Budgetary provision will be made for the Uttarakhand Film Development Council (UFDC) with a proposal amounting to about Rs 10 crore to be submitted to the state government by the council. This fund will be put to use for purposes like providing grants to film makers and conducting functions of the council. These and other decisions were taken in the second meeting of the UFDC which was presided over by the council’s vice chairman and known actor Hemant Pande.
Pande said that in order to provide a suitable platform to potential talent in the state, brief-films of five minutes made by members of the general public in Uttarakhand will also be invited by the council which will conduct selection and present awards to those selected. A committee will be formed for this purpose to prepare an outline for this programme, he said. It was also decided in the meeting held here on Monday that in order to facilitate the conservation and uplift of the folk arts and native culture, council members Hira Singh Rana, Rekha Dhasmana Uniyal and Meena Rana have been named for the said purpose. Pande further informed that necessary amendments will also be made in the state’s film policy 2015 with council members Shiv Painyuli, Sudarshan Juyal, Chandra Datt Tiwari, Satish Sharma, Chandravir Gaytri and Vikki Yogi being nominated for the purpose.