Labor and Employment Minister of Telangana Government, Malla Reddy said during the promotion of the film ‘Animal’ that ‘Mumbai has now become old and Bollywood will shift to Hyderabad in the next 5 years’. A new controversy has started on this statement of his. Amidst this controversy, we talked to famous actor Mahesh Thakur, active in the film and TV industry for the last several decades, about his experience of shooting in Mumbai. Mahesh Thakur, who will soon be seen in Sony SAB TV’s show ‘Aangan’, said that there is a big problem in shooting outdoors in Mumbai.
Mahesh Thakur said, “Even though Mumbai is old, shooting here has its own fun, but the problem of Mumbai is traffic. This is the reason why there is some difficulty in working here. But this does not mean that there are no beautiful locations for shooting in Mumbai. There are many old architecture and buildings in the town side of Mumbai (South Mumbai), where good shoots can be done.
Mahesh Thakur also said that he likes to shoot in London and Canada, because the locations there are very beautiful and wherever you pan the camera, a good frame is created.
Also read- Animal took a huge leap in advance booking, earned so many crores even before its release.
Many films are shot in Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Let us tell you that Telangana Minister Malla Reddy has commented about Mumbai as well as Bengaluru. Along with Hyderabad, films, web series etc. are shot on a large scale in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Mumbai Mostly Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati and Bhojpuri cinema and TV serials are shot in Bengaluru, while mostly Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil films are shot in Bengaluru.
