Meeting of ABMCM held
On September 29, 2008, a meeting of the Akhil Bhartiya Marathi Chitrapat Mahamandal (ABMCM) was held to discuss various issues concerning the film industry. Presided over by Ajay Sarpotdar, other members who attended the meeting were Smita Talwalkar, Satish Randive, Subal Sarkar, Subhash Bhurke, Sanjeev Nayak, Dattaprasad Asthekar besides 150 associates from Mumbai, Kolhapur, Pune and Satara.
Some of the issues that were discussed were the Maharashtra Government’s involvement in the screening of Marathi films in theatres; the increase in the subsidiary amount to about 10 crores; films based on social or rural subjects too should be included in the awards category; the 3rd floor mini theatre and big theatre on the ground floor of P.L.Deshpande Maharashtra Kala Academy be allowed for screening of films besides letting it for premiere as well as press shows of new films.
The committee, named to handle special problems and concerns of the film industry, comprises Ajay Sarpotdar, Ramdas Phutane, M.S. Salvi, Vijay Patkar, Neena Kulkarni, Alka Athalye, Ramesh Salgoankar, Madan Gonari, Hemant Sakharkar, Suresh Keni, Kanchan Adhikari, Jayesh Peera, Shashikant Guran, Vivek Kudle, Deepak Neelanar, Bhaskar Jadhav, Ranindra Panhalkar, Deepak Deshmukh, Dinesh Deshpande and Veena Lokur.