Umformung – The Transformation declared Tax-free in West Bengal

Director Sudeep Rajan Sarkar and Bappi Lahiri
A still from director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar's film Umformung - The Transformation

Director Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar
Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar directed ‘Umformung – The Transformation’, has been declared tax free for the viewers of West Bengal. The movie is produced by Rita Jhawar and Saharsh Khaitan under the banners of Nez Moving Pixels and KLK Production.
“We are thankful to the West Bengal government for giving a tax free status to Umformung - The Transformation. We applied to the Information and Cultural Department who further took the film through the process in the Finance Department with the desired recommendations from Agricultural and Amusement Department - the authority to collect entertainment tax. They found merit in our film and exempted tax from it”, avers Rita Jhawar.
Speaking on the same, director of the film, Sudeep Ranjan Sarkar said, “I do not strive for accolades or ovations. I just want to get my message across and I’m thankful to the West Bengal Government for supporting it and letting it go off tax. I wish the audience to ponder, slow down and think deep after watching the film”.
The tax free status will encourage the audience to recognize and support the spirit of the film.
Umformung is a marriage of poetry and paintings. It entails the story of a life journey seeking the truth of living in the backdrop of a Monk and a successful lady looking for power and position in life.
The movie is slated for release on August 26, 2016.  


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