Jackie Shroff, Kailash Kher and others meet UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Mumbai. Take a look

Many celebrities and filmmakers met UP CM Yogi Adityanath in Mumbai. He is on a two-day visit to the city.

Bollywood celebrities meet Yogi Adityanath.

By India Today Web Desk: UP CM Yogi Adityanath is on a two-day visit to Mumbai. During his visit, the UP CM met many celebrities including Jackie Shroff, Suniel Shetty, Kailash Kher, and Sonu Nigam, among others, with the prospect of extending subsidies to filmmakers to come and shoot in UP. Suniel Shetty even asked the CM to help stop the boycott Bollywood trend. Among others, Jackie Shroff and Kailash Kher have shared pictures with the UP CM and praised him for his initiative.

CELEBS MEET UP CM YOGI ADITYANATH

Jackie Shroff took to Twitter to share a picture with UP CM Yogi Adityanath and wrote, “It was nice to meet @myogiadityanath Ji today along with @SubhashGhai1 ji and my friends @SunielVShetty and @rahulmittra13 and learn about the UP film policy and film city. My best wishes!” On the other hand, singer Kailash Kher also shared a few pictures as he and Sonu Nigam met the CM. He wrote, “After the recording, I and SonuNigam Ji met the worthy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh @myogiadityanath @myogioffice and eminent personalities of the film industry. The topic of discussion was that maximum number of people should come and film their art in Uttar Pradesh (sic).”

It was nice to meet @myogiadityanath Ji today along with @SubhashGhai1 ji and my friends @SunielVShetty and @rahulmittra13 and learn about the UP film policy & film city. My best wishes ! pic.twitter.com/UeMIndquAF
— Jackie Shroff (@bindasbhidu) January 5, 2023

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UP IS A FILM FRIENDLY STATE: YOGI ADITYANATH

Yogi Adityanath mentioned that as cinema plays a huge part in uniting society, he wants to ensure the fraternity can shoot smoothly in UP as it is a ‘film-friendly’ state. He further said, “We have made two of your film fraternity members as MPs and we know the issues you face and what needs to be done. Cinema plays a crucial role in uniting the society and preserving the unity and sovereignty of the country.”

Adityanath also met filmmakers Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Madhur Bhandarkar, Om Raut, Rajkumar Santoshi, Subhash Ghai, Chandraprakash Dwivedi, Manmohan Shetty, Boney Kapoor, Jackky Bhagnani, and Rajpal Yadav.