Bengaluru: Continuing with his letter writing spree, former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has shot off another missive to Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, asking him to reconsider shifting the film city from Mysuru to Ramanagara.
Siddaramaiah, who is the Chairman of the Congress-JD(S) coalition coordination committee, has so far written four letters to Kumaraswamy on a host of issues, including the one to reconsider the budget announcement to increase fuel prices.In the letter, he asked the Chief Minister to reconsider the budget announcement to shift the film city to Ramanagara, Kumaraswamy's assembly segment, and take steps to set it up in Mysuru, Siddaramaiah's home district. Pointing out that it has been the dream and demand ofthe Kannada film industry for a film city to be set up inMysuru, the CLP leader described the 'palacecity' as the most sought after destination by film producersnot only from Kannada, but also from the Hindi, Tamil and Telugu film industries.
Since 1945,film shooting had been taking place in Mysuru, he noted as he recalled contributions of studioslike 'Navajyoti' and 'Premier', which produced talented actors and technicians. "Kannada thespian late Dr Rajkumar had dreamed aboutthe film city in Mysuru, realising which the previous Congress government decided to set up a film city in the city and approved hundred acres of land for this purpose.