Manipur Govt. Approves State Cinema Policy

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Manipur led by Biren Singh has approved the Manipur State Cinema Policy, 2019 with an aim to improve the Manipuri film industry.

The decision was taken by the Manipur government recently at acabinet meeting chaired by the Manipur Chief Minister in Imphal.

The Manipur government's decision has been welcomed by the artistes and others associated with the Manipuri film industry including the Film Forum Manipur, the apex body of filmmakers.

Chairman of Manipur Film Forum S Mahgoljao Singh said that theywelcomed the Cabinet decision to approve the Manipur State Cinema Policy andthanked the Chief Minister for taking proper action to promote the Manipur filmindustry.

Singh also said that they also urged the Chief Minister to takenecessary action to fulfill the previous demand made by them saying that thestandard of the contemporary Manipuri cinema has not been up to the desiredlevel.

He further stated that the Manipur Film Forum had submittedthree representations to the Chief Minister since October 2017 and the last representationwas submitted on August 14 earlier this year.

Singh further reiterated that he is hopeful that the stategovernment will look into the grievances of the members from the filmfraternity with the approval of the Manipur State Cinema Policy.

It may be mentioned that, at present Manipur has only one cinemahall which screens local language films and the forum demands that more cinemahalls should be set up.

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