In an effort to promote film tourism in the State, the Maharashtra Government has come out with a book Spotlight highlighting the State as the country’s top destination for film shootings both for Indian and foreign movie makers.
The 100-page book Spotlight, published on Tuesday, focuses on the famous, little known or offbeat locales for outdoor film shootings and provides detailed information on the local facilities and amenities available for the film makers.
Illustrated with beautiful photographs, the book has divided the shooting spots into 13 categories comprising among others top seaside locales or beaches, hill and sea forts, hills and caves, waterfalls and water bodies, forests, sports, adventure, religious, historical sites and monuments-museums
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis released “Spotlight” at a function here in the presence of Education Minister Vinod Tawde, Tourism Minister Jayakumar Raval and Managing Director of Dadasaheb Phalke Film City Jasashree Bhoj.
Speaking on the occasion, Fadnavis said: “Dadasaheb Phalke was the pioneer of Indian cinema. Even today a majority of the feature films tele-serials, documentaries and ad films were made in Mumbai”.