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{{short description|Film city in Mumbai, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox company
|name = Film City, Mumbai
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|type = Government held company
|industry = [[Film industry]]
|foundation = {{Start date and age|1977}}
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|location =
|location_city = [[Goregaon]] East, [[Mumbai, Maharashtra]]
|locations =
|area_served = 520 acres
|key_people = [[Sudhir Mungantiwar]], minister of Cultural Affairs of Maharashtra and chairman of [[Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation|MFSCDC]]
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|owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]]
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|parent = Maharashtra Film, Stage & Cultural Development Corporation
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|location_country = [[India]]
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|homepage = {{url|www.filmcitymumbai.org}}
}}

[[File:Film City.jpg|thumb|Plaque at Film City entrance]]
'''Film City'''; officially '''Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari''' is an integrated [[film studio]] complex situated near [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]] in [[Goregaon|Goregaon East]], [[Mumbai]] in India. It has several recording rooms, gardens, lakes, theatres and grounds that serve as the venue of many [[Bollywood]] and [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbai.org.uk/tourist-attractions/film-city.html |title=Film City |publisher=Mumbai |access-date=6 September 2010}}</ref> It was built in 1977 by the state government to provide facilities and concessions to the film industry. The plan for Film City was prepared and executed under the guidance of [[V. Shantaram]].<ref>[http://www.indiamarks.com/indian-film-cities/ Indian Film Cities]</ref> It was renamed Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari in 2001 in memory of India's first producer-director-screenwriter [[Dadasaheb Phalke]], who is considered as father of the Indian film industry.<ref>[http://www.amazingmaharashtra.com/2013/03/film-city.html "Film City"]. Amazing Maharashtra.</ref> It has been the shooting location for almost all Bollywood films. It has many types of location available for shooting including permanent sets of a [[temple]], [[prison]], [[court]], [[lake]], [[mountain]]s, [[fountain]]s, villages, picnic spots, gardens and a man-made waterfall.

Film City spans more than 520 acres in the suburbs of [[Mumbai]] and has approximately 42 outdoor shooting locations and 16 [[Sound stage|studios]].

== Geography ==
Film City is situated in Goregaon (East) neighbourhood of Mumbai near Aarey colony. It is surrounded by jungle. Wild animals such as leopards have habitat in this jungle and sometimes it is also called as Film City jungle. Leopard sightings are normal in this area. Some incidents also have been reported of leopard attack on humans. The jungle, which is designated as national park is protected forest but the boundary between Film City and [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]] is not clearly defined. It alleged that the land of Aarey colony and the park was fraudulently sold.<ref name=HT>{{Cite web|date=1 August 2017|title=Mumbai's Film City shut down after five leopard attacks|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-film-city-shut-down-for-eight-days-after-five-leopard-attacks/story-c2BLkMkfFu53Jr2sOHPTaM.html|access-date=19 January 2022|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=9 October 2017|title=Sanjay Gandhi National Park wants Film City to return its 51 acres of forest land in Mumbai|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/sanjay-gandhi-national-park-wants-film-city-to-return-its-51-acres-of-forest-land-in-mumbai/story-LYvpz4wOC7Q0xbBtMFLJ7O.html|access-date=19 January 2022|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Workforce==
Approximately 800 people work in the studio's eight filming locations on any given day.<ref name=HT/>

==Services==

===Tours===
In 2014 the tourism board of Maharashtra started guided tours of the studio, each ticket costing about ₹650.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2014/05/03/mumbais-bollywood-filmcity-studios-open-for-public-tours/|title=Mumbai's Bollywood Filmcity Studios Open For Public Tours|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=3 May 2014|access-date=4 March 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Noida Film City]]
* [[Ramoji Film City]], Hyderabad
* [[Cinema of India]]
* [[Film and Television Institute of India]], Pune
* [[State Institute of Film and Television]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*Perry, Alex (27 June 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20050912164435/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2005/boa/boa_film.html "Best of Asia: Best for the Mind: Film City Bombay, India"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''.
*S., Paavan (10 June 2013). [http://www.worldrecordsindia.com/2013/06/maximum-number-of-shootings-in-a-single-day/ "Maximum Number of Shootings in a Single Day in Multiple Location New World Record"]. World Records India.
*[https://www.sworld.co.uk/02/1905/photoalbum/the-film-city-mumbai "The Film City"]. Secret World.

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