Indore: The ambitious project to establish a Film City in the State of Madhya Pradesh may become a true very soon. The State government is keenly interested in the development of such a project. The statement regarding this came in public on Friday morning by Shatrughan Sinha, Member of Parliament.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the International Film Festival on Tribal Art and Culture (IFFTAC-2008) at the famous Gandhi Hall of Indore City noted film actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha announced about his ambitious project to establish a film city in the State.

This is the first time that Sinha has made public announcement regarding his project.

“I have talked to the honorable Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today in morning and I am glad to announce it officially that soon there would a film city in the State”, Sinha said.

“It would be the first ever Film City of Madhya Pradesh,” he added.

Regarding the location of project Shotgun said that probably it would be developed at the outskirts of Bhopal or at any nearby place. He further thanked to Chouhan for his keen interest in the ambitious project.

Emphasizing on the importance of Tribal arts and culture cine star said that Tribal themes will get adequate attention while developing a film in the coming Film City.

It is a well known fact that Sinha is much interested to establish a Film City in Madhya Pradesh and a detailed plan regarding this project has been submitted before the government for consideration.  

Kunwar Vijay Shah, Minister, Tribal Wefare and Kailash Vijayvargiya, Minister, Information Technology apart from cine star Randhir Kapoor were also present on the occasion.