Govt. doesn’t give importance to cinema business: Richa Chadha

TIL Desk Bollywood/ Actress Richa Chadha feels the government is ignorant about how the entertainment industry is suffering due to tax. The Union Budget 2018-2019 brought no relief to the entertainment industry.

“Entertainment tax and exhibitors’ tax is killing the business of our cinema and that is a known fact. But I do not think that government gives any importance to that,” Richa told.

“They invite celebrities to be a part of their social campaigns and other initiatives since entertainment is a soft power. But they ignore how the entertainment industry is suffering due to the taxation,” she added. She also hopes the system of GST is simplified to make it more understandable for the common man “because everyone is hiring a Chartered Accountant”.

Richa, who started her career in 2008 with “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” and has worked in acclaimed films like “Gangs of Wasseypur series, “Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela”, “Masaan”, “Sarbjit” and the first Indian Amazon Original series “Inside Edge”, is now keen to explore other branches of filmmaking.