CM KCR: Film shoots to resume in a phased manner

Representatives of the Telugu film industry headed by Megastar Chiranjeevi today met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to discuss various issues about the movie industry in the wake of coronavirus outbreak. CM KCR patiently heard them and reassured them to help every possible way to the movie industry. The CM also agreed to extend all the welfare schemes to the daily wage workers of the film, television, and digital media industries. 

Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Rajamouli, Koratala Siva, Trivikram, Dil Raju, and Suresh Babu were part of this delegation. The state government would shortly announce guidelines to smooth functioning of the movie industry. The permissions for shootings and reopening of movie theaters will be sorted out. Minister of Cinematography Talasani Srinivas Yadav took the representatives to CM KCR.

CM Sri KCR has stated that film shoots, production works halted due to the #Coronavirus spread will be resumed in a phased manner. Hon’ble CM suggested that self-regulation has to be practiced in view of the Lockdown restrictions and #Coronavirus containment guidelines. pic.twitter.com/zxbDU4BkXg

— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) May 22, 2020

Later, Chiranjeevi in a tweet thanked CM KCR. “I wholeheartedly thank Hon’ble CM #KCR garu on behalf of the Film, TV & Digital Media industries for granting a patient hearing & his kind reassurance,” he tweeted.

తెలంగాణ ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ కెసిఆర్ గారికి పరిశ్రమలోని యావన్మంది తరుపున కృతఙ్ఞతలు ఈ రోజు వారు సినిమా, టీవీ, డిజిటల్ మీడియా కి సంబంధించిన సమస్యలు సానుకూలంగా విని, వేలాదిమంది దినసరి వేతన కార్మికులకు ఊరట కలిగేలా త్వరలో నిర్ణయం తీసుకుంటామని చెప్పారు.

— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) May 22, 2020

I sincerely thank Telangana CM, KCR garu for being empathetic to us as we discussed the possibility of bringing back normalcy to the sets of films. He heard us patiently and offered much-needed words of solace.

— rajamouli ss (@ssrajamouli) May 22, 2020