Not easy to shift Mumbai's film business: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut's comments come in the wake of plans by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to build a film city in his state and encourage Bollywood to make films there.

Mumbai:Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Wednesday taking a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that it is not easy to shift Mumbai's film city to another place.

The comment came following Yogi's visit to Mumbai where he met representatives of the film industry and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar on Tuesday.

Raut questioned Yogi's visit and said, "The film industry in south India is also big, there're film cities in West Bengal and Punjab too. Will Yogi Ji also visit these places and talk to directors/artists there or is he going to do so only in Mumbai?"

According to the release issued by the UP's Information and Public Relations Department, the Chief Minister spoke at length to the 'Kesari' actor about the innumerable possibilities for film shoots in Uttar Pradesh.

Bollywood producer Rahul Mittra had earlier told PTI that Yogi Adityanath is scheduled to meet a delegation of Bollywood filmmakers on Wednesday to discuss the future of the proposed film city in the state.

In September, the CM had unveiled an ambitious plan to set up a film city in Noida and rolled out an open offer to the film fraternity to come to the state for filmmaking.

Filmmakers including Subhash Ghai, Boney Kapoor, Rajkumar Santoshi, Sudhir Mishra, Ramesh Sippy, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Madhur Bhandarkar, Umesh Shukla, T-Series head Bhushan Kumar, Jayantilal Gada of Pen Studios and producer Siddharth Roy Kapur are part of the delegation invited for the meeting.

(With input from agencies.)