CURATED BY – CHANDAN KUMAR CHAUBEY | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Patna, The government has approved the Bihar Film Promotion Policy 2024. This will give impetus to the work of film production in the state. Under this, 25 percent grant will be given in films up to 4 crores.

There was a demand for the construction of Film City and subsidy to the filmmakers in Bihar for a long time, arrangements were made by the government to give subsidy to the producers in the neighboring states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. The result of which was that the producers of Bihar started shooting in Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand. Shooting had stopped in Bihar and the situation of the people associated with the film here had changed.

But today after the announcement of Film Policy 2024 by the Nitish government, the filmmakers of Bihar have breathed a sigh of relief.

After the cabinet meeting on Friday, the cabinet's additional chief secretary Dr. S Siddharth said that under the film promotion policy, the state is to be developed as an important center for film production, the state's historical and beautiful tourist places are to be recognized at the national and international level. Along with this, the infrastructure and employment opportunities for film production are to be developed, and shooting of films is to be promoted.

Under this policy, filmmakers will be given various types of financial assistance and grants for official filming of films in the state in Hindi and regional languages. An amount of two crores to four crores will be given as grant, which is the highest in the entire country.