Despite controversies, J&K UT regime pledges to boost film industry
New Delhi
Newly made blockbuster 'The Kashmir Files' might have hit headlines due to multiple reasons and a section of film makers and experts have also joined the debate; at the official level the the Government of Union territory of Jammu & Kashmir is "trying to make the best possible efforts towards creation of a vibrant film ecosystem".
Official sources said efforts are being made to "create a suitable environment" and promotion of film production in Jammu & Kashmir:
The Jammu and Kashmir Film Policy of 2021 was formally accorded sanction in August 2021.
Towards the vision of establishing Jammu & Kashmir as the first choice of film shooting destination for filmmakers, the government of Jammu & Kashmir has set out a multi-pronged strategy.
One objective of the new Film policy is -- to develop Jammu & Kashmir as an important
destination for film production by providing beneficial incentives to the film producers.
Encouragement to boost job avenues and development of all-weather locations in Jammu & Kashmir
for shooting of films would be encouraged.
"To provide opportunities for local talent of the UT in acting and film making by
sharing their details through a Local talent directory on the Single Window portal," sources say.
To realize the objectives of J&K Film Policy, the UT government will also set up
a Jammu & Kashmir Film Development Council (JKFDC). Steps will be taken
create and develop "ancillary business opportunities that co-exist with film making".
Importantly, the JKFDC shall be the single point of contact to achieve the objectives of the Film Policy.
It shall be authorised to make and issue detailed guidelines, rules, checklist and all required
formats and agreements etc essential to implement the Film Policy, including guidelines for
the disbursement of the subsidy /financial incentives.
The new policy will of course seek to attract additional capital investment in Jammu & Kashmir
through the film industry.
"The film policy will also provide opportunities for local talent of the UT in acting and film making by
sharing their details through a Local talent directory on the Single Window portal," sources said.
Notably, appropriate security and safety arrangements are to be made free of cost to enable the
filmmakers to complete shooting.
"Permission to shoot shall include police clearance and shall be granted within one month of receiving
application from the applicant. The Security team will be specially trained/ oriented for film shoots,"
sources said.
The film policy also states that on producing film on the story/ script based on the UT of J&K, with a view of
Special Branding (J&K Specific Film), a special grant of 50% of the Cost of Production of film or Rs. 5 crore,
whichever is less, shall be provided. The JKFDC shall decide on such subsidies, on a case to case basis.
Moreover, it also says that if J&K is prominently featured in a feature film with more than 75% shooting;
days in the UT, then the tourism sector of the UT gets direct benefit. Such a film shall be given an
additional subsidy of Rs. 50 lakh which shall be decided by the JKFDC, on a case to case basis.
The policy also says that if the filmmaker is giving work opportunities to the local artists of J&K, then
an additional subsidy of Rs 50 lakh shall be provided.
The films produced, to patronize the feeling of “One Nation, Best Nation” (Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat), and
on certain other themes as decided by JKFDC shall also be encouraged.
Sources further said that children and women empowerment related films shall be given additional 25%
subsidies.
The Government of Jammu & Kashmir will promote and facilitate the creation of
infrastructure both in the private and joint venture mode required for making films, sources said.
It also states that the Film Festivals would be organized every year which would provide a
platform to the people of Jammu & Kashmir to experience films of international, national
and regional repute.
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(Vivek Agnihoti, maker of 'The Kashmir Files', says - "Letting such people hurt you is not just cowardice but self-destruction".)
New Delhi
“I didn’t want to insult anyone, and my aim was never to insult people or their relatives, who have suffered," remarked the controversial Leftist Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, whose commentson 'The Kashmir Files' made headlines.
"I totally, totally, totally apologize if that’s the way they interpreted,” he said in a TV interview.
The controversy kicked off by his comments is far from over.
For his part, the maker of the film 'The Kashmir Files' - which has been a blockbuster - tweeted onThursday, Dec 1, and said - "People do and say things to hurt you because somewhere they are unhappy that you have got what they desired. That’s why they want to destroy you".
He further wrote: "Letting such people hurt you is not just cowardice but self-destruction".
Several tweets and comments are coming up on social media.
"Kashmir Files is labelled vulgar propaganda because it truthfully depicts Hindu genocide. Had it shown instead half a million Kashmiri Muslims being raped, murdered, and ethnically cleansed by Hindus, it would have been hailed as a masterpiece," writes Anand Ranganathan, an author.
The film starring Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, and Darshan Kumaar, released in March was a stupendous box office success and has provoked reactions from the 'sickular' establishment.
Lapid has a tract record of making news and has more often flayed his own countrymen -- a typicalcommunist hypocrisy.
“Something in the deepest essence of the Israeli existence is false – is rotten. It’s not just Benjamin Netanyahu – it’s not special to Israel. But, at the same time, I think this Israeli sickness or nature is characterized by young Israeli men, muscular, smiling, who don’t raise any questions and don’t have any doubts," he had said in an interview published in Toronto-based NOW magazine.
He also had said - "They are extremely proud of being Israeli. They have a totally dichotomist vision of existence: Us versus all the others".
Lapid was also among a group of 250 Israeli filmmakers that signed an open letter to protest against the launch of the Shomron (Samaria/West Bank) Film Fund.
The Fund seeks to “distribute grants to Jewish settlers who reside in the West Bank (“Judea and Samaria”) and to productions by Israeli citizens filmed in the West Bank.”
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