Vi segnalo l'articolo The World’s Largest Film Studio - Ramoji Film City, di Meher Tatna, pubblicato ieri nel sito ufficiale dei Golden Globe Award. Ne approfitto per proporvi anche una succulenta collezione di immagini.
'The world’s biggest working film studio (...) lies about 25 miles outside Hyderabad, (...) and is certified as such by the Guinness World Records. Ramoji Film City covers 1,666 acres - Universal Studios, in Hollywood, covers 400. Ramoji Film City has 47 soundstages, 50 studio floors, 12 power substations, theaters, equipment and prop warehouses, outdoor movie sets, and post-production labs with editing, processing, visual effects, and dubbing facilities. This is the center of Tollywood filmmaking, the Telugu-language film industry in South India.
RFC is also a massive theme park. It is one of the most visited tourist destinations in India, attracting 1.5 million visitors each year. Studio tours in bright red trams ferry them around the complex. Guides point out police stations, five jails, (...) outdoor markets, a Japanese garden, underground caves, a railway station, airport and hospital, and recreated sites like the Taj Mahal in Agra, the Bulund Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikri, the Brindavan Gardens in Mysore and even the Hollywood sign and the Statue of Liberty. Sometimes, sets built for movies that become megahits, like S.S. Rajamouli’s (...) Baahubali, are saved and become part of the tour.
Daily live shows and parades are held in the theme park. The stores on Meena Bazaar (...) sell souvenir mugs and T-shirts. A wide variety of restaurants are all on the property. Guests can stay at the many affiliated hotels with package deals. Corporate events are welcomed. As are birthday parties. And weddings. Festivals like Diwali and Dussehra are celebrated with special events. Even International Women’s Day was marked by offering a special ‘Ladies Tour’ with two-fer tickets for a month. (...)
The primary purpose of Ramoji Film City, though, is film production. Up to 20 international films, or 40 domestic films, can be shot simultaneously in 500 locations with 6,000 personnel available for hire. (...) The sets range from Japanese garden to lions in Africa, to mock architectures of Paris, to miniature of Taj Mahal. Different landscapes, costumes, antiques, furniture, and paintings allow tourists to experience different eras, from the stone age to contemporary times. (...) Guidelines and permissions for aerial filming and filming with animals are also facilitated. (...)
Tollywood films shot at RFC include scenes from the recent blockbuster RRR. The same director, S.S. Rajamouli, shot his other two hit films at RFC as well: Baahubali. The Beginning (...) and Baahubali. The Conclusion. (...) Shah Rukh Khan has shot a number of films in RFC. Those include Chennai Express (...) and Dilwale. (...) So have superstars Salman Khan, with Wanted (...) and Tere Naam; (...) and Hrithik Roshan, with Krrish 3, (...) on the Mumbai set of RFC.
The bulk of filming is for the South Indian film industry, which includes Kannada, Bangla, Malayalam, and Tamil-language films. (...) Crocodile 2: Death Roll was shot at RFC, as were (...) Centipede, Nightfall (...) and Beeper (...) (with Harvey Keitel)'.
Vedi anche Ramoji Film City, 11 luglio 2012
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Set di Baahubali |
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| Ramoji Rao, fondatore di Ramoji Film City |
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