Just when everything was hunky dory in Bollywood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dropped a bomb shell of Demonetisation of currency notes of the denomination of Rs 500/- & Rs 1000/- on the entire Indian continent.
Earlier on during the Diwali weekend period 2 major Blockbusters namely Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay & Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil was released and slowly & steadily they had set the Cash Registers ringing on the Box Office turnstiles. But the moment came the announcement of Demonetisation the Box Office collections of the above mentioned 2 Blockbusters started dipping like nobody’s business.
Not only these many filmmakers also hastily started postponing their releases fearing the same fate at the Box Office turnstiles. But sadly enough Farhan Akhtar & Ritesh Sidhwani’s Rock On 2 had to forcibly bear the brunt of Mr. Modi’s all of sudden announcement of the uncalled & unasked, as the “aam aadmi” thinks, for Demonetisation scheme to bring out the hoarded Black Money, which perhaps Mr. Modi thought that the Indian Film Industry is also the hand in glove accomplice.
That apart all the new announcements, muhurats, events et al were stalled as people were busy queuing up round the clock at the doorsteps of their respective banks and this might perhaps have also included our so called members of the film fraternity amidst all this Demonetisation chaos obviously created by Mr. Modi. So what if it may perhaps have been implemented unintentionally.
Forget the celebration mood as the film fraternity even, sadly enough missed the death anniversary of the indian film industry’s one & only showman the Late Raj Kapoor. No one remembered him no one paid him any respect due to him. As the indian film fraternity forgot this important occurrence, amidst all the confusion galore of the Modi Government’s Demonetisation’s successful implementation, and also to find 1000 or at least 500 ways to safeguard themselves against it.
On the other hand came, Film & Television Producers Guild of India’s President & Fimmaker Mukesh Bhatt’s take on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Demonetisation’s effect on the film industry, as a soothing balm.
He averred, “A week ago Prime Minister Narendra Modi had grabbed everyone’s attention after making Rs 500/- & Rs 1000/- currency notes invalid in order to curb black money from the country. But, as per me some reports already suggested that this will majorly affect the indian film industry.”
“So to clarify the issue justifyingly, I personally think that Demonetisation won’t affect the film industry at all. In fact I wish to praise Mr. Modi’s decision and inform all at hand that the film industry will not be impacted by it at all. I also wish to clarifyingly state that the film industry does not deal in cash. It has been completely corporatised & cleaned of all the cash dealings whatsoever. And believe you me that since the year 2000 onwards, the industry doesn’t deal with cash money at all.”
After Mukesh Bhatt’s open addressal on Mr. Modi’s Demonetisation stand, many celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, Karan Johar, Rajinikanth et al have also come forward & praised the incredible move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
So we hereby rest our case on this particular topic until futher devepments. That is hopefully speaking.
