Bokadia meets UP CM, to establish film city in Sonbhadra

Producer and director KC Bokadia met chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Tuesday

Producer and director KC Bokadia met chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Tuesday. The maker of films like ‘Pyar Jukta Nahi’ and ‘Teri Meharbaniyan’ proposed establishing a film and training institute in the state along with a state-of-art film city.

Producer and director KC Bokadia with chief minister Yogi Adityanath at his residence on Tuesday (HT Photo)

After meeting the chief minister where assistant chief secretary, information, Navneet Sehgal was also present, the filmmaker said, “Yogiji has suggested to establish the film city and training institute in ‘dev-bhoomi’ Sonbhadra in Purvanchal which has close proximity with Varanasi. I will be leaving on Wednesday morning with the officials to see the location. I am amazed at the speed with which the chief minister functions and in manner we hope to finalise everything and do a mega bhoomi pujan soon.”

During this interaction, the chief minister talked about the upcoming state-of-the-art film city in Gautam Buddh Nagar and the favourable conditions that have been created for shooting and attracting film makers to the state in terms of facilities, easy permissions and subsidy.