Film personalities meet Siddharamaiah urging him to give shape to proposal Mysore/Mysuru: With Siddharamaiah firmly back in the Chief Minister’s seat, the limelight has returned to Mysuru and the first among the major plans that he will initiate in his hometown will be the long-pending Film City project. As a prelude to the Film City…
Process of starting Film City near Nanjangud has started: CM Bommai
March 26, 2022Bengaluru: Setting at rest speculations regarding the place of establishment of Film City, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the process of setting up the much-awaited Film City at Immavu in Nanjangud taluk of Mysuru district is in progress. Replying to a call attention motion moved by JD(S) MLC C.N. Manjegowda in the Legislative Council…
‘Government mulling on naming Film City after Puneeth Rajkumar’
November 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: District Minister S.T. Somashekar has said that the Government is mulling on naming the Film City that is proposed to come up in Nanjangud taluk of the district, after late Sandalwood Star Puneeth Rajkumar. He was speaking at the preparatory meeting on ‘Nudi Namana’ programme to be organised by the District Administration in memory…
Plea to name Film City as Wadiyar Film City
March 25, 2021Bhoomi Puja to be held within a month, says Minister Bengaluru: Information and Public Relations Minister C.C. Patil has announced that the Bhoomi Puja for Film City in Mysuru would be performed within a month and the project will start immediately after that. The State Government has already said that the ambitious project will be…
Film City project comes full circle; back in Mysuru
March 18, 2021Severe shortage of land in Bengaluru forces Government to do a U-turn Bengaluru/Mysuru: The B.S. Yediyurappa Government that was a strong proponent of setting up a Film City in Bengaluru has made a U-turn and has stated that the ambitious project will be back to its originally-proposed location at Himmavu in Nanjangud Taluk of Mysuru. …
Film City to come up at Hessarghatta near Bengaluru
August 14, 2020Bengaluru: The State Government will set up a mega Film City on 150-acre land at Hessarghatta on the outskirts of Bengaluru and the process will be expedited, said Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N. Ashwathnarayan. With the announcement, the Government has gone back to the original location that the late CM Ramakrishna Hegde had suggested. In…
Hoteliers sore over shifting of Film City to Bengaluru
March 7, 2020Mysuru needs to look beyond Zoo, KRS, Palace to retain tourists, says Hotel Owners Association Mysore/Mysuru: Hoteliers of Mysuru have expressed their displeasure over the raw deal given to the city by the BJP Government — which is in power both at the Centre and State — in the State Budget. They are miffed with…
State Budget
March 5, 20203 percent increase in tax on petrol, diesel; fuel to cost more from April 1 Pay more for liquor: 6 percent hike in excise duty on Indian-Made Foreign Liquor Rs. 8,344 crore allocated towards ‘comprehensive development’ of Bengaluru No special projects for Mysuru; region misses out on Film City too Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S….
Rajendra Singh Babu bats for Film City in Mysuru
January 16, 2020Mysuru: Senior Film Director S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu has urged the State Government to establish the Film City in Mysuru only and not to shift it elsewhere. In a statement, Babu urged the Government to realise the dreams of great actors such as Dr. Rajkumar, Dr. Vishnuvardhan and Ambarish, who had strongly proposed the idea…
Twist in the Plot: Mysuru loses out on Film City
January 9, 2020Bengaluru: The story (plot) of Film City that began in Mysuru in 2017 during the reign of Siddharamaiah and that saw a sort of an interval in Ramanagara during the rule of H.D. Kumaraswamy in 2018 is climaxing in Bengaluru in 2020 during the present Government headed by B.S. Yediyurappa. The Yediyurappa Government has finally…
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