In what could be termed as a crackdown on big budget ventures, the Kerala Film Producer's Association has come down heavily on such movies in a recently convened meeting. According to the newly laid out rules to curb such ‘economically unfeasible’ ventures, a movie’s maximum budget cannot be above 3.5 crores and the days spent on shooting not more than 45. Any new production venture can only use up 60,000 feet of film roles. Besides, no mobile phones are allowed inside the sets except of producers and production managers. The Association president Sabu Cherian mentioned in a press interaction that movies such as Angel John (a mammoth budget production venture with Mohanlal and Shantanu Bhagyaraj in the lead) cannot make profit in the Malayalam film industry since the collections can never surpass the budget. Besides, the Association has also decided to proscribe the mega budget multi-starrer Christian Brothers which was recently kick started. Referring to the above regulations, the Tamil Nadu Producers’ Council president Rama Narayanan said that the Malayalam industry is not only taking the lead in producing quality movies, but also being proactive in bringing out such policies.
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