Urges filmmakers to rediscover JK’s captivating locales
SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24: Advisor to
the Governor, Mr. Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, has urged the country’s premier film
fraternity to rediscover the captivating locales of the State’s incomparable
scenic beauty.
He assured
the Bollywood’s big production houses of Government’s full support in
facilitating their shooting plans and itineraries in the country’s top tourist
destination.
Ganai, who is also the Advisor I/C Tourism, was speaking at the Grand
Lalit here Thursday evening, in the presence of popular film actor John Abraham
and filmmaker and producer Bunty Walia, who are in Kashmir for shooting of
their new film.
Welcoming the guests, the Advisor said he was pleased to see big actors
like John Abraham shooting in the valley and exuded confidence that other Bollywood
bigwigs will soon come back to roll out their cameras here. “I am happy that
you have enjoyed your shooting stints in Gulmarg and Pahalgam, but I assure you
that there are many other locations that define J&K’s unique splendour,” he
added.
Ganai also recalled the era of the Sixties and Seventies when Kashmir
remained one-stop destination for top filmmakers of the country.
Secretary Tourism, Rigzian Sampheal, Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar
and Budgam and representatives of tour and travel operators including Mukhtar
Shah and Vicky Shaw were also present on the occasion.
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