<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath has said that experience of the stalwarts from the film industry will prove vital in developing the world-class film city near Noida.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Addressing a press conference in Mumbai today, Mr Adityanath said that setting up of the film city in Uttar Pradesh is a step towards realising the dream of 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat'. He clarified that he is not snatching away anything from any state as the move will eventually help in strengthening the country's economy.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The remarks by the UP CM comes after leaders from the Shiv Sena expressed reservation on forcibly taking away the film city elsewhere from Mumbai.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The UP CM said that his state is providing better law & order, social security and an environment which will pave way for a person to work without any discrimination.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Adityanath said that he held a fruitful interaction with the producers, actors and stakeholders from the film industry during his two day visit to Mumbai. They discussed all importants issues to take forward the work of developing the world-class film city in UP, which will be barely six kilometer away from the Asia's biggest international airport that is coming up at Jewar.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The UP Chief Minister further said, the film city is coming up on the one thousand acres of land and people from the film industry have shown keen interest in it.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Adityanath said, the film city should not like look like a government project and hence exhorted producers and actors to show active participation. He said, in different parts of UP, film related activities can be carried out and films on historical events, country's rich heritage and eco-tourism can be made.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">He said, from the two airports in the year 2017, now there are seven airports that are functional in Uttar Pradesh.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Adityanath also said that during the Covid-19 pandemic his government has given jobs to 1.25 crore people, which he claimed was highest in the country.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also held dialogues with the heads of Adani defence, Mahindra defence, Siemens defence, L&T defence and others to develop the defence manufacturing corridor at Aligarh, Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Chitrakoot. </span>
News On AIR | December 2, 2020 5:34 PM | Akshay Kumar | mumbai bolly wood | UP film industry | Yogi Adityanath
Film industry has shown keen interest in the film city coming up in UP: CM Yogi Adityanath