Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
NEW DELHI: The resumption of film, television and web production may still be some time away, but content creators seem to have taken Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for self-reliance seriously.
Filmmakers plan to restrict their cast and crew to local Indian talent and shoot projects entirely in India. A couple of weeks ago, Telugu superstar Allu Arjun announced his new multilingual film Pushpa, that he said would be ‘100% made in India’ with the intent to provide employment to Indian film workers.
Citing issues of limited cash flows and paranoia around travelling abroad, other filmmakers too agree that shooting in small, contained sets within India seems a feasible option for now. “As businessmen, we will have to cut costs wherever