New policy to make MP favourite destination for film-making

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh Film Tourism Policy 2025 aims to establish the state as a film-friendly destination while creating substantial investment and employment opportunities through the cinema industry. The policy was discussed during the tourism summit at GIS on Tuesday.
The policy emphasises comprehensive cinema industry development, nurturing local talent, promoting regional languages, women's empowerment, and infrastructure enhancement. Film shooting permissions are now streamlined through a single-window system under the Public Service Guarantee Act.
Additional grants of 10% are available for films in local and tribal languages including Malvi, Bundelkhandi, Baghelkhandi, Nimadi, Gondi, Bhili, Korku. Similar incentives apply to children's cinema, women-centric films, and regional language productions like Marathi & Bengali.
The policy also provides grants for films featuring historical, cultural, and religious personalities, support for short films, assistance for new cinema halls construction, and existing halls' modernisation, plus funding for award-winning documentaries.
The policy outlines specific financial incentives to boost film production and related economic activities. Feature films can receive up to Rs 2 crore, web series up to Rs 1.5 crore, TV programmes up to Rs 1 crore, documentaries up to Rs 40 lakhs, international films up to 1.3 million USD (Rs 10 crores), and short films up to Rs 15 lakhs. These grants require 75% of shooting days to be completed within the state.
The state earned the ‘Most Film-Friendly State' award in 2022, hosting over 350 film projects in the past five years. Financial assistance totalling Rs 21 crores supported 10 Hindi features, one Telugu feature, and four web series. Film projects generated approximately Rs 700 crores in state expenditure and created over 150,000 temporary employment days.
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Films and Web Series Shot in MP
Notable productions filmed locally include ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3', ‘Sixer', ‘Love Ki Arrange Marriage', ‘Gullak', ‘Dhadak 2', ‘Stree', ‘Panchayat', ‘Kota Factory', ‘Ponniyin Selvan', ‘Citadel (Honey Bunny)', ‘Auron Mein Kaha Dum Tha', ‘Patna Shukla', ‘Fukrey 3', ‘The Railway Man', ‘Selfie', ‘Lapata Ladies', ‘Yudh', and ‘Zara Hatke Zara Bachke'.