PTI
Panaji, Aug 23: The Goa government plans to crack down on films being shot in the state without obtaining permission from authorities.
"We have noticed that there are several violations and films are shot without prior permission from authorities. We will come down heavily on them," Nandini Paliwal, CEO of the Entertainment Society of Goa, told reporters here on Thursday August 23.
The ESG was last year notified as the agency for approving film shoots in the state, Paliwal said.
The coastal state is a preferred shooting destination for Bollywood and Hollywood as well as regional and advertisement films, with many filmmakers making a beeline for it.
"A nominal fee of Rs 6,000 a day is charged for shooting which is payable to the ESG," Paliwal said.
Nikhil Desai, the general manager of ESG, said, "We collected Rs eight lakh from shootings during the last few months."
ESG officials admitted that the agency could not stop the increasing violations of its norms for film shoots without any punitive powers.
The authorities are also facing problems when shooting is done in private locations.
"A legislation empowering us to take punitive action is being thought of by the government. Once that happens, we will be able to take more stern action," Paliwal said.