Meet Mahaveer Jain who took Bollywood's A-list to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Mahaveer Jain has been in the news recently for arranging several meetings between B-town biggies and prime minister Narendra Modi to discuss the various challenges faced by the film industry. The first of these interactions took place last year in October in the Capital at which Siddharth Roy Kapur, Aanand L Rai and Ritesh Sidhwani among others were present. In January he once again flew down with Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Sidharth Malhotra, Ayushmann Khurrana, Karan Johar, Ekta Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Bhumi Pednekar, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Rajkummar Rao and Rohit Shetty to meet the PM.The filmmaker reveals there are more to come.

“This is the first time that the government and the film industry have come so close and on top of our agenda is building more cinema halls. China has over 50,000 screens and our PM wants the two and three-tier cities to have many more screens, a vision our film industry shares,” informs Mahaveer.
He comes from a business family which primarily deals in textiles. “I have been lucky to meet good people along the way,” smiles Mahaveer who turned producer in 2011 with Mangesh Hadawale’s children’s film 'Dekh Indian Circus'. It bagged four National Awards. Last year, he made a short film based on the early life of Modi, 'Chalo Jeete Hain', also directed by Mangesh. He is now collaborating with Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Bhushan Kumar and Abhishek Kapoor to produce a film on the recent Balakot air strikes which will be directed by Abhishek.
“Our film is a tribute to our brave soldiers who risk their lives for the country, it’s a story very close to our hearts. Abhishek and his team are presently working on the script after which we would begin casting. Presenting it right is a huge responsibility,” he admits.
He is producing another film with SLB which will launch the latter’s niece Sharmin, and Jaaved Jaaferi’s son 'Meezaan' and is once again being directed by Mangesh. “Sanjay ji is a little reserved but I’ve got to know him closely over the years and realised that he has a heart of gold. I’m hoping to collaborate with him again,” said Mahaveer who is also backing a slice-oflife entertainer. “We have finished 70-80 per cent of its shoot. Sonakshi Sinha character is trying to realise her dreams with Varun Sharma as her brother. He will remind you of Choocha from 'Fukrey'. We are also exploring the idea of getting Sonakshi and Badshah to sing a song,” Mahaveer signs off.