After the Uttar Pradesh government, now the Haryana government is also going to establish a film city. Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar has said that the state government is formulating a plan to open a film city in the state for which land of 50 to 100 acres has been finalised.
Apart from this, an award will be given every year at the state-level to encourage Haryanvi artists and all possible assistance will be given for the promotion of art.
A delegation of Haryanvi folk artistes, led by Gajendra Phogat, OSD of Publicity Cell, met the CM in Chandigarh to discuss the steps that can be taken to improve the Haryanvi folk genre.
Reminiscing on the role played by folk artistes in yesteryears, Khattar said earlier folk artistes were invited to give performances in order to raise funds to build schools, temples and dharamshalas, etc.
Sharing such examples, he said that a school was built in Nindana village with the money collected from Sangi Shri Dhanpat Singh who belonged to the village.
Likewise, Haryanvi folk artistes namely Mange Ram, Baje Bhagat and Pandit Lakhmi Chand are famous personalities in folk art, according to the official statement.
