Mumbai High Court Permits Actors Above Age 65 To Resume Shooting

In another wave of good news, the Mumbai high court has now permitted actors above the age of 65 to resume shooting. The Mumbai high court has dismissed the regulation issued by the Maharashtra government that restricted the senior actors to shoot, owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

A press note issued in this matter reads: “This is to inform that though under the unlock conditions the State of Maharashtra had allowed the shooting of films and serials but had imposed condition that the persons above the age of 65 and above will not be entitled to participate in the shooting process either as Artist or as crew members.”

Film bodies such as the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association (IMPPA) and Indian Film and Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA) had requested the state to reconsider these clauses that were not just unfair but would be hard for Bollywood, the biggest movie industry in India, to implement.

A petition was filed by senior Bollywood actor Pramod Pandey on July 21 challenging the government directive that actors above 65 years cannot shoot owing to the pandemic.