Youths are producing films and documentaries: Tuki

"Despite inadequate infrastructure and training institute in the state, our local youths have been producing lots of documentaries and films", Chief Minister Nabam Tuki told the visiting Director of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata Sanjaya Pattanayak and associate professor Pankaj Seal.
The visiting guests are here in the state as a part of expert team entrusted by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, to conduct feasibility study and chose an appropriate site for proposed Film and Television institute, an official communique said here today.
Tuki, apprised the team about the development of film making in the state beginning with Dr Bhupen Hazarika "Mera Dharam Meri Maa" in the early eighties and also apprised them of the subsequent progress made both in Hindi and local languages by various young film makers.

While justifying his stand for selecting Arunachal Pradesh for the film and television institute, the chief minister said "our state has everything to offer for a film".
"Beautiful landscape and scenery that matches Switzerland, colourful tribes and hospitable people that would mesmerize any film maker to opt Arunachal", he said.
Airfields at various locations are coming up soon which would improve the communication bottleneck to a great extent,the CM said.

Earlier on the day, the expert team called on Chief Secretary Ramesh Negi at his Niti Vihar office.
Negi said that Arunachal Pradesh has huge potential in creative fields and establishment of a film and television institute which will hugely boost the creative spirits of the youths besides promoting national integration.

He assured that in all the earmarked sites at Jote Jolling and Yachuli have sufficient land availability for meeting requirements for establishment of the institute.