Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar met Uttar Pradesh (UP) chief minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Sunday morning. The discussions centred on the CM’s announcement on Friday about the country’s 'biggest and most beautiful film city' to be set up in UP's Gautam Budh Nagar district.
Speaking to ANI, Bhandarkar said, "Yogi ji recently announced to set up a film city in Noida, it is a great initiative. The film industry is really happy with the vision. I congratulated him for this initiative and it is very good that initiative like this is starting."
The CM gifted Bhandarkar a coin with Lord Ram's inscription on it; a copy of the RamCharitmanas, an epic poem in the Awadhi language that was composed by the 16th-century bhakti poet Goswami Tulsidas; a garland made of basil leaves and a coffee table book on the Kumbh Mela that was held at Prayagraj last year, said the people familiar with the matter.
Adityanath has said that a film city will be set up in the state.
According to a press statement on Saturday, the Chief Minister said that the country needs a good film city and Uttar Pradesh is ready to take this responsibility.
"We will prepare a film city for which the region of Noida, Greater Noida, and Yamuna Expressway will be good," he said as per the press statement.
This film city will provide a good option to film producers and it will also help in generating employment. For this purpose, an action plan should be made soon, the Chief Minister added.
With inputs from ANI
