thirty-five new films are next in line for the subsidy, the official said.
“Nearly 35 films have been cleared by the finance committee. Bill vouchers of such films have been deposited and this means that these films would be next in line for subsidy which is cleared in a phased manner,” the official said.
“There are on an average three films every month that seek subsidy. The craze among filmmakers to shoot in Uttar Pradesh is unprecedented. Locations from Mathura to Agra and from Sarnath to Sonbhadra are in great demand,” the official said.
In March 2019, chief minister Yogi Adityanath had personally given away cheques worth Rs 70 million to 14 filmmakers for movies shot in the state and had even suggested a film on Prayagraj’s ‘Kumbh’.
A joint meeting of Uttar Pradesh Film Development Council and Film Bandhu, along with officials of eight UP departments is held before subsidy is cleared.
In 2018, the Yogi Adityanath government had revised the existing film policy.
Under the new policy if half of a film has been shot in the state, the producer would be eligible for a subsidy of Rs 10 million (Rs 1 crore), while shooting twothirds of it in the state would make the producer eligible for Rs 20 million (Rs 2 crore).
Including four to five actors from the state in his film makes the producer eligible for ₹2.5 million (₹ 25 lakh), while an all-Uttar Pradesh star cast make a producer eligible for ₹5 million (₹ 50 lakh).
The government had also reworked the policy to extend cash subsidies, which were till then available only to Hindi films and those made in Uttar Pradesh regional languages, to films shot in English or any regional language.
› The subsidy amount worth ₹112.4 million for 22 films is being transferred directly into the filmmakers’ accounts through real time gross settlement (RTGS), FILM BANDHU OFFICIAL