Three standing bodies mooted for film development in state

lucknow: the reconstituted film development council (fdc), at its maiden meeting held under the chairmanship of film-star-turned politician shatrughan sinha, decided to set up three standing committees to provide facilities for making films in the state. it was decided at the meeting to give top priority to the facilities for outdoor shooting and provisions of loans and subsidies for this purpose to film-makers.the issues relating to the setting up of a film-city, film-studios and laboratories, encouragement to the construction of cinema houses, reduction in tax, film development funds and other related activities were also discussed in details. out of the three committees, raja bundela and shiv kumar were included in the one constituted for providing facilities for shooting of films, and development of infra-structural facilities. kd shorey and kp singh were included in the committees formed to provide financial assistance and to prepare projects regarding exemption of entertainment tax. similarly, mahesh bhatt and satish khanna would be the members of the committee to publicise uttar pradesh as a better place for the production of films. the committees would be headed either by the chairman or the co-chairman. sinha, who had earlier declined to accept the offer, later agreed to take it on the honorary basis, later said that the state would definitely get recognition in film-making. sinha also called on chief minister rajnath singh after the meeting. during his meeting with the chief minister, sinha said that he would be able to turn the age-old dreams of uttar pradesh into a reality. sinha said that with the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the state and infra-structural facility , the film industry would be able to make a rapid growth.