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New Delhi: Minister for Information & Broadcasting  Manish Tewari has said that the Government would make all possible efforts to make India a major International Filming Destination. The Ministry had taken certain concrete steps to put in place a mechanism which would facilitate International as well as domestic film producers. The single window mechanism constituted through the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Promotion and Facilitation of Film Production in India would ensure the removal of all possible hurdles and lay down a timeline for different agencies involved for granting clearances for film shooting in India.

In order to encourage film makers from different streams the filming of feature films, short films and TV programmes had been included in the ambit of the Inter-Ministerial Committee. Shri Tewari stated this while speaking at the launch of 6 day Centenary Film Festival here today. 

Elaborating further, Tewari said that the Government was committed in restoring the rich legacy of Indian cinema and for this purpose the National Film Heritage Mission had been launched to conserve, restore and preserve the rich heritage. The Minister further mentioned that the Ministry looked forward to the recommendations of the Justice Mudgal Committee which had been constituted to identify the contemporary requirements of film certification. Regarding the Festival, he stated that the objective was to take India’s rich film heritage to the common people and facilitate the screening of classic masterpieces by famous Indian Directors. 

On the occasion, Tewari inaugurated the Indian cinema 100 (celebrating a century: an audio visual voyage) exhibition. This exhibition has been specially conceived and curated by the Films Division which aims to familiarize the visitor with some vintage artefacts, cinema equipment including cameras, sound-recording and editing machines and lighting equipment. An actual Tent / Tambu Cinema for experiencing the early twentieth century way of viewing was also arranged at the main foyer of the auditorium. The exhibition is expected to set the visitor on a fascinating audio-visual journey through 30 large-sized panels with visual and moving picture narratives, in addition to interactive audio-song and informative touch-screen consoles.(SourcePIB) 

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