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| | other_name = Dadasaheb Phalke Chitra Nagari
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| [[File:Film City.jpg|thumb|Plaque at Film City entrance]] | | * [[Film City, Mumbai]] |
| '''Film City''' is an integrated [[film studio]] complex situated near [[Sanjay Gandhi National Park]] at [[Goregaon|Goregaon East]], [[Mumbai]] in [[India]]. It has several recording rooms, gardens, lakes, theaters and grounds that serve as the venue of many [[Bollywood]] film shootings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mumbai.org.uk/tourist-attractions/film-city.html |title=Film City Mumbai - Film City of Mumbai, Bombay Filmcity, Filmcity Mumbai India |publisher=Mumbai.org.uk |access-date=2010-09-06}}</ref> It was built in 1977 by the state government to provide facilities and concessions to the film industry.<ref>[http://www.filmcitymumbai.org/history_filmcity.html Dadasaheb Phalke Chitranagari]</ref> 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 father of 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 all types of location available for shooting including a [[temple]], [[prison]], [[court]], [[lake]], [[Mountain|mountains]], [[Fountain|fountains]], villages, picnic spots, garden and even a man-made waterfall.
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| Film City spans across more than 520 acres land in the suburbs of [[Mumbai]].
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| Film city has approximately 42 Outdoor Shooting Locations & 16 studios of various sizes
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| ==Workforce==
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| Approximately 800 people are said to be working in the studio's eight filming locations on any given day.<ref name=HT>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/mumbai-s-film-city-shut-down-for-eight-days-after-five-leopard-attacks/story-c2BLkMkfFu53Jr2sOHPTaM.html|title=Mumbai’s Film City shut down after five leopard attacks|work=Hindustan Times|date=2017-08-02}}</ref>
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| ==Current times==
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| ===Tours===
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| In 2014, the tourism board of the [[Maharashtra]] state government launched guided tours of the studio for the public, each ticket costing ₹650 approx.<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|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=2014-05-03|access-date=2018-03-04}}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Noida Film City]] | | * [[Noida Film City]] |
| * [[Ramoji Film City]] | | * [[Ramoji Film City]], Hyderabad |
| * [[Cinema of India]]
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| * [[Film and Television Institute of India]]
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| * [[State Institute of Film and Television]]
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050912164435/http://www.time.com/time/asia/2005/boa/boa_film.html Times Magazine: Best of Asia - Film City Bombay, India - Listed as the best place to think of Stardom] at ''[[TIME]]''
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| *[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]
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| *[https://www.sworld.co.uk/02/1905/photoalbum/the-film-city-mumbai The Film city - Secret World]
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| {{Tourist attractions in Mumbai}}
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| {{coord|19.1611|72.887351|type:landmark|display=title|name=Dadasaheb Phalke Nagar Film City Complex}}
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| [[Category:Film studios in Mumbai]]
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