Seeking suggestions from filmmakers, while assuring all assistance to them, CM Adityanath spoke at length about the need for the film industry to make people aware about the culture and history of the country.
In two hours-long meeting on Tuesday with over 20 film directors and producers, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath unveiled his government’s plan to set up of a dedicated infotainment zone or ‘Film City’ in the state, stressing that “need of the hour is that the Indian film industry should get a new platform”.
‘Film City’ will be set up in 1000 acre area in Sector 21 of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA), close to the upcoming Jewar airport on Yamuna Expressway, the government said, Indian Express reported.
The UP CM Adityanath, while speaking of the importance of location for this “film city”, said “We have proposed this film city in Hastinapur region of Bharat, the son of Shakuntala, after whom the country is also referred to as Bharat. Bharat ki pehchan ka prateek banega. Yeh Ganga-Yamuna ke beech ka bhubhaag (This will become the symbol of the country, this land between Ganga and Yamuna rivers)… Uttar Pradesh is the land of the birthplace of Ram to Krishna.” The UP CM also said that the proposed site is just an hour drive from the capital Delhi.
“The city is not just only close to Agra, the city of Taj, but also Mathura, the birthplace of Krishna, and also near the proposed logistic hub in Noida. With Metro also proposed till Jewar, the connectivity would not be an issue at all for the city,” he added.
Seeking suggestions from filmmakers, while assuring all assistance to them, CM Adityanath spoke at length about the need for the film industry to make people aware about the culture and history of the country.
“It is the need of the hour that Indian cinema gets a new platform… The essence of Bharat should be there in our mind and we should not deter from it. If we work with this feeling, then the UP government would give its complete support,” the Uttar Pradesh CM told filmmakers and artists, who had gathered on his invitation.
Vivek Agnihotri, Ashoke Pandit, singer Kailash Kher, Manoj Joshi, Nitin Desai, Vinod Bachchan, Vijayendra Prasad, Pragya Kumar, Udit Narayan, and Anup Jalota were among the members from the film fraternity who attended the meeting.
Saundarya Rajnikant, Anupam Kher, Atul Agnihotri, lyricist Manoj Muntasir, Satish Kaushik and former BJP MP and chairman of Pune Film Institute Paresh Rawal also attended the meeting via video conferencing, Indian Express reported.
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