On September 28, mid-day reported that Suresh Shyamlal Gupta, President, All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA), had urged Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to dismiss the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) proposed hike on entertainment tax (Axe that hike on tax, Sep 28). In the latest development, Gupta had a meeting with Prashant Gaikwad, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Municipal Commissioner’s Office), and explained how the proposed surge — going as high as 570 per cent on air-conditioned cinema halls and multiplexes — would severely strain filmmakers, exhibitors, and the audience.

‘Prahaar’ lined up, amid conversation around the tax hike