After Deepika Padukone’s Chhapaak, Taapsee Pannu’s Thappad Is Declared Tax-free In Madhya Pradesh
News
oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By P T I
The
Congress
government
in
Madhya
Pradesh
on
Tuesday
announced
a
three-month
exemption
from
the
State
Goods
and
Services
Tax
(SGST)
to
the
upcoming
Taapsee
Pannu-starrer
film
Thappad.
The
film,
directed
by
Anubhav
Sinha,
deals
with
the
issue
of
domestic
violence
and
is
set
to
release
on
Friday.
A
top
official
of
the
Commercial
Tax
Department
said
the
film
was
exempted
from
SGST
in
view
of
its
subject
and
message.
Single-screen
cinemas
and
multiplexes
have
been
asked
not
to
collect
SGST
on
tickets
of
the
film,
the
official
said.
At
present,
film
tickets
carry
18
percent
GST
-
SGST
and
Central
Goods
and
Services
Tax
at
nine
per
cent
each.
In
the
film,
Pannu
plays
an
upper-middle
class
educated
woman
who
is
forced
to
continue
in
her
marital
relationship
even
after
her
husband
slaps
her.
Pannu
was
among
members
of
the
film
fraternity
who
had
condemned
police
crackdown
on
students
of
Jamia
Milia
while
accusing
the
government
of
trying
to
stifle
the
voices
of
dissent
against
the
Citizenship
Amendment
Act.
Recently,
Deepika
Padukone's
Chhapaak
was
declared
tax-free
in
Madhya
Pradesh
even
as
BJP
supporters
called
for
a
boycott
of
the
film
over
the
actor's
support
for
the
students
of
Jawaharlal
Nehru
University
who
were
attacked
by
masked
goons.