Bhubaneswar: Producer Ektaa Kapoor, Managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, called on Chief Minister Mohan Majhi on Tuesday during her visit to Odisha.
They met at his Odisha Legislative Assembly chamber here.
The meeting followed the Odisha government’s decision to make ‘The Sabarmati Report’ tax-free in the state.
Besides expressing gratitude to the CM for making the film tax free, Ekta urged him watch the movie with his council of ministers.
The film starring Vikrant Massey Raashii Khanna and Ridhi Dogra have been directed by Dheeraj Sarna and produced by Shobha Kapoor, Ektaa R Kapoor, Amul V Mohan and Anshul Mohan. It hit the screens on November 15.
This comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi watched the movie along with several members of his Cabinet besides MPs from the ruling alliance at the Balyogi Auditorium in the Parliament library building in Delhi.
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Odisha is the seventh BJP-ruled states after Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat, to exempt entertainment tax on ‘The Sabarmati Report’, based on the Godhra train burning incident, from entertainment tax.
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Mukesh Mahaling made the announcement in the Assembly on November 28.
Later taking to his X handle, the CM wrote, “People’s government has decided to make the film ‘Sabarmati Report’ based on a true incident tax free in Odisha. The film shows how Kar Sevaks were burnt alive in the Godhra fire incident to fulfill their vested interests and create unrest. This film will give goosebumps as it brings the heart-wrenching truth of the past and make the general public more aware.”
