Here’s why Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Ritesh Sidhwani met PM Modi in Delhi

Bollywood as a industry sometimes doesn’t understand the value of itself. It is one of the largest organisation when it comes to movie making and the reach of Bollywood transcends many boundaries. Leading filmmakers and producers Ritesh Sidhwani, Rajkumar Hirani, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Aanand L Rai, and Mahaveer Jain along with actor Aamir Khan recently flew down to Delhi to meet India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a range of issues related to the film industry. Interestingly Aamir was the only actor who was the part of the meeting.

In the wake of acknowledging and protecting the efforts, the Indian film fraternity has contributed towards the nation economically, filmmaker Ritesh Sidhwani presented the thought to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting which was facilitated by Mahaveer Jain. All of them they met PM Modi at 4 pm on Tuesday afternoon. The filmmakers and actor Aamir Khan came together a night before (Monday night) to discuss the agenda for the meeting, met the Prime Minister on Tuesday and returned on Wednesday morning after an extremely positive meeting.

Talking about the meeting a source reveals, “Bollywood is one of the highest grossing industries of our nation and is also very influential globally. In order to discuss the status of the industry and the day to day issues faced by the people involved in the field, the producers, as well as Aamir Khan, took to the Prime Minister to discuss the same. It was a collaborative effort of all the people involved to come forward and seek solutions from the Prime Minister directly and address these issues.”

Hon Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi meets film industry delegation: Aamir Khan, Rajkumar Hirani, Aanand L Rai, Ritesh Sidhwani, Siddharth Roy Kapur, Maulik Bhagat and Mahaveer Jain… How entertainment industry can contribute more in nation building was discussed. pic.twitter.com/VKbWvhqnso

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PM Modi took time out from his busy schedule and addressed the issues and requests put forward by them. A source further reveals. “It turned out to be a very productive and lucrative meeting, Modi Ji himself revealed the fact how in each of his global meetings with delegates from all over the world, Indian cinema is always been discussed and appreciated in depth. He agreed to the fact that Bollywood movies have gained recognition and prominence internationally.”

PM Narendra Modi assured the filmmakers of his complete support and said that he will look into the matter regarding the industry. “Modi Ji was very receptive throughout and has asserted them, that he will be working towards setting up a special team, appointing someone to look into the specifics of the industry and address them timely,” added the source.

Bollywood as an industry sometimes been accused of not taking a stand but its good to see that top directors and filmmakers are coming together to discuss issues and by meeting PM Modi, Bollywood has certainly taken a start.

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Dhaval Mehta

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