Producers in Tamil Nadu have succeeded in getting a 60% discount on Virtual Print Fee charged by digital service providers and multiplex chains, beginning December 1. The concession is for three months and will continue till March 31, 2021. This was decided today (18th November) at a meeting of the Tamil Film Active Producers Association, the Tamilnadu Theatre And Multiplex Owners Association and digital service providers, held in Madras.
In view of the lockdown, producers of Tamil films have been pressing for waiver of VPF which, incidentally, has been a bone of contention between producers/distributors, cinema owners and digital service providers even before the lockdown started. After today’s meeting, producers will have to pay only 40% of the VPF with effect from December 1, 2020 till March 31, 2021.
