Patna, (Bihar Times): The Bihar-Jharkhand Motion Pictures’Association has decided to take an initiave. This organization will fight for the rights of the Bhojpuri actors and actresses from the region. The new body will comprise Bhojpuri film actors, producers and directors as its members.

According to the BJMPA member, Dr Sunil Kumar, himself a film-maker, a number of film-makers from the non-Bhojpuri regions have joined the industry in a bid to cash the boom in Bhojpuri film industry. Thus now the problem is that there is no guarantee whether actors and actresses from Bihar and Jharkhand, especially new-comers, would get a break.

Not only that sometimes they also had to undergo financial and physical exploitation. Thus it is essential to provide them a forum. The Association will also set up Bhojpuri Help Centre  to raise their voice against exploitation and help them get justice. The Centre will start functioning in Mumbia by the end of this month.

The Association sought to make a minimum of five-day shooting of Bhojpuri films in Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh mandatory for the Bhojpuri film-makers. It will not allow release of films in Bihar and Jharkhand of those producers who fail to follow its guidelines. Shooting of films in this region will generate employment opportunities and revenue, Dr Sunil said.

It has also been decided to purchase cameras, lights etc so that the film-makers need not bother to bring these things from Mumbai.

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