Knowledge Economy and Bollywood

Internationally acclaimed film director Shekhar Kapoor on the Knowledge Economy

Why do you think that the entertainment industry’s concerns have not been given their due importance in the Union Budget over the past few years?

The concept of a knowledge economy and education is not far removed from an entertainment economy that encompasses infotainment.

Technology and entertainment are almost the same businesses today, and the technological tools of dissemination of knowledge and education are the same as those required for New Media.

I am disappointed that the FM has not allocated a much larger sum to broadband. Broadband is key infrastructure to bridge the rural-urban divide.