Ramoji Rao establishworld’s largest film studio, bigger than Disney; IST
Ramoji Rao establishworld’s largest film studio, bigger than Disney; IST
It was the media baron Ramoji Rao who founded and built the world’s largest film studio spread over 1,666 acres and is even bigger than Disney in Hyderabad.
And it was at this largest film studio that films like Baahubali: The Beginning and Baahubali: The Conclusion have been shot.
Notedly, the film studio has been certified as the largest complex in the world by Guinness World Records and is credited as a ‘city within a city’.
It was Ramoji’s wish to build a studio similar to the ones in Hollywood. After getting the land, he signed art director Nitish Roy to design the complex. The film studio was built in Hyderabad in 1996 on the outskirts of the city of Abdullahpurmet.
The studio has sets such as forests, gardens, hotels, a railway station, an airport, apartment blocks, mansions workshops, etc.
Apart from this, the studio also boasts of 6 hotels inside it, 47 sound stages, and sets ranging from railway stations to temples. The film city is capable of handling about 400-500 films per year in various Indian languages and 15 shoots a day.
It is accessible for people to visit the film sets, and enjoy theme parks, and amusement rides and around 1.5 million tourists visit the place every year.
SS Rajamouli’s blockbusters Baahubali and Baahubali 2 have been shot in the Ramoji Film City. It is even bigger than the studios owned by Karan Johar, Yash Chopra (Yash Raj Studio), and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series.
Ramoji Film City is a one-stop destination for filmmakers, offering various facilities and diverse shooting locations. It has attracted various Indian and international film productions, significantly boosting India’s film industry.
As a businessman, film producer, and media entrepreneur, Rao was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour, for his contribution to literature, education, and journalism.
It is accessible for people to visit the film sets, and enjoy theme parks, and amusement rides and around 1.5 million tourists visit the place every year.
SS Rajamouli’s blockbusters Baahubali and Baahubali 2 have been shot in the Ramoji Film City. It is even bigger than the studios owned by Karan Johar, Yash Chopra (Yash Raj Studio), and Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series.
Ramoji Film City is a one-stop destination for filmmakers, offering various facilities and diverse shooting locations. It has attracted various Indian and international film productions, significantly boosting India’s film industry.
As a businessman, film producer, and media entrepreneur, Rao was honoured with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour, for his contribution to literature, education, and journalism.
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