- Film City at city outskirts in 1500 to 2000 acres
- Can open theatres following Covid19 guidelines
- Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna give cheques to CM
Hyderabad: Tollywood bigwigs Chiranjeevi and Nagarjuna met Telangana CM Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhara Rao (KCR) at Pragathi Bhavan and handed over cheques of donation to ‘CM relief fund.’ The donation is in view of devastation caused to the poor families in city due to heavy lash of rains. Chiranjeevi gave a sum of one core while Nagarjuna donated 50 lakhs. They were warmly welcomed the CM, accompanied by TRS MP Joginipally Satish.
KCR had a chat with film celebrities for a few minutes. He said nearly 10 lakh people are dependent on Tollywood and all are facing problems during Covid Pandemic situation. He praised Tollywood top stars for their support to families of film workers who supplied the essential things to the victims. KCR said that the government will allot 1500 to 2000 acres of land in outskirts of the city for film city with all latest available equipments for shooting. He assured that cinema halls and shoot can resume with Covid 19 guidelines. Chiranjeeivi said that shootings have already been started and requested CM to see that cinema halls be opened as early as possible.
Tollywood moved out to support Hyderabad, at the tough time when the city witnessed heavy rains last month, with donations to Chief Minister Relief Fund.
Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu had announced Rs. 1 crore each while Nagarjuna and Junior NTR came forward with Rs.50 lakhs each and Director Trivikram, actor Vijay Devarakonda donated 10 lakhs each to CMRF. Director Harish Shankar, Anil Ravipudi also gave Rs. 5 lakh each.
Courtesy:https://www.primepost.in/cm-kcr-announces-big-bonanza-for-tollywood/
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