Bollywood actors Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh, Ayushmann Khurrana, Varun Dhawan and filmmakers Karan Johar, Rohit Shetty were among those who were part of the delegation that met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday.
Karan Johar shared a ‘selfie of the year’ with PM Modi and the details of the meeting.
“Powerful and timely conversations can bring about change and this was one of what we hope will become a regular conversation. Meeting the Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi today was an incredible opportunity,” he wrote.
“As a community, there is a huge interest to contribute to nation building. There is so much that we want to do. And can do and this dialogue was towards how and what ways we can do that. When the youngest country (in demography) joins hands with the largest movie industry in the world, we hope to be a force to reckon with. Together we would love to inspire and ignite positive changes to a transformative India. The film industry would also like to send a huge thanks for the GST reduction in movie ticket prices that was implemented recently! Thank you so much for your time, Sir!” the filmmaker added.
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Have a look at the ‘selfie of the year’:
Other Bollywood actors, too, shared pictures on their respective social media handles with PM Narendra Modi and thanked him for his time.
Here are the pictures:
This meeting happened weeks after the Bollywood producers met the PM and discussed issues faced by the industry which led to the reduction in GST on film tickets by the government.