India, U.K. Discuss Co-Production Prospects at Cannes Virtual India Pavilion
Naman Ramachandran While India does not have its usual physical pavilion at the Cannes market this year, due to pandemic travel restrictions, and Bollywood stars aren’t setting the red carpet on fire, the business of cinema continues to be discussed at the virtual India pavilion.At a lively session on Thursday, moderated by Vikramjit Roy, head of India’s Film Facilitation Office (FFO), Dhanpreet Kaur, MD of the country’s National Film development Corporation (NFDC), said that the long-awaited incentives for international productions shooting in India, are “on the verge” of being finalized.“Co-productions should not be bogged down with so many rules and checklists. We need to keep some leeway,” Kaur said.