Now, filmmakers — Indian or international —won’t have to run pillar to post to get permissions sorted for shooting in the country as a single-window clearance system has been put in place by the Government.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore on Saturday here officially announced that the Government has entrusted
National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) to take responsibility of operating the Film Facilitation Office.Rathore also unveiled the Film Facilitation Office logo, which comprises a camera with an image of tiger.
The film office will facilitate shooting permissions, removing obstacles of bureaucracy, red tape and middle-men. It aims to put India on global map as a film shooting destination.
‘Censor Board Is Not A Govt Mouthpiece’
Panaji: The Centre on Saturday sought to distance itself from the raging debate over Censor Board’s moves, saying the Board is an autonomous body and its decisions do not reflect the Government’s viewpoint.
Union Minister of State for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the Censor Board is “not a government mouthpiece”.
FTII student booked, released on bail bond
Panaji: A day after two FTII ex-students were arrested for disrupting the IFFI inaugural function were arrested by the Panaji police, a third FTII student was held for allegedly wearing a T-shirt that bore the name of his institution. Ashutosh, a current FTII student was picked up by Panaji town police on
Saturday for allegedly wearing a T-shirt bearing his institute’s name.