Coordinate with police on shooting schedules in Mumbai: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray tells film producers

The Guild sought an extension of the length of shootings past 4 pm and guaranteed that they might proceed to comply with the COVD-19 norms, the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) mentioned in an announcement. (File picture)

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday requested movie and tv producers, who demanded an extension of the length of shootings past the 4 pm deadline, to coordinate with the police concerning the place and timing of their capturing schedules in and round Mumbai.

Addressing members of the Movie Producers Guild just about, the CM advised them to make sure that common COVID-19 detection exams are carried out, tips adopted, and vaccination of cinema artists and staff is expedited.

Filmmakers Rakyesh Om Prakash Mehra, Ritesh Sidhwani, Nagraj Manjule, Subodh Bhave, Ravi Jadhav amongst others participated within the assembly, additionally attended by Mumbai police commissioner Hemant Nagrale and members of the state COVID-19 job pressure.

The Guild sought an extension of the length of shootings past 4 pm and guaranteed that they might proceed to comply with the COVD-19 norms, the Chief Minister’s Workplace (CMO) mentioned in an announcement.

The CM advised them that Maharashtra is among the many states the place the variety of new infections just isn’t coming down. Regardless of a bio bubble system for sports activities occasions, there’s a unfold of coronavirus, the discharge quoted the CM as saying.

Thackeray mentioned the Maha Vikas Aghadi authorities is treading cautiously on enjoyable the restrictions as the first concern is the welfare and well being of residents.

“Mumbai Police will search particulars of the capturing places and timings. A nodal officer must be appointed to make sure all COVID-19 guidelines are adopted,” the CM mentioned.

Maharashtra on Friday reported 7,761 new COVID-19 instances and 167 deaths which took the state’s an infection tally to 61,97,018 and the dying toll to 1,26,727, as per the well being division.