Shekhar Kapur, Vivek Agnihotri slam Trump's 100% film tariff as 'disastrous'

US President Donald Trump announced a 100 per cent tariff on foreign-produced films to revive the US film industry. Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Vivek Agnihotri have reacted to Trump's decision. While, Kapur said that this will 'encourage Hollywood to move outside the US', Agnihotri called it a disastrous move.

Shekhar Kapur, known for films like Mr India and Bandit Queen, wrote on X, "'Over 75% of box office of Hollywood films come from outside the US. And a significant part of the budget of those films are spent outside the US. President Trump’s imposition of 100% tariff on all films imported into the US may encourage Hollywood to move outside the US! Quite the opposite of what he intended."

Sharing Trump's tweet, Vivek Agnihotri wrote,



"ALERT: Trump's 100% Movie Tariff Threatens Indian Cinema: Trump's 100% tariff on movies is a disastrous move. If this absurdity prevails, India's struggling film industry will collapse entirely, with no one to save it. Indian film leaders must wake up, unite, and fight this threat instead of chasing paparazzi and self-glorification."

Posting on his Truth Social platform, Donald Trump criticised other nations for offering lucrative incentives to lure American studios and filmmakers abroad and described the situation as both an economic and national security threat.

Trump stressed the need to return to domestic film production and added that the new tariffs are intended to level the playing field and encourage studios to keep their operations on US soil.