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Major Bollywood stars such as Ranveer Singh, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal, Sidharth Malhotra, Bhumi Pednekar & few others landed in the capital city Thursday for a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The meeting comes weeks after the PM met Bollywood producers and discussed issues faced by the industry, which led to the reduction in GST on film tickets by the government.
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“There is a meeting happening with PM today with people from the film industry, including actors,” sources close to the development told PTI.
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The insider, however, did not disclose the agenda of the meeting.
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The delegation, which is a mix of directors and actors, has been organised by filmmaker Karan Johar, the source added.
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The line-up from Bollywood also includes director Rohit Shetty, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal, Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar and Sidharth Malhotra.
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After the December 19 meeting with PM drew flak on social media for not having any female representation on the panel, inclusion of names such as Alia and Bhumi is a step up.
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Actors-producers Ajay Devgn, Akshay Kumar, Karan Johar, Sidharth Roy Kapur, Ritesh Sidhwani and others were censured by internet users for not including any women in the panel.
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Rajkummar Rao & Vicky Kaushal
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Varun Dhawan
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Vicky Kasuhal and Karan Johar(All Pics: Manav Manglani)
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