HYDERABAD , RAMOJI FILM CITY

• Every year, the studios attracts over a million tourists, and the complex creates revenues in billions of rupees (INR) .

• Located at the entrance of the film city are the 3-star hotel, Tara and a 5-star hotel, Sitara for the film production units as well as for tourists.

                                          

                                          

• Once inside, there is Hawa Mahal, an intricate miniature Golconda Fort, which is on a hilltop from which one can have a Bird's-eye view of the whole studio. 

                                      

• The Film City provides honeymoon packages and banquet halls for corporate retreats and conventions. 

                                      

                                    

• Some of the places for tourists to visit include: a Japanese garden, the ETV planet (a multi-purpose editing suit), a large pool, artificial waterfalls, intricately carved caves, an airport terminal, hospital set, railway station, churches, mosques and temples, shopping plazas, palace interiors, chateaus, rural complexes, urban dwellings, a winding highway, and model US and European sets. 

• Shops include Parade, a prop-shop, where costumes of actors can be ordered and Shangrila, a nursery that sells exotic plants. 

             

                                           

• This Film city has also 'Ramoji Film Magic' which shows about the behing-the-scene activities involved in movie making.