After Modi's B-town meetings, now Shashi Tharoor meets a delegation of film-makers, actors

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meetings with Bollywood, now Congress MP Shashi Tharoor met a delegation from the film industry at a Mumbai hotel.

Tharoor took to Twitter to share pictures from the meeting, saying, "Spent nearly three hours with film industry veterans to discuss what the film industry would like to see in the @INCIndia manifesto. Many useful ideas emerged which will be put to the party’s Manifesto Committee. India needs a thriving cinema."



The 25-member delegation included director Kabir Khan, actress Dia Mirza, film-maker Mahesh Bhatt and his actress wife Soni Razdan, documentary filmmaker Anand Patvardhan, actor Jaaved Jafferi among others.

Also part of the Congress team at the meeting were Milind Deora and Sanjay Jha.

Bhatt, whose wife Soni Razdan's upcoming film 'No Fathers in Kashmir' has reportedly been facing trouble with the Censor Board, replied to Tharoor, saying, "You listened not only to our words but also to our feelings and our silences. Thank you ."


Meanwhile on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had met and interacted with several Bollywood celebrities at the inauguration of India's first cinema museum in Mumbai. During his inaugural speech, he greeted the film industry with a dialogue from 'Uri', saying, "How's the Josh?" His Bollywood reference was welcomed with vociferous applause, and an unequivocal "High Sir."

Later on Sunday, the Prime Minister took time out to reply to the stars' tweets and selfies with him on Twitter.