Budget 2023: The Union budget 2023 has totally ignored the entertainment industry even though the sector had several expectations from the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
Emerging from the unprecedented crisis of the last two years, the industry had high hopes of some sops in the budget. It hoped that some amendments to the current rules will help them overcome the crisis. However, the snub by the finance minister has belied all such hopes.
With a pinch of salt
Producer and film business expert Girish Johar said he was taking budget 2023 with a pinch of salt. Johar said he didn’t have much expectation from the budget as the industry has always been ignored by the government.
“To be honest, the expectations from the budget for the entertainment industry were at a bare minimum. The film industry has been snubbed by various budgets. Nothing has been announced. There is no relief for the entertainment sector. We have been taking this with a pinch of salt. But as things stand, we have to move on and look ahead,” he said.
Earlier, filmmaker Ashoke Pandit had voiced his opinions about the budget and what the entertainment industry expects. He said that till date no government took the entertainment industry seriously and did not give it the same importance as other industries.
Ignored for long
He had said, “The entertainment industry which includes cinema, television, OTT and state shows has always been very hopeful whenever the Budget is about to be announced, this happens year after year. But unfortunately, our entertainment industry has always been neglected by government after government. We have not been spoken about the way other industries are spoken about in the budget, whether it’s the textile industry, whether it’s the soap industry or health industry. The way other industries are identified, discussed, debated and benefits are thought for those industries, the entertainment industry has not been given that kind of importance or seriousness by any government till date.”
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