Hindi Medium is tax free in Maharashtra, Gujarat; Irrfan Khan thanks Vijay Rupani, Devendra Fadnavis

Hindi Medium, released in the theatres across India today, got tax exemption in Maharashtra and Gujarat. Actor Irrfan Khan has thanked Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra, Vijay Rupani and Devendra Fadnavis respectively, for the decision.

Hindi Medium is a social drama about a couple from Chandni Chowk, who aspires to give their daughter the best education and thus become part of the elite of Delhi. The movie showcases some burning issues of the present education system and class struggle.

The actor took to Twitter to share the news about the tax exemption. He thanked both the CMs -- Vijay Rupani and Devendra Fadnavis-- for their support.

Irrfan Khan tweeted on Thursday night: "#HindiMedium is now tax free in Maharashtra and Gujarat . Thank you @vijayrupanibjp and @Dev_Fadnavis Thanks from the whole team of #HindiMedium for such swift action for a subject so relevant to us @Dev_Fadnavis @vijayrupanibjp "

Along with the film unit, Irrfan Khan has recently met both Vijay Rupani and Devendra Fadnavis at their offices and requested them to make Hindi Medium tax free. A post on the Twitter page of CMO Gujarat‏ read: "Famous Bollywood actor @irrfank paid courtesy visit to GujCM at Gandhinagar who wished a great success to his upcoming film @HindiMediumfilm."

Hindi Medium is written by Zeenat Lakhani, directed by Saket Chaudhary and produced by Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar and Dinesh Vijan under the banner of T-Series. Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar have played the lead roles in the film, while Deepak Dobriyal, Swati Das, Dishita Sehgal, Delzad Hiwale, Jaspal Sharma, Vijay Kumar Dogra, Devansh Sharma and Rohit Tannan appeared as supporting cast.