Savita Raj Hiremath, one of the producers of megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s Jhund, has said that she is “shocked” why her film was not made tax-free as it not only saw positive audience response, but also a theme that which was “important to us”. Development of the country”. Jhund, which released theatrically to rave reviews on March 4, featured Bachchan as Vijay Barse, a retired sports teacher from Nagpur, who pioneered a slum football movement.
The film marked the Hindi debut of filmmaker Nagraj Manjule, who is known for his acclaimed Marathi films Fandry and Sairat. A week after Jhund, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley in the 1990s, opened in theatres.
The film received support from the central government, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and several leaders of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who supported the film. The Kashmir Files, featuring Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi, was also declared tax-free in states such as Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Karnataka, Tripura and Goa. On Friday, Hiremath wrote on Facebook that while The Kashmir Files is an important film, Jhund is no less.
“I recently watched ‘Kashmir Files’ and as the story of exodus of Kashmiri Pandits it is heartbreaking and it is a story that needs to be told. It is a good voice for Kashmiri Pandits! But Jhund I am amazed as the producer of Jhund. After all Jhund is also an important film and it has a story and a big message which has received tremendous appreciation and word of mouth from the audience. Jhund is also produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Raj Hiremath, Gargi Kulkarni, Meenu Arora and Manjule.
Hiremath further wrote that she was curious to know what are the criteria for the government to select a film and exempt it from entertainment tax. “So I want to find out on what criteria the government supports it by making it tax-free, through social media and asking offices to show films or give half-day leave to their employees. After all, in herds too There is a topic which is very important for the development of our country.Jhund is not only talking about inequality between caste and economic inequality but also shows a way to get their success story to the lower strata of the society “
While The Kashmir Files has raked in around Rs 116 crore at the box office, ‘Jhund’ has collected over Rs 15 crore so far.
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