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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS 'Taare Zameen Par' gets tax exemption in Haryana21st 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. Related Aamir Khan Darsheel Safary Taare Zameen Par | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Abhishek Bachchan promises a baby to Aishwarya Rai ~ Sylvester Stallone gifts his 'Rocky' gloves to Sajid Nadiadwala ~ Aamir Khan happy to be associated with Walt Disney ~ Madhuri Dixit gears up to rock US with the Bachchans ~ 'Mission Istanbul' promises adrenalin trip ~ Sylvester Stallone gels with Kareena Kapoor and Akshay Kumar ~ When Vivek Oberoi grooved with Russian chicks ~ Shilpa Shetty wants Akshay Kumar for her film ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ 'Taare Zameen Par' DVD to be released today ~ Bollywood lends flavour to festival of India in Switzerland ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Kismat Konnection, Contract, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic, Sarkar Raj, Aamir, De Taali, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, Jannat, Summer of 2007 , Haal-e-Dil, Singh Is Kinng , Bachna Ae Haseeno , Money Hai Toh Honey Hai , Mission Istanbul MUSIC Kismat Konnection , Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Harman Baweja | Aishwarya Rai | Abhishek Bachchan | Imran Khan | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | John Abraham | Shahid Kapur | Kareena Kapoor | Vidya Balan | Priyanka Chopra | Rani Mukherjee | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Karisma Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Sneha Ullal | Mahima Chaudhary | Meghna Naidu | Gayatri Joshi | Rakhi Sawant | Bhumika Chawla | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amrita Rao | Amrita Arora | Genelia D'Souza | Arjun Rampal | Amitabh Bachchan | Vivek Oberoi | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rimi Sen | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Sonam Kapoor | Neha Oberoi | Nisha Rawal | Sikander Kher | Manjari Fadnis | more... |
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