'Saand Ki Aankh' GST free in Rajasthan, Taapsee & Bhumi thank CM

Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar's 'Saand Ki Aankh', awaiting an October 25 release, has been exempted from state Goods and Services Tax (SGST) in Rajasthan.  film is based on lives of world's oldest sharpshooters - Chandro Tomar and Prakashi Tomar from Haryana who discovered ir love for sport very late in life but went on to win multiple championships.

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Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot has approved proposal to exempt SGST from screening of film 'Saand Ki Aankh' in state, official Twitter handle of CMO Rajasthan confirmed on Thursday. 

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Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar thanks CM Ashok Gehlot

Following same, leading ladies of 'Saand Ki Aankh' Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar took to ir respective social media handles and thanked Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot for gesture. Taapsee thanked Rajasthan CM for encourment and strength to keep moving ahead in direction of empowerment and said that his support is 'extremely valuable in this journey.'

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Bhumi Pednekar also responded to  Rajasthan CM's gesture and said that y are touched and humbled by same. 

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Saand Ki Aankh

Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, 'Saand Ki Aankh' revolves around two d women who take up shooting at of 60 to encour ir daughters towards a bright future as y did t want ir daughters to go through a lifetime of suppression. What unfolded was thing short of miraculous, as y discovered ir skill of being exceptional shooters. Despite all odds, y won 352 medals each in course of ir professional life as shooters. 'Saand Ki Aankh' had also recently received praise from Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.

'Saand Ki Aankh' which also stars Prakash Jha, Vineet Kumar, and Shaad Randhawa is produced by Anurag Kashyap and Nidhi Parmar and is scheduled to hit atres this Diwali.

(With inputs from ANI)