New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department Awanish K Awasthi on Sunday inspected a portion of land for the proposed Film city in Gautam Budh Nagar. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) of Yamuna Authority were also present.
On September 22, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with representatives of the Bollywood fraternity over constructing a film city in the state and approximately 1,000 acres of land has been identified for the project.
The Chief Minister also unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a Dedicated Infotainment (film city) Zone and rolled out an open offer to film fraternity to come to the state.
Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department Awanish K Awasthi, inspected a portion of land for the proposed
Filmcity in Gautam Budh Nagar today. CEO and OSD of Yamuna Authority were also present. pic.twitter.com/VnfVlC3Zqq— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) September 27, 2020
He also announced that 1,000 acres of land have been identified in Gautam Buddh Nagar by Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) where the Infotainment Zone will be set up with all World Class Civil, Public and Technological facilities.
On September 19, he said that the country needs a good film city and Uttar Pradesh is ready to take this responsibility. This film city will provide a good option to film producers and it will also help in generating employment. For this purpose, an action plan should be made soon, he had added.
The Chief Minister said that the proposed site is just an hour away from New Delhi and very close to the proposed International Airport at Jewar, going to be the biggest greenfield airport of Asia. Having also been close to Agra, the city of Taj, Mathura, the birthplace of Krishna and near to the proposed logistic hub in Noida, the proposed dry port and freight corridor thus providing all facilities of transport and movement.
The Chief Minister said UP is surrounded by seven states and provides a mosaic of culture, dialects, and the religious, Vedic and mythological historicity unparalleled to any other state. The ethos and traditions of the state amplify the vast natural and spiritual canvas of Uttar Pradesh.
He said the efforts will be to make this as the best Dedicated Infotainment Zone of the country. He said his government is well aware of the present trend of OTT and Media Streaming Platforms hence the High Capacity ,World Class data Centre along with all pre-production and the post-production infrastructure, processing labs, VFX and digital technology of international level will be provided in this zone.
” We have locations, we have cultural diversity, we have manpower and now the film city with state-of-the-art facilities. This is an ideal case for a Film City in Uttar Pradesh , ”the Chief Minister said.
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Shri Ashok Pandit, the Chairman of Film Producer Association, welcomed the proactive action by the state government and he said one should look beyond Hindi films and even multilingual films can be made here. ‘After all the Bhojpuri films are already made here,” he pointed out.
Veteran actor Shri Anupam Kher said the proposed Film City should have and will have a global recognition. He put emphasis on the training part and asked to evolve some training logistics. Noted Film Producer and Director Shri Satish Kaushik, who recently shot a film Kagaz in UP, said that UP has offered a great alternative to film professionals and aspirants. The vantage location of the proposed Film City caters to a large geography and demography of the Northern Region.
Lyricist Manoj Muntasir welcomed the UP government for taking Hindi film industry to Hindi speaking belt. The local ethos and mosaic culture will get a further boost if film institute and music academy are also built in UP, he said. Saundarya, the film maker from Tamil industry, said that the animation, digital technology and other facilities are needed for the hour and which are already proposed in the Film City of UP. well known singers Udit Narayan, Kailash Kher and Anup Jalota were all praise for the Uttar Pradesh government and the Chief Minister to carry out such an onerous task in such a short time.
योगी आदित्यनाथ का फिल्मी हस्तियों से संवाद के दौरान ऐलान, कहा उत्तर प्रदेश में अधूरा कुछ नहीं, दुनिया को देंगे ‘पूर्ण’ फिल्मसिटी का उपहार #UttarPradesh @myogiadityanath @AnupamPKher @Kailashkher @manojmuntashir pic.twitter.com/1YbHTZ45Eb
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