Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 14: Prominent film producer and director from Jammu Jayesh Gupta today called on Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo and projects several demands and issues of local film makers and artist community.
During the meeting, Jayesh Gupta vociferously raised the demand of Duggar Satellite Channel with sole aim to promote, protect and develop the rich culture, heritage and languages spoken in the Duggar land, besides generating employment.
He told the Chief Secretary that more than one crore population stretched between Mirpur, Bhimber, Bag, Siyalkot and Shakargarh in Pakistan and Gurdaspur, Pathankot and Hoshiarpur in Punjab and some portion of Himachal Pradesh speaks Dogri. “Every language that comes in 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India has its own satellite channel like ‘Kashir’ for Kashmiri channel except Dogri language which also finds place in 8th Schedule,” he told Dulloo with utmost concern.
Jayesh apprised Dulloo that people of Jammu division (Dogra people) including actors, technicians, directors and producers have been demanding the Duggar satellite channel for so many years but no government paid heed to their genuine demand. He urged Dulloo to consider the genuine demand for the preservance of Dogri language which is fading away slowly.
He also sought amendments in J&K Film Policy. “The present J&K Film Policy needs to be amended in the interest of regional cinema and local artists, producers and directors as in its present status, only film producers of Bollywood are availing the benefits and local people involved in art, culture and cinema getting negligible benefits,” Jayesh added.
“In the past, local film makers made several films that got appreciation at national as well as international level but failed to generate any profit and thus, never attempted another film, leading to unemployment among people connected to the field of art, culture and cinema,” Dulloo was apprised and requested to make some amendments in the present J&K Film Policy so that local artists may earn their livelihood in a respectable way through art, culture and cinema.
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