India, Feb. 20 -- Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said the state abolished the entertainment tax around eight years ago, therefore the demand for making the latest film Chhava tax-free is not applicable in Maharashtra. Fadnavis was speaking in Pune on Wednesday after paying tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his birth anniversary at Shivneri Fort, hailing him as a management guru and an able administrator who set an example of running a welfare state.

Responding to a question on demand to make the Vicky Kaushal-starrer movie "Chhava", based on the life of Shivaji Maharaj's son Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, tax-free in Maharashtra, Fadnavis said the state government already abolished the entertainment tax on film tickets in 2017....