Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, the president of the Indian Film & Television Directors' Association, recently reacted to the latest Union Budget 2023. He also opened up about his expectations from the Narendra Modi-run government.
"The entertainment industry which includes cinema, television, OTT and state shows has always been very hopeful whenever the Budget is about to be announced, this happens year after year. But unfortunately, our entertainment industry has always been neglected by government after government. We have not been spoken about the way other industries are spoken about in the budget, whether it's the textile industry, whether it's the soap industry or health industry. The way other industries are identified, discussed, debated and benefits are thought for those industries, the entertainment industry has not been given that kind of importance or seriousness by any government till date," he told new agency ANI.
