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| Sandeep Marwah Founder of Noida Film City |
London:
“It was in 1986 December when I submitted the project of Noida Film City to
Noida Authority as there was no one in Delhi to listen to me. I knew it that it
was difficult to look for 100 acres in Delhi, thank God I opted Noida,” Sandeep
Marwah founder of Noida Film City started talking to young journalist on his favorite subject-
Films, sitting back in the lobby of Hotel Ritz, Piccadilly, London.
“We
were six and then twelve and now sixteen players in this film city who
managed to get allotment in twenty-five acres of indoor planning of film city
Noida. It is sad that many people to whom we brought with great
persuasion they have resigned from the board including Boney Kapoor, Tutu
Sharma, F.C. Mehra, Pooranchand Rao, L.V. Prasad, Yash Chopra, Vinod Pandey, B.
L. Sobti, Pooran Sarin without realizing the importance of Noida Film City,”
added Sandeep Marwah. I knew that Sandeep has been honored hundreds of time for
his untiring contribution to this industry.
“We
are on the World map of cinema today. More than 350 Channels are being
broadcast to 162 countries 24 by 7. Approx. 17000 media professionals are
working here in three shifts of 8 hours each. The cascading effect is that more
than Hundred and Fifty thousand people are earning their bread because of film
city. I am happy I could do something for the nation, and definitely for media
and entertainment industry,” said Marwah emotionally.
Thirty
years back I gave one word to English dictionary i.e. Film Tourism and nobody
paid heed to what I said, today every country is talking about film tourism.
You know that Noida film city has already attracted more than two million
tourists under film tourism from all over India and 145 countries of the World.
Marwah looked up as if thanking God for listening to him.
Today
Noida Film city is the home to the first Professional Film Studios of North
India- Marwah Studios. It is the base to first private film school of the
country Asian Academy of Film And Television. It is the ground for four biggest
international events Global Film Festival, Global Festival of Journalism, Global
Literary Festival and Global Fashion week. Who’s who of the World has already
been here.
Marwah
with little hesitation uttered that I have been honored with seven honorary
Doctorates for being founder of Noida Film city. I am still the spokesperson of
this tiny city with almost 75 acres as outdoors also.Long way to go I said.
