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Film Development Council set up

Novelist U R Anantha Murthy, veteran film-makers Sunil Dutt and Ramanand Sagar, and members of Parliament Jaya Prada and Vinod Khanna are among the 39 members of the newly-constituted Film Development Council, set up in the wake of recognition of cinema as an industry.

The Council, chaired by Information and Broadcasting Secretary P G Mankad, comprises six representatives of film-related organisations, six ex-officio members and 27 other members.

According to the terms of reference, the Council will suggest ways and means for the sustained and all-round development and growth of the film industry and recommend ways for improving and upgrading the technological and qualitative aspects of Indian cinema.

The film-makers representing Hindi cinema in the Council are Saeed Mirza, Prakash Jha and Govind Nihalani. Other film-makers on the Council are Jahnu Barua, Rituparno Ghosh, Kamal Haasan, Shaji N Karun, P Madhavan, R Prasad, Sarat Pujari, C V L Sastry and Kiran Shantaram.

Film artistes include thespian Pran, Hema Malini, Sharmila Tagore, Pooja Bhatt and Gautami. Film lyricist Javed Akhtar, exhibitor Uday Kaushish and distributor G S Mayawala are the other members on the council from the film industry.

The Council -- which has a term of one year -- will also consider the existing legislations, policies and procedures including fiscal and credit related ones, relevant to the film industry and recommend suitable initiatives to meet the requirements of this sector, and review measures for enhancing productivity of the workforce.

UNI

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