The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Wednesday criticised the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) for taking away necessary occasions to Gujarat because the stage is about for the 69th Filmfare Awards-2024 to be held within the neighbouring state. The organisers introduced that the coveted 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards in collaboration with Gujarat Tourism shall be held on the new GIFT Metropolis in Gandhinagar as a two-day glamour-filled extravaganza on January 27-28.
Hitting out on the BJP, the Congress’ Chief of Opposition (Meeting) Vijay Wadettiwar stated “this isn’t honest” and referred to as it one more try and downgrade the significance of Mumbai by taking away the movie trade, recognized world over as ‘Bollywood’ out of Maharashtra.
“That is an try and dilute the significance of Mumbai. Earlier, the industries of Maharashtra had been taken to Gujarat. Now the attention has fallen on the movie trade,” stated Wadettiwar.
He stated Mumbai and Bollywood have an unbreakable bond and this choice could have a big effect on cine enterprise, the actors and staff which can be depending on the movie trade.
Nationalist Congress Social gathering Nationwide Spokesperson Clyde Crasto stated Gujarat is “stealing” every thing from Mumbai and Maharashtra within the final couple of years, a number of huge ticket initiatives had been ‘stolen’ final yr, and now the most recent being the celebrated Bollywood movie fraternity’s Filmfare awards.
“The Gujarat authorities’s invitation to Filmfare to carry the awards in Gujarat is simply one other ploy to remove the status of Mumbai and Maharashtra. It’s shameful that, as at all times, the BJP led Maharashtra Authorities is silent on this subject, like they’ve been when initiatives and monetary prospects had been being taken away from the state,” stated Crasto.
He stated that Gujarat can also be a state of India and it ought to prosper at all times, “however then why is the state and Central authorities not pondering the identical for Maharashtra which can also be an Indian state?” In accordance with the organisers, the January 27 curtain-raiser shall be held on the Mahatma Mandir Conference & Exhibition Centre the place Bollywood technical awards shall be introduced, adopted by the primary glittering awards on the GIFT Metropolis on January 28.
The hosts for the exhibits shall be veteran film-maker Karan Johar, actor Ayushmann Khurrana, tv celeb Manish Paul, plus performances by Kareena Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Sara Ali Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kartik Aaryan, et al.
