A film bandh related to cinema industry will be observed in the Kerala on Wednesday 14 in protest against the step of the government to impose entertainment tax in addition to GST on cinema tickets.
All film-related works will be suspended on account of the strike tomorrow. As per Mr.M.Renjith, president of the Kerala Film Producers’ Association, the proposed entertainment tax in addition to the tax rates under GST will badly affect the prospects of the Malayalam film industry.
The Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce had pointed out that the additional tax along with flood cess and GST would plunge the industry into a crisis. There will be no shooting or screening of films across the State on the strike day. The State government had decided to levy additional tax on cinema tickets after the central government reduced 28 per cent GST to 18 per cent.
The State government had given instruction to local self-governing institutions to levy the additional tax from September. Kerala Film Chamber Of Commerce secretary Mr.Appachan told to the media that they had taken the drastic step as the tax burden was too much.
