Coming Soon: Bollywood museum at Film City

The Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari, popularly known as Film City, will soon be spruced up. The Maharashtra government has decided to equip it with state-of-the-art facilities. It also intends to make the film shooting facility at Goregaon, a tourist spot on the lines of the Ramoji Rao Film City in Hyderabad. The final decision will be taken within 20 days.

On cards are lavish, state-of-the-art sets at Film City, a one-stop shop for filmmakers. Special arrangements will be made for tourists to have access to shoots. A Bollywood museum is also being planned.The museum per say would encompass showcasing of films- Alam Ara and Mughal-e-Azam. Bollywood cafes, lounges, memorabilia, tickets and shoots will be the made by available by filmmakers independently as per their will. 3D virtual gaming booths, rides and tours, merchandising and simulator experiences will be other attractions. Also, the famous costumes of veterans like late Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and many more will be exhibited for tourist attraction.

Amongst the largest of studios in the glamorous tinsel town of the Indian film industry, it is five hundred acres of pure action. That unveils more than a hundred films within the year. Myth or mystique, fact or fiction, dance or drama; one can pick any combination and just let the camera roll...after all; eighteen well-furnished studios are so equipped to lend their dimensions to your realm of reality. From ‘Burning Train’ to ‘Devdas’ or ‘Chanakya’ to ‘Kaun Banega Crorepati’ there are reels of evidence to support the diversity to be found. Multi-talented, faceted and situational; all within the environs of the enchanting Powai and Vihar lakes.

It has over 44 picturesque locales that have created a niche for the Indian talent, worldwide. Renowned for its intricate plots and mysterious schemes, weeping tragedies and side splitting comedies as well as its plain yet highly entertaining productions, this versatile address has played a part in practically every production, with appearances on the small and big screen.