Film City is an integrated film studio complex situated near Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Goregaon East, Mumbai in India. It has several recording rooms, gardens, lakes, theaters and grounds that serve as the venue of many Bollywood film shootings. It was built in 1977 by the state government to provide facilities and concessions to the film industry. The plan for Film City was prepared and executed under the guidance of V. Shantaram. It was renamed Dadasaheb Phalke Nagar in 2001 in memory of India's first producer-director-screenwriter Dadasaheb Phalke, who is considered father of Indian film industry. It has been the shooting location for almost all Bollywood films. It has all type of location available for shooting including a temple, prison, lake, mountains, fountains, villages, picnic spots, garden and even a man-made waterfall.
The Film City is complete in itself. It has makeshift gardens, lakes, picnic spots, cities, houses, villages and anything that is required to shoot a movie within the premises. The Film City has all the modern state of art technology which helps in producing flawless movies.
The Film City of Mumbai is only second of its kind in the world. The Film City is designed on the lines of the Film City of California, U.S.A. The film city provides one with a clear idea of how films are made in our country.
