Cancel entertainment tax on films: Anbumani Ramadoss

Chennai: PMK youth wing leader Anbumani Ramadoss on Monday demanded the cancellation of entertainment tax levied by local bodies on cinema theatres and asked the state government to compensate for the losses occurred by the local bodies.

In a statement here, he said only the actors and directors involved in the film industry earn money in crores, but there are lakhs of daily wage workers in the industry.

The films do not attract crowds in working days and people visit cinema theatres only on weekends, he said. He also asked those in the film industry not to go for hike in ticket charges since cancellation of entertainment tax is the only solution.