A delegation of producers and distributors from Bollywood has held talks with an association of
theatre owners in the US to make available theatres in America for Indian films.
A wide range of other issues also came up at the discussion between the Indian delegation and John
Fithian, president of the National Association of Theatre Owners (NATO).
Both sides talked about the possibility of setting up a task force to assist NATO in curbing piracy.
The delegation, led by producer Amit Khanna, also attended a dinner meeting organised by US India
Business Alliance (USIBA) in Washington, where Indian envoy Ronen Sen was the chief guest.
A subsequent meeting was held with USIBA team and topics on anti-piracy discussed.
The members of the Indian delegation included Manmohan Shetty, Ronnie Screwvala, Bobby Bedi,
Suresh Babu, Pravin Nischol, Vivek Singhania, Rajiv Rai and Supran Sen.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:05 IST