Uttarakhand Film Vikas Parishad’s Chief Executive Officer Mr. Banshidhar Tiwari today met famous actor Sunny Deol and director Anurag Singh on the set of Border 2 at Halduwala in Dehradun. On this occasion, the council’s joint CEO Dr. Nitin Upadhyay was also present with him.
During the meeting, there was a meaningful discussion on Uttarakhand’s film policy, location diversity and the support being given by the state government. The current film policy of Uttarakhand, made under the leadership of Chief Minister Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami, is considered to be one of the most progressive policies in the country, where filmmakers get timely permission to shoot, administrative support and easy availability of local resources.
Shri Bansidhar Tiwari said that the kind of positive and comfortable environment the film unit is getting here makes the state an ideal destination for film production.
Sunny Deol also looked very comfortable and excited during this time.
The film’s producer Binoy Gandhi told that the film is based on the 1971 Indo-Pak war and for this a grand set of a village in Kashmir has been built in Halduwala area of Dehradun. The construction of the set started in November last year.
About 350 local people are getting employment daily through this project.
Apart from the film Border 2, many major films are currently being shot in Uttarakhand.
Tanu Weds Manu fame producer Vinod Bachchan’s film Ginny Weds Sunny 2 is being shot in Dehradun, in which Avinash Tiwari and 12th Fail fame actress Medha Shankar are in the lead roles. Along with them, experienced actors like Govind Namdev and Sudhir Pandey are also a part of the film.
At the same time, the shooting of comedy satire ‘Uttar Da Puttar’ starring Annu Kapoor, Pawan Malhotra and Bijendra Kala is going on in Dehradun and Rishikesh.
In order to promote Uttarakhandi cinema, these days three Garhwali language films Marcha, Teri Maya and Namak are being shot in Dehradun, Tehri and Uttarkashi respectively.
With the initiative of the state government, these films are getting full support of local folk culture, tradition and dialect along with technical resources, thereby giving a new direction and identity to the regional cinema.
At the same time, in the recent past, the shooting of many notable Hindi films and web series has been completed in Uttarakhand, including ‘Vicky Vidya Ka Wo Wala Video’, ‘Tikadam’, ‘Do Patti’, ‘Putul’, ‘Rautu Ka Raj’, ‘Tanvi the Great’, ‘Past Tense’, ‘Kesari 2’ and ‘Mere Husband Ki Biwi’.
In the year 2024, 225 shooting permissions were issued by the Uttarakhand government.
Uttarakhand Film Vikas Parishad is continuously working towards establishing the state as an attractive filmmaking destination, where the confluence of culture, nature, technical and administrative support provides a unique experience to the filmmakers.
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