Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Monday formed a technical advisory committee for encouraging the film industry in the State. The chairperson of the committee will be Padma Bhushan award winner and senior actor Anupam Kher, while IPRD Director AK Pandey will be member Secretary of the panel.
The Government has come up with Jharkhand Film Policy 2015 for employment generation in the film industry, encouragement of local talents, film tourism, making people aware of the history and culture of Jharkhand and attracting investment in film making in the State.
The advisory committee has been formed in accordance with the film policy of the State. 11 other members of the committee include - Film Director Imtiyaz Ali, Musician Bullu Ghosh, president of All India Santhali Association Ramesh Hansda, International folk dance artist Mukund Nayak, comedy film-maker Prakash Mishra, former RU Professor Ratan Prakash, Director Mahesh Manjhi, writer Amitabh Ghosh, writer and social worker Hari Mittal and theatre artist Ajay Malkani.
The committee will scrutinize suggestions for making films and will also technically probe them.