JUSTIFICATION Ramoji Group is a five-d five-decade-o ecade-old ld multi-dimensional multi-dimensional corporate corporate entity headquartered headquartered in Hyderabad. It has been consistently setting benchmarks in every industry it has ventured into supported by a strong vision and focus to deliver innovative products and services.
Ramoji Group forays cover media, film production and fully integrated filmmaking infrastructure, financial services, FMCG, Retail, Education Education and Hospitality and advertising. Suman Advertisi Advertising ng Pvt. Limited Limited is one of our our group companies. companies. Ramoji Film Film City is the brain brain child child of visionary visionary Mr. Ramoji Ramoji Rao, Chairman, Chairman, Ramoji Ramoji Group. Ramoji Film Film City, City, a filmmaker’s filmmaker’s paradise paradise and a complete complete thematic thematic holiday holiday destination spread over in a extent of 1800 acres. Ramoji Film City City - the comprehensi comprehensive ve fun, fun, entertainment entertainment and a leisure leisure hub, is a perfect perfect getaway with the magic of cinema where heavenly charm is unraveled in every element including breathtaking avenues, landscapes, make-believe locales and unlimited fun and entertainment entertai nment options options with a theme park, Adventure Park, Birds Park, star hotels. It is not just the the pride of of the state state but of the country. country. It is certified certified as “World’s Largest
Film Studio Complex” by the Guinness World Records. Comprehensive facilities here are designed and developed by world-class professionals in the fields of technology, architecture and landscape designing .
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Ramoji Film City is the world largest film studio complex certified by the Guinness book of world record was started with the world class film facilities where a film maker can come with a script and step out with a complete film in his hand. Ramoji Film City started it’s tourism in the year 1999, now it is witnessing 1.5 million footfall of the tourist every year. It is the only film based theme park in India where the visitors can witness the back stage tour of the popular Hollywood, Bollywood and Tollywood films. Near about 2000 films have been shot in different languages. Film City is a complete multi-faceted holiday destination and an one stop solution for day tourism, holiday makers, honeymooners, weddings & MICE.
AT RFC an approx 300
conferences and 50 weddings happens in a year.
Expansion Looking at the growth trend Theme business, to give the world class entertainment facilities and to create the direct and indirect job opportunities in India, Ramoji film City is planning to expand its existing facilities like;
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SCIENCE FICTION ZONE
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ACTION ADVENTURE
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FESTIVAL OF INDIA
Ramoji Film City exists on the ground between the Indira Sagar Lake, Vagu, hills on the eastern side and Yapal Forest block on the western side. The above land has been developed with the several attractions like Eureka, Ramoji Movie Magic, Fundoostan, Studio Tour, number of Parks. Film shooting locations, bird park, adventure park”SAHAS” 2
etc. Hotels like Sitara (Luxury Hotel), Tara (Comfort Hotel), Shantiniketan in the Ramoji Film City. Seasonal Carnivals are being conducting throughout the year attracting the large number of Tourists. The land is completely developed/utilized, the existing internal roads are not
sufficient for visitors, tourists and film making people. Sometimes chocked due to heavy public especially during carnivals, festivals etc. Moreover, there is only one main road connecting various places. Further, the Film City abutting to Yapal RF. It is felt and necessary for the Ramoji Film City to form an alternative road adjacent to the compound wall on the western side, for which a strip of forest land along the side of compound wall to an extent of 7.81 Ha is required. The alternative road will certainly enable us to meet the below requirement:
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Enhance the guest’s experience which will enable us to cater more footfalls in future years.
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To reduce the pollution in the theme park area, by reducing the vehicle moment in the guest moment area.
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The above will enhance the foot fall of the park (which will boost the State tourism)
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The film makers can reach their location along with their crew and materials at various entry points through newly formed road without loss of time and causing any inconvenience to the tourist, VIPs, VVIPs in the Film City
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Increase the revenue to the government exchequer , through various types of taxes
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Development of the Area as a tourism hub.
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Direct and indirect employment generation
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Infrastructure development of the nearby villages. 3
Ramoji Film city currently having 7000 employee on pay roll and 500-1000 on daily wages ( more on depending on the film maker’s requirement) and an average of 10,000 indirect employment, with the expansion plan like SCIENCE FICTION ZONE, ACTION ADVENTURE and FESTIVAL OF INDIA, we will be creating an additional 2500 direct employment and other 2,500-3,000 indirect employment. Ramoji Film City is generating revenue of 20 crores per annum to the government exchequer to the central/State government of Telengana, which will be increasing substantially with the expansion of the attractions. In Film City number of film shooting takes place at a time daily at different locations, at the time of film shooting lot of disturbance was being caused from the Tourists, visitors and vehicle movement. The formation of new road along side of the compound wall will allow us to divert the vehicle movements of visitors, Tourists, visitors stay in the hotels and vehicles of VVIP, VIP, film producers to enter at the required entry points without disturbing each other. The similar request was considered by the Government in favour of Film city and issued orders to an extent of 0.734 hac in Yapal RF block for formation of road on the western side of the Film City in the year 2002, however we could not avail the same due to some technical reasons. Recently new attractions like adventure park and bird park are added to the Ramoji Film City and further planning to add more attractions like “Science Fiction Zone, Action Zone and Festival of India” The Ramoji Film city is such an organization that strives for
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innovation and creating new attractions for utmost satisfaction to the tourists and film making people. The Ramoji Film city is proposed to construct “OM Spiritual City” in the vicinity of Ramoji Film City. The footfall for the “OM Spiritual City” is expected of 2 lakh pilgrims in a day. Proportionately the footfall in the Film City will enhance rapidly. To meet the present and future demands of Tourists and Film makers, the formation of road on the western side of the Film city is essential for development of the Tourism and Film Industries in the area and in the State.
The Ramoji Film City is surrounded by the Indira sagar, vagu and hills on the eastern side, Yapal Forest RF is on the western side, patel kunta and road from the NH on northern side . The film city is developed east to west in width and north to south in length. Tthe Yapal Forest is abutting to the western side of the compound wall of the Film city. There is no scope of extending on eastern or western side of the film city due to natural boundaries on the ground. If a road is formed on the western side of the film city through forest land gives more strength to the film city in day to day activities. The internal roads are not sufficient to meet the demand of tourism and film industries. Since there is no patta lands available on the western side of the film city, it is necessary to form a new road on the western side of the Film city through the Yapal Forest. The proposed road is along side of the compound wall of the film city in a long strip of the forest land without causing any inconvenience to the maintenance of the remaining Forest Land. We built up the road on the strip of the land allotted and also a wall will be constructed on the boundary of the Forest land as we have 5
already done earlier, so that the remaining Forest land and its nature will be protected. This approach road facilitates the Ramoji Film City for further development to promote the tourism and film industry and raise revenue to the government and generates employment to the people in different categories. We therefore request the forest authorities to consider diversion of forest land in an extent of 7.81 Ha in Yapal Forest block adjacent to the Ramoji Film city compound wall as a
special case in the interest of the development of Tourism and Film Industries. The Ramoji Film City is willing to provide compensative no-forest land, equal to the extent of forest land proposed for diversion and other charges as demanded by the forest department.
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