Film Fraternity of Goa upset with ESG

Film Fraternity of Goa upset with ESG
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, NOV 27 
The Goa-based filmmakers under the banner ‘Film Fraternity of Goa’ who are screening their movies on the sidelines of the ongoing 41st International Film Festival of India (IFFI) are upset with Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG).
The film federation has said that the ESG assured written permission for screening Konkani movies across villages in Goa but ESG CEO Manoj Srivastava has stalled the proposal.
The written complaint by Srivastava against a filmmaker Sanjiv Prabhudesai to Panjim Town Police apparently is the fallout of same bitterness. Prabhudesai said that Srivastava was not moving the file giving them written permission for screening the movies.
“The Government has given us verbal permission to screen the Konkani movies in interiors of Goa on the sidelines of IFFI. On our request, Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had appointed a bureaucrat to prepare a written permission for screening of movies and forward the same to the ESG,” the filmmaker said.
However, ever since then, the members have been shuttling between different offices to get the permission even as the screening has already begun.
“When we went to follow up on our request, to our surprise we were told that ESG CEO has not moved the file,” Prabhudesai added.  The fraternity has selected 25 Konkani movies of the 21st Century for screening in villages, the project for which has already embarked.  The filmmaker also stated that the Government has verbally sanctioned Rs 40 lakh for the project.
Srivastava on Thursday had filed a complaint against Prabhudesai for threatening him. A non-cognizable complaint under Section 506 (threatening) is registered against the latter.
The filmmaker has refused claims by Srivastava and said that he will approach the Chief Minister to inform the “truth” behind the incident.