The ace poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar took to his Twitter handle to express his views on Dangal to be exempted from tax, "With out beating the pulpit DANGAL is s film about women's empowerment, love for sports and national pride. Deserves to be tax free, " he said.
Also the makers are planning to apply for the film to be exempted from tax as it's a biopic of wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat and how he trained his two daughters Geeta and Babita to become wrestler. Geeta Phogat won India's first ever gold medal in wrestling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Dangal is helmed by Nitesh Tiwari which also stars Sakshi Tanwar, Rajkumar Rao, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra.
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