Persons flaunting fortunes earned from dubious sources would not be allowed to invest their ill-gotten money in producing Odia feature films henceforth. A decision to this effect was taken here on Friday at an emergency meeting of the Odia Film Producers’ Association.
The significant decision was taken by the association against the backdrop of recent widespread criticism against the Odia film industry after it was established that as many as five tainted persons involved in chit fund scam and dubious dealings in real estate have produced as many as a dozen feature films.
“Henceforth, a film producer shall have to submit all his relevant bank documents, including PAN card and possibly a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the police to be a member of the association before he ventures out to make a movie,” said association president Kusha Ranjan Patnaik.
The association also decided to stay away from the affairs of those members who are currently being prosecuted by the law enforcement agencies for their dubious roles. “Their memberships from the association shall be immediately cancelled once they are convicted in the cases they are facing now,” Patnaik said.
The association also decided that henceforth, the vetting of relevant bank documents of its prospective members shall be properly scrutinised. It is also thinking to verify the credentials of its present members in an attempt to make the feature film production transparent.