Uttarakhand conferred Special Mention Certificate for Film
Friendly Environment
Jury lauds continuing efforts of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat towards creating a
Film Friendly Eco System : Ramesh Sippy
The Most Film Friendly State Award was announced today by
the Chairman of the Jury, Shri Ramesh Sippy. The Most Film Friendly State
Awards would be presented by Hon’ble President of India on May 3rd,
2018 during the presentation of the National Film Awards.
State of Madhya Pradesh was conferred the award
for the Most Film Friendly State to the for its efforts
towards easing filming in the State by creating a well-structured web site,
film friendly infrastructure, offering incentives, maintaining databases, undertaking
marketing and promotional initiatives, unanimously by the Jury from among the
16 States that participated. Madhya Pradesh also received positive feedback
from established filmmakers who have shot there. The efforts taken by the State
to present their case for the Awards were also appreciated. State of
Uttarakhand is given a Special Mention Certificate to
recognize the efforts made by the State of Uttarakhand towards creating a film
friendly environment.
Speaking on the occasion, Shri Ramesh Sippy Chairman of the
Jury said “The Jury members laud the continuing efforts of Uttar Pradesh and
Gujarat towards creating a film friendly eco system in their States and hope
that they keep up the good work. This year Madhya Pradesh where a lot of
filmmakers have shot over the years, has won the award due to the ease of
filming that the State offers along with excellent on ground support and filmic
infrastructure, an informative website and incentives for film making. Their
entry was also presented beautifully with all required documents given in a
very comprehensive manner. In addition, the jury would like to acknowledge the
sincere efforts made by Uttarakhand in this direction, despite it being a
relatively new State with a difficult terrain and hence has been given the
Special Mention.”
The jury for selecting the Most Film Friendly State Award
2017 was chaired by acclaimed filmmaker Shri Ramesh Sippy and comprising of
renowned filmmakers, Shri Nagraj Manjule, Shri Raja Krishna Menon, Shri
Vivek Agnihotri, and Shri Uday Singh, MD, Motion Picture Distributors
Association.
NAMES OF THE STATES THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE ‘MOST
FILM FRIENDLY STATE AWARD 2017’
- Andaman
and Nicobar
- Delhi
- Gujarat
- Karnataka
- Kerala
- Madhya
Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Mizoram
- Odisha
- Punjab
- Rajasthan
- Sikkim
- Telangana
- Tripura
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar
Pradesh
Courtesy: pib.nic.in
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