Mega film city on lines of Hollywood to be built in Bangalore

BANGALORE: India's Silicon Valley is gearing up to have a film city on the lines of Hollywood. The project is being built on the outskirts of Bangalore by Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise (NICE), which is also building a highway between Bangalore and Mysore.

The Rs 1,000-crore film city will come up on a 300-acre plot close to the Sompura clover leaf junction on the expressway. It will have over 20 studios with facilities similar to Universal, MGM and Disney studios. The film city will target producers of TV shows and ad filmmakers from Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Hindi. The promoters also expect to attract filmmakers from across the world looking to cut costs and make their presence felt in India.

"The film studio will have capacity to shoot 20 movies at a time," said Ashok Kheny, MD of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor. NICE is in talks with leading production houses in Bollywood to set up permanent sets, which can later be used as a tourist attraction to generate additional revenues.