Dehradun, As a run up to Uttarakhand Statehood Day celebrating 19 years of the hill-state coming into being, a marathon of seminars dedicated to youth, entrepreneurs, industrialists and women achievers were celebrated throughout Uttarakhand.
On the eve of Statehood Day, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and Union Minister Smriti Irani inaugurated a Film Conclave in Mussoorie.
Divided into three session, the Conclave saw an interesting queue up of Bollywood Directors ad artists from Vishal Bharadwaj, Rekha Bharadwaj, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Ajay Arora, Padmashree Soma Ghosh, Kavita Chaudhry, Taran Adarsh, Bharat Bhalla, Narayan Singh, Muzaffar Ali, to name a few.
Uttarakhand has been trying to promote itself as a film friendly State, working relentlessly to lure big Bollywood banners which won Uttarakhand the ‘Most Film Friendly State” award at the 66th National Film Awards, 2018.
Speaking to the media, Actor-Producer Jackky Bhagnani said, “Uttarakhand has the perfect shot no matter which way you turn the camera. We hope that suggestions that we put across today, are worked upon.”
Welcoming all, Chief Minister Uttarakhand asked those who had gathered to voice their suggestions in order to ensure that Uttarakhand’s Film Policy could further woo the creative fraternity.
Union Minister Smriti Irani laid stress on regional talent being showcased along with national and international clients. Ensuring that content creation, production and management skills along with the digital media in regional languages were worked with in harmony.”
Thus far, over 200 movies, documentaries and serials been shot at its scenic locales with a continuous flow of talent from Bollywood, Mollywood and even Tollywood.
Post the three sessions, what new changes in favour of regional talent the Film Policy will see is anyone’s guess. But for those present, the Conclave was a step forward in the right direction.
