Jammu, August 08, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Sangeet Natak Akademi Awardee, Mushtaq Kak has described the new film policy announced by the authorities as “copy, cut paste policy.” Mushtaq Kak in a media interview said, “The new film policy won’t benefit the regional artists. It will only help the outsiders, not the local artists.”
He said, “The present dispensation seems clueless about the regional film industry like Kashmiri, Dogri, Pahari and Poonchi. Our artists have worked extensively in these languages. We had DD Kashir, Jammu channel but these channels have been dismantled.”
He said, the present regime seems least bothered about the plight of local artists. “Nor it seems interested in promoting the regional film industry,” he added. “Instead of the film policy the government should have come up with a cultural policy. We have a Kala Kendra in Jammu but it’s of no use,” he maintained.
If the authorities really want to do something for the local artists then it should come up with a policy for regional artists,” he said. “They should look towards Bhojpuri, Punjabi and other film industries. The new film policy has left the local artists to fend on their own,” he added.
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