The craze for Spain that the film Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has sparked among Indian tourists has inspired the tourism ministry to seek film projects which show the best of Indian hotspots.
The ministry has rolled out the red carpet for filmmakers, particularly from abroad - promising a bagful of concessions and logistics support, including swift visa facilities and custom clearance for film equipment - if India gets a prominent space in their movies.
Ministry sources said tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai went all out to woo filmmakers at the recently concluded international film festival in Goa.
"Sahai met 23 filmmakers from India and abroad and others associated with the industry to clear the unresolved issues of taxation, VAT refund, visa, customs and security-related clearances and permission for shootings, among others," a senior ministry official said.
Chairman of Fortissimo Films Michael J. Werner, Julie Marlow of Australia, director Joel Frges and Eurimages executive director Roberto Olla from France were among the few foreign filmmakers who met Sahai.
Vishal Bharadwaj, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Zoya Akhtar and Raj Kumar Hirani, were some of the Bollywood big wigs who met him.
The ministry has rolled out the red carpet for filmmakers, particularly from abroad - promising a bagful of concessions and logistics support, including swift visa facilities and custom clearance for film equipment - if India gets a prominent space in their movies.
Ministry sources said tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai went all out to woo filmmakers at the recently concluded international film festival in Goa.
"Sahai met 23 filmmakers from India and abroad and others associated with the industry to clear the unresolved issues of taxation, VAT refund, visa, customs and security-related clearances and permission for shootings, among others," a senior ministry official said.
Chairman of Fortissimo Films Michael J. Werner, Julie Marlow of Australia, director Joel Frges and Eurimages executive director Roberto Olla from France were among the few foreign filmmakers who met Sahai.
Vishal Bharadwaj, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Zoya Akhtar and Raj Kumar Hirani, were some of the Bollywood big wigs who met him.
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