South actor Suman Talwar said Madhya Pradesh has excellent locations for Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam film industries.
It has all the elements, including beautiful rivers, lush green forests, valleys, historical heritage, which attract film producers and directors, he said.
They will share information about the beautiful locations of the state, film policy, subsidy and other facilities and facilities to the small and big directors of the southern provinces, he said.
Suman along with director Nitin Chouksey and actress Preeti Choksey meet the officials Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board during their visit to Bhopal on Friday.
Suman met Deputy Director Film Tourism Yuvraj Padole and discussed the possibilities of film shooting in the state.
Suman said Madhya Pradesh has better possibilities for shooting. Film shooting will not only get a boost but tourism will also increase, he said.
If local employment increases, then income will also increase, he said.
Talwar said during his travel from Indore to Khandwa, “I saw the banks of river Narmada, which is very beautiful, such locations are suitable for film shooting”.
Suman was told about the efforts done to make Madhya Pradesh a destination for film shooting and to encourage private investment, skill development and employment generation through film shooting in the state, feature films, TV projects, etc. The schemes and programs are being run to encourage shooting in Madhya Pradesh with financial grants for the shooting of serials, shows, web series, shows, documentaries.
He along with this, special financial incentives for international filmmakers and South Indian filmmakers, facility of permission in time-limit and the key points of ‘Madhya Pradesh Film Tourism Policy-2020’ were explained in detail.
Deputy Director Padole was informed about the film facilitation cell set up for the implementation of the film policy and the filming permission from the single window system.
So far more than 200 films have been shot in Madhya Pradesh.
Actor Akshay Kumar, recently has shot for the film ‘Selfie’ in Bhopal.
Actor Siddharth Malhotra recently shot for the film ‘Yoddha’ at Kolar Dam and Airport in Bhopal.
More than 200 projects including feature films, TV serials, series, TVCs and reality shows have been shot in Madhya Pradesh as of now.
The major cities of Madhya Pradesh namely Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior and Jabalpur have better air connectivity.
After the implementation of Madhya Pradesh Film Tourism Policy-2020, the government is promoting film tourism in a big way by providing subsidy, all permissions and approvals through a single window online system.
The objective of this policy is to make Madhya Pradesh a major film production center and generate employment opportunities in the state.
