Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addressed a gathering of film workers at the Yousufguda Police Grounds in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said that the state government is working to develop Hyderabad as a hub for the global film industry and is confident of bringing Hollywood to Hyderabad if industry stakeholders expand cooperation.
Apart from IT and pharma industry, a separate chapter is dedicated to explain the road map for the film industry in the Telangana Rising 2047 vision, he said at a meeting organized by the Telugu Film Workers’ Association on Tuesday to felicitate him.
Recalling former Chief Minister Marri Channa Reddy’s efforts to bring the Telugu film industry to Hyderabad, he said the then government took several steps in this direction after consulting doyens like ANR, NTR and Krishna.
Film workers brave the rain as Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy addresses them at the police ground in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo credit: SIDDHANT THAKUR
The film workers were given 10 acres of land in Manikonda, while huge efforts were put into developing Chitrapuri Colony exclusively for them. He said the government has revived awards for the film industry through Gaddar film Awards instead of Nandi awards. Mr. Reddy asked the association to identify a suitable land in Krishna Nagar and ensure that the government would build a corporate level school for their children from Nursery to XII standard. In addition, the government would extend health care to their families through Aarogyasri.
He advised them to start a welfare fund, ensuring that the government would contribute ₹10 crore to it. The Chief Minister claimed that the workers should be given a 20% share in the profits earned by the films. “The government will allow the increase in ticket rates only if the makers agree to contribute 20% of the additional revenue to the welfare fund,” he said.
Published – 28 Oct 2025 20:24 IST
