Active film producers belonging to the Film Producers Guild of India and the Association of Motion Picture & TV Programme Producers have revived the All India Film Producers Association. Pahlaj Nihalani was chosen as its president on Thursday. The meeting attended by Surinder Kapoor, Ramanand Sagar, Yash Chopra, Yash Johar, Pramod Chakraborty, Ramesh Taurani, Ratan Jain, Randhir Kapoor, N Chandra, Kiran Shantaram, Vijay Anand, Amit Khanna, J Om Prakash, Bappi Sonie and Satish Kulkarni among others decided to jointly tackle the film industry's problems even while maintaining the individual identity of their associations. It was also decided that no connection will be made with Film Makers Combine.

Veteran stars felicitated

The Cine & TV Artistes Association (CINTAA) felicitated veteran artistes like Shakila, Anita Guha, Jagdeep, Kalyani Bai, Achala Sachdev, Shammi, Johnny Walker, Jairaj and Nirupa Roy along with newly elected MPs Sunil Dutt, Vinod Khannaand Raj Babbar. The CINTAA has set up a Janata Group Accident Insurance Policy ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh for each of its members, the premium for which was being paid from the interest accrued from the Rs 2.5 lakh donated by Amitabh Bachchan. The Association has also acquired land admeasuring 1,100 meters where it plans to construct a building.