Nepal’s first ‘Smart Film City’ with modern technologies is going to be built by some private companies in Lamjung. Sky Entertainment and World Area Holding (SRL) signed a contract for the film city which spreads on 5,000 ropanies of land on Wednesday amid a special event organized at the premises of Ministry of Communication And Information Technology.
The project aims to establish around 16 shooting destinations. Speaking at the event Minister for Communication and Information Technology, Gokul Prasad Baskota said that the film city is a milestone for Nepali film industry.
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Coordinator of the project, Rajesh Kumar Puri informed that work of Detail Project Report of the The film city that is scheduled to be built at the budget of around Rs 6 billion will be started within next three months.
Organizers are planning to complete the projects in coming seven years. Organizers informed that in first phase 12 shooting station will be build. The project covers infrastructures like five star hotel, Film College, cable car, organic farm and so on. “we don’t have proper shooting destination, due to which people are compel to go for a abroad. this film city will hold them to the country,” said president of Sky Entertainment, Aakash Adhikari.
