Goa govt cancels permission for film, TV shootings due to rising Covid-19 cases

The film and TV shootings have been banned in Goa. The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) has asked the shooting crews currently in Goa to wind up their schedules. 

The Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) cancelled all permissions granted for film and television serial shootings in the state in the wake of the raging Covid-19 pandemic. ESG is the Goa government’s nodal agency which is empowered to give permission for commercial shootings in the state. Several film and TV serial makers from Mumbai and Chennai recently shifted their shootings to Goa due to the rise in the Covid-19 cases in these places. All permissions granted for film shootings in Goa have now been cancelled till the situation in the state comes under control. The crew of the films and TV serials currently shooting in Goa have also been asked to wind up their schedules.