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'Taare Zameen Par' gets tax exemption in Haryana
21st Feb 2008 09.00 IST
By Agencies

Haryana Government has exempted the Aamir Khan – Darsheel Safary starrer Taare Zameen Par from payment of entertainment tax for 12 weeks in the state.

Excise and Taxation Minister Birender Singh said in an official announcement in Chandigarh on Wednesday that the film deals with a sensitive social problem about children, which require urgent attention of the society.

The film has portrayed the issue very beautifully and tries to educate the parents and teachers how to take care of their children so that they can grow into useful members of society with self-esteem, he added in a statement.

Singh said that exempting the film from payment of entertainment tax would help both students and teachers to understand the psychology of children.

The State government will have to bear a loss of Rs. 15 lakh due to exemption of entertain tax on this movie, he added.

Aamir's directorial debut venture's soul-stirring depiction of the perils of a carefree childhood lost under societal norms of rearing one’s children to be excellent both at academics and in sports has wowed cinegoers the world over, fetching for the film stupendous box office collections while winning laudatory review from film critics at home and abroad.

'Taare Zameen Par' has stirred the conscience of the nation with its strong and effective message of ensuring a ''carefree childhood'' for the tiny tots and ''allowing children to follow their dreams rather than making them hostage to the sky high ambitions and expectations''.

Besides the praise from critics and the overwhelming response from the average cinegoers, what has further boosted the box office earnings of the movie has been the tax exemption for the film in metros like Delhi and Mumbai.

According to trade analysts, the tax exemption has certainly given a huge boost to the earnings with entire families going to watch it, many of them repeatedly.

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