The Maharashtra government plans to make it compulsory for multiplexes in the state to show Marathi movies 6-9 p.m. daily, Culture Minister Vinod Tawde said on Tuesday.
"We are in the process of enacting a law to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during the prime time slot," Tawde said in the assembly.
He also said that soon all cinema halls would screen a short documentary on Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of India cinema, to create awareness about his contribution to the film industry.
The potentially controversial move was greeted with many 'likes' and an equal number of 'thumbs down' on various social networking sites.