West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced that Ranbir Kapoor and Yash-starrer Ramayana will be tax-free in the state. The film's first part is scheduled to release in theatres on November 5.
\n\nAdhikari made the announcement while speaking to news agency ANI after attending Dussehra celebrations at Central Park in Kolkata on Tuesday. Actors Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, who play Lord Ram and Ravana in the film, were also present at the event.
\n\n"The Ramayana film has been made tax-free," Adhikari said.
\n\n#WATCH | Kolkata: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari says, "The Ramayana film has been made tax-free. The Kerala Story, The Kashmir Files, and The Bengal Files—all of these will be (or have been) made tax-free, and the same will apply to Ramayana. In the days to come, we will see films on Shri Krishna and Arjuna, as well as the Mahabharata…"
\n\nHe also referred to films such as The Kerala Story, The Kashmir Files and The Bengal Files, saying they had been or would be made tax-free.
\n\n"The Kerala Story, The Kashmir Files, and The Bengal Files — all of these will be (or have been) made tax-free, and the same will apply to Ramayana," he said.
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