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Reliance Entertainment produced film for Francois Hollande’s partner days before Rafale talks

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Indian government wanted Reliance as Rafale partner, we had no choice, says Francois Hollande
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In 2016, India signed an inter-governmental agreement with France called Rafale Deal. French President Francois Hollande had come to India as the chief guest for the 67th Republic Day celebration along with his partner. He then signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide India with 36 off-the-shelf Dassault Rafale twin-engine fighter jets.

India in this deal bought 36 Rafale aircraft for a price estimated to be Rs 58,000 crore or 7.8 billion Euros. Meanwhile, Anil Ambani’s Reliance Entertainment reportedly signed a deal to produce a film with Francois Hollande’s partner and actor Julie Gayet according to a report in Indian Express.

Subsequently, Ambani’s Reliance Defence became a stakeholder of 51% in the Rafale deal of 59,000 crore. The other 49% stake in the Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd belongs to the French manufacturer.

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10 days after the Rafale Deal, on January 24, Reliance Entertainment made an announcement of having signed a contract with Gayet’s firm, Rouge International and will produce a French film together. Whereas, on January 26 in 2016, the agreement of Rafale deal was finalised between Indian and French defence ministry.

The film ‘Tout La Haut’ that Reliance Entertainment produced was released on December 20, 2017 in France. The 98 minute movie was directed by French actor and film maker Serge Hazanavicius. The first screening of the film was done at San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain and was later released in UAE, Taiwan, Lebanon, Belgium, Estonia and Latvia. But the film was not released in India, even after the Reliance Entertainment became a part of its production.

“As doubts are sought to be created about the 2016 contract for 36 aircraft, it is once again strongly reiterated that the deal secured by the Government is better in terms of capability, price, equipment, delivery, maintenance, training, etc., than that notionally negotiated by the then Government in a process it could not conclude in ten years. Moreover, the present Government completed these negotiations in just about one year,” said the Ministry of Defence in a statement in February this year.

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