Arun Jaitley Hails Global Popularity Of Indian Cinema

"We witness the triumph of the spirit of liberation and empowerment of women-centric themes on the silver screen. The success of movies such as 'Queen' and 'Mary Kom' are testimony to this.

Social values have influenced our cinema and similarly our cinema has also had a great impact on our social values," he said.

The minister, who looked simple in a light-coloured Kurta Pajama with a Nehru jacket, noted that the saga of Indian cinema will be incomplete without the mention of the entrepreneur angle.

"Spread over the fruitful 100 years of Indian cinema, the saga has been that of a spirit of entrepreneurship," he said, adding that experimentation and innovation with new themes in form, content and technology have always been employed by movie makers of India.

He also congratulated young singer Uttara Unnikrishanan, who won the Best Playback Female Singer award for the song "Azhagu" from Tamil movie "Saivam". "I would like to congratulate her on her achievement at an early age.

We wait for the time when she will captivate the world with her melodious voice," Jaitley said.

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