Bollywood, India's prolific film industry, is threatening to quit Mumbai after nearly a century following sustained attacks on sets and harassment of actors and producers by local Hindu nationalist political party cadres.
The Film and Television Producers Guild has warned Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra state chief minister, that if his government failed in providing them protection against continuing 'political vandalism', it would consider moving the city's substantial film business to a safer location.
Bollywood, a portmanteau derived from Bombay – Mumbai's former colonial name – and Hollywood is the headquarters of India's mammoth Hindi film industry that employs more than 2.5 million people and is valued at some £2 billion.
"Things have gone out of hand. We can't do business at a place where there is always threat to life" Film Guild head Ramesh Sippy said. There is a need to come together and solve this matter, he declared. Full story...
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The Film and Television Producers Guild has warned Prithviraj Chavan, Maharashtra state chief minister, that if his government failed in providing them protection against continuing 'political vandalism', it would consider moving the city's substantial film business to a safer location.
Bollywood, a portmanteau derived from Bombay – Mumbai's former colonial name – and Hollywood is the headquarters of India's mammoth Hindi film industry that employs more than 2.5 million people and is valued at some £2 billion.
"Things have gone out of hand. We can't do business at a place where there is always threat to life" Film Guild head Ramesh Sippy said. There is a need to come together and solve this matter, he declared. Full story...
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