Bengaluru to have film city of international standard: CM Bommai
Bengaluru, Mar 23: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday said he has agreed for small theatres in tier-1 and tier-2 cities following demand from the public.
Bommai also said the government is working on a film city of an international standard which can attract not only the Bollywood but also Hollywood to make movies here.
"We have done all that is required for filmmaking. People demanded small theatres using publicprivate partnership and I agreed for it in tier-1 and tier-2 cities," Bommai said at the inauguration of the 14th Bengaluru International Film Festival here.
Calling Bengaluru an international city, where prominent people from various sectors arrive at the Kempegowda International Airport here everyday, the Chief Minister said the city is the perfect place for international film festival.
"Bengaluru is truly an international cosmopolitan city. Where else should the international film festival happen if not in Bengaluru?” Bommai asked.
Assuring the film community, he said the film city will be a reality in Bengaluru. "Soon the film city will be a reality. To make it of international standard, we are inviting experienced people from the Hollywood to set up new film city. This is our desire, which will happen soon.
Once the film city is done, I want Hollywood to come and not just the Bollywood,” Bommai said.
Speaking about Kannada cinemas, he said they are making their presence felt at the international level due to the technologies and unique story line used in filmmaking. In this context, he recalled how "Kantara" became an internationally acclaimed movie.
"In films like "KGF-1" and 'KCF-2" technologies were used extensively. However, in "Kantara" it was not so. No one had ever imagined the success of the film at international level,” the Chief Minister said.
He also lauded the selection committee for selecting the best films for the Bengaluru International Film Festival. The film festival will go till March 30.
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Allahabad HC sets aside maintenance order in favour of earning wife, says she didn't tell truth
Prayagraj (PTI): The Allahabad High Court has set aside a lower court order mandating a man to pay maintenance to his estranged wife, observing that she earns her living and did not reveal the true salary in her affidavit.
Justice Madan Pal Singh also allowed a criminal revision petition filed by the man, Ankit Saha.
"A perusal of the impugned judgment indicates that in the affidavit filed before the trial court, the opposite party herself admitted that she is a post-graduate and a web designer by qualification. She is working as a senior sales coordinator in a company and getting a salary of Rs 34,000 per month," the court said in the December 3 order.
"But in her cross-examination, she has admitted that she was earning Rs 36,000 per month. Such an amount for a wife who has no other liability cannot be said to be meagre; whereas the man has the responsibility of maintaining his aged parents and other social obligations," it observed.
The high court observed that the woman was not entitled to get any maintenance from her husband "as she is an earning lady and able to maintain herself".
The man's counsel argued in court that the estranged wife did not reveal the whole truth in the affidavit.
"She claimed herself to be an illiterate and unemployed woman. When the document filed by the man was shown to her before the trial court, she admitted her income during cross-examination. Thus, it is clear that she did not come before the trial court with clean hands," the counsel submitted.
The court, in its order, said, "Cases of those litigants who have no regard for the truth and those who indulge in suppressing material facts need to be thrown out of the court."
It impugned the lower court's February 17 judgment and order, passed by the principal judge of a family court in Gautam Buddh Nagar and allowed the criminal revision petition filed by the man.
