Ramoji Film City

Ramoji Film City

The Ramoji Film City (Telugu: రామోజీ ఫిలిం సిటీ) in India situated near Hayathnagar in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.It was the largest integrated film city till Prayag Film City of Kolkata overtook it.
It is also a popular tourism and recreation centre, containing both natural and artificial attractions including an amusement park. The Outer Ring Road Phase 2 has acquired lands at the entrance and is set to intersect the city.[1][2]

Contents  [hide] 
1 History

2 Tourism

3 Image gallery

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

[edit]History

It is till date the largest Film Studio in the world.[3]

Indian film producer Ramoji Rao, head of Ramoji Group, opened the facility in 1996. The creation of the Ramoji Film City was an outcome of the Group's association with Indian cinema through Usha Kiran Movies. This dedicated film production house, has produced over 80 films in several languages such as Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Bengali and international film industries.[4][5]

[edit]Tourism

A special Coach which takes visitors around the studios of Ramoji Film City

Every year, the studios attracts over a million tourists, and the complex creates revenues in billions of rupees. Located at the entrance of the film city are the 5-star hotel, Tara and a 7-star hotel, Sitara for the film production units as well as for tourists. Once inside, there is Hawa Mahal, an intricate miniature Golconda Fort, which is on a hilltop from which one can have a Bird's-eye view of the whole studio. The Film City provides honeymoon packages and banquet halls for corporate retreats and conventions.[6]

The vintage Film City coaches shuttle visitors around the studios on a guided tour. There are several settings in the studios which lead the visitors from streets of the Mauryan Empire or the Mughal Empire or even the American Old West. There's also the famous Hollywood sign displayed on the hills at the studios.

[edit]Image gallery

Entrance of Ramoji Film City

Delhi's Mughal gardens at RFC, one of the many gardens at the city

Vrindavan Garden, Mysore replicated at the city

/A film set in Ramoji city/

Inside Ramoji Film City/

[edit]See also

Cinema of Andhra Pradesh

Prayag Film City

Noida Film City

Film City

[edit]References

^ Md A Basith, TNN, Jul 6, 2006, 02.19am IST (2006-07-06). "Ramoji Film City may lose land to ORR - Hyderabad - City - The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2010-09-06.

^ "Guinness World Records certifies Ramoji Film City as the World's largest Film Studio Complex". Ramoji Film City. Archived from the original on 2008-04-02. Retrieved 2008-04-08.

^ "Ramoji Film City in the Guinness Book of World Records".

^ "Ramoji Film City". The Times Of India.

^ "About Ramoji Film City".

^ Morrison, Donald. "On the Back Lot at the Other Bollywood". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.