Jaya Bachchan Says Film Industry Is Being 'Totally Ignored' By Government: You Only Use Them For Serving Your Purpose
During the General Discussion on the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Rajya Sabha, veteran Bollywood actress and Samajwadi Party member Jaya Bachchan said that the government has been neglecting the entertainment industry.
Jaya Bachchan Says Film Industry Is Being 'Totally Ignored' By Government: You Only Use Them For Serving Your Purpose
Veteran Bollywood actress and Samajwadi Party leader Jaya Bachchan believes that the government is overlooking the entertainment industry. In the General Discussion on the Union Budget 2025-26 in the Rajya Sabha, she brought up the issue of single screens getting shut. She also spoke about how costly cinema halls have become.
Jaya Bachchan on industry being 'ignored'
“One industry has been totally ignored by you, and other governments were also doing the same thing. But today you have taken it to the next level. You have totally ignored the film and entertainment industry because you only use them for serving your own purpose,” she said in the Upper House.
She continued, “Today, leave aside GST, all the single screens (theatres) are shutting down. People are not going to movie halls because everything has become so costly. Perhaps you want to kill this industry altogether. This the only industry that connects the entire world to India.”
Jaya Bachchan's appeal to government
She also alleged that cinema was being targeted and appealed, “I am speaking on behalf of my film industry and making a request to this House on behalf of the audio-visual industry, that please spare them. Please have some mercy for them. You are trying to kill this industry. Please do not do this. Today you have started targeting cinema also.”
She urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to look into the issue “very very seriously” and said, “I request Finance Minister to consider and please bring something to help this industry survive.”
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