The Telugu film industry is planning to shut all their activities in November to protest against the GST. According to some industry folks, the Tamil film industry is planning a similar kind of bandh in November, and the Telugu film industry wants to follow suit.
The recent GST (Goods and Services Tax) was openly criticised as it created huge losses for the industry. So, the Tamil film industry wanted to make the protest big and were planning to shut the industry while requesting the Telugu industry to do the same.
“We are still talking with the Tamil producers and others before taking a decision,” says P. Kiran, President of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce.
“We are also in talks with other film industries from the North like Marathi and Bengali,” says C. Kalyan, Chairman of the South Indian Chamber of Commerce. He adds that the Tamil industry is getting levied an additional tax of eight per cent from the state government apart from the GST.
On the other hand, he shares that the West Bengal government did a favour to their film industry with the state government withdrawing its nine per cent tax, which means that the industry has to pay only the other 9 per cent to the central government.
