Now, 'Neerja' tax-free in Chhattisgarh

New Delhi: After being announced tax-free in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, Sonam Kapoor-starrer 'Neerja' is now tax-free in Chhattisgarh as well.

The 30-year-old actress recently took to her Twitter handle and announced the news by writing, "Chattisgarh tax free! Thank you Chief minister #ramansingh sir! Thank you for making #Neerja tax free!Very thrilled!."

Previously, the director of the flick Ram Madhvani said in a statement that they wanted the film to be made tax free so that stories like 'Neerja' can reach to maximum people.

'Neerja,' which was released on 19 February, narrates the story of a Pan Am purser, who was felled by hijackers bullets while saving the passengers during the Pan Am holdup at Karachi airport on September 5 1986.