After a series of successful film shoots starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and a host of other Bollywood biggies, Uttar Pradesh won the Most Film Friendly State award at the prestigious 64th National Awards that were announced on Friday. After getting a ‘special mention’ in the Most Film Friendly State category last year (2016), Uttar Pradesh bagged the award for smoothly facilitating a series of big and small projects. It all started with ex-chief minister Akhilesh Yadav’s shoot-friendly policies, tax-free incentives and massive subsidies for films shot in UP. I have studied in Mussorie, which was then in undivided Uttar Pradesh. I went to Varanasi to see the place when I chanced to visit Mukti Bhawan and I ended up making a film based on it.

Source: Hindustan Times April 08, 2017 09:00 UTC