According to Western Railway, it made Rs 1.64 crore through the fiscal 12 months 2022–2023 via films being shot at stations.
Western Railway in Mumbai claimed that it receives crores of rupees in yearly income from movie manufacturing.
The Indian Railways is taken into account the spine of the nation and caters to a big a part of the Indian populace. The railways earn a big a part of their income from their passengers however do you know that the movie trade can be a supply of revenue for the Railways? Railways have typically had a reference to the movie trade with essential scenes integral to the plot, shot at railway stations. Who can overlook the well-known climax scene in Dilwale Dulhani Le Jayenge shot at a railway station?
The Railways fees a remuneration from the movie manufacturing group for lending their premises to shoots. Western Railway in Mumbai claimed that it receives sizable cash in yearly income from movie manufacturing. These stations have hosted the filming of quite a few well-known Bollywood movies.
According to Western Railway, it made Rs 1.64 crore through the fiscal 12 months 2022–2023 via films being shot at stations. Before that, it made Rs 67 lakh in 2021–2022, Rs 1 crore in 2019–2020, and 1.31 crore in 2018–19 have been earned. However, through the pandemic interval, shootings have been stalled for many productions and social distancing was practised extensively, thus affecting the revenue obtained from movies.
The Chief Public Relations Officer of Western Railway acknowledged that quite a few stations have served because the backdrop for in style films like Lunch Box, Hero Panti-2, Airlift, and Sher Shah through the previous few years. In addition, a whole lot of on-line sequence, together with X-Ray, Abhay 2, Breathe into the Darkness, and Dongri to Dubai have been filmed in practice stations. Promos for Kaun Banega Crorepati have been additionally filmed at railway stations.
Some of the railway premises which have been lent to movie shootings embrace Churchgate Headquarters and Station Building, Sabarmati Sports Ground, Goregaon Station, Jogeshwari AT (Yard), Lower Parel Workshop, Kandivali and Virar Car Shed, Kelve Road, Kalakund Railway Station, Patalpani Railway Station and Mumbai Central.
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