Railways goes Bollywood way!

By PTI | Apr 27, 2008, 10.54 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Having undergone a spectacular profit making journey in its passenger and freight carrying business, Indian Railways is now turning to Bollywood to boost its coffers.

The Railways would provide the film-makers its vast infrastructure -- trains, platforms, stations -- for shooting and has in fact come up with a "Film Cell" to felicitate its business with the tinsel industry.

"Earlier, the film-makers had to go through a lengthy process for getting permission to shoot in our sites. We have, now, set up a film cell to make the process of getting permission more prompt and time-bound," Central Railways spokesperson A K Jain told PTI from Mumbai.

According to Jain, this new venture of railways would help it in generating more revenue which will eventually be spent on the improvement of basic amenities and other facilities for its passengers.

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"Through this venture, we will be able to generate additional revenue which will help us in providing better facilities and basic amenities to our passengers," Jain said.

Central Railways, which include rail networks in Pune, Kalyan and several parts of Mumbai local trains, earned Rs 82 lakh last year against Rs 33 lakh profit in 2005-06.

Films like Yashraj's "Laga Chunari Mein Dag," Sanjay Gupta's "Dus Kahaniyan," and Shahid and Kareena Kapoor starrer "Jab We Met" were among a dozen plus movies that were shot at various locations of Central Railways last year, Jain said.

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