Bhopal, March 04: State Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also discussed the issue of setting film city in the state with Bollywood personalities in 2009. Chouhan announced at that time that the proposed film city will be set up in an area of 430 acres near Bhopal.
Bhopal has a very strong bonding with Bollywood as megastar Amitabh Bachchan”s wife and noted actress Jaya Bachchan belongs to this city. During ”Aarakshan” Amitabh posted on his blog about the people of Bhopal as cultured and disciplined.
“As many people I have met so far in Bhopal, all are polite, cultured, disciplined and easy to get familiar with,” Bachchan said. Besides, noted actor Raza Murad also has very deep connections with the Bhopal city while famous actor Saif Ali Khan is being treated in the city as ”Chhote Nawab” as his father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi was born in Bhopal and have lot of ancestral properties in the city. Incidentally, the site identified near Bhopal is close to Chiklod, where even today Pataudis have huge kothi and land. Earlier also, noted director Mahesh Bhatt and another popular actor and BJP MP, Shatrughan Sinha has also discussed a proposal with the State Government to set up a film city near Bhopal.
——–PTI