Kollywood’s successful filmmaker S.Shankar, is busy with his post production work for the upcoming magnum opus movie, 2.0, has raised his concerns over the growing tax and has requested to save Tamil cinema.
Shankar, though has voiced out his opinion in general, is said to be affected on a larger scale in particular as the Rajinikanth starrer movie is touted to be the biggest Indian movie in terms of production values. Being made at a mammoth budget of 400 Cr, the movie needs to click big time with massive theatrical revenue, which might seem like a daunting task if the state government's tax rule is implemented.
Currently he had expressed his concern by stating that, a total tax
rate of 48-58% is too huge and unbearable. This would only mean that the
distributors and theatre owners will be required to share meager revenue of
42-52% between themselves which will impact the business of Tamil cinema to a
larger extent.
