AICWA urges Fadnavis to stop Fimistan's redevelopment

Filmistan Studios, 1 of Mumbai’s oldest and astir iconic movie studios, has been officially sold to Arkade Developers for Rs 183 crore. The transaction was registered connected July 3, marking the extremity of an epoch for a workplace that helped signifier the aureate property of Hindi cinema.

Once a thriving basal for actors, technicians, and accumulation houses, the Goregaon West spot is present acceptable to beryllium redeveloped into ultra-luxury residential towers.Founded successful 1943 by Sasadhar Mukherjee, gramps to Kajol and Rani Mukerji, on with histrion Ashok Kumar, Gyan Mukherjee, and Rai Bahadur Chunilal, Filmistan Studios emerged from a divided with Bombay Talkies and rapidly became a cornerstone of Hindi filmmaking. Back successful the day, studios similar Filmistan weren’t conscionable shooting spaces, they were full-fledged accumulation houses employing actors and unit connected monthly salaries.AICWA urges Devendra Fadnavis to interveneIn the aftermath of the acquisition, the All Indian Cine Workers Association (AICWA) has written an unfastened missive to Maharashtra’s CM Devendra Fadnavis, urging him to halt the demolition and support what they telephone a “symbol of cinematic legacy.” The relation has called for a Government Resolution (G.R.) to sphere the workplace arsenic a nationalist taste asset.“Filmistan Studio...

has been a workplace for lakhs of technicians, artists, inferior artists, and workers… It is not conscionable a carnal structure; it is simply a awesome of cinematic bequest and the sweat and hard enactment of the moving people down the camera,” the AICWA missive read.

The relation further warned that the nonaccomplishment of Filmistan, and different practice studios astatine risk, would severely interaction employment opportunities for regular wage workers, technicians, and artists who signifier the backbone of the amusement industry.“This is not conscionable a combat to prevention land—it is simply a combat to support dignity, heritage, and the livelihood of the backbone of our industry. Filmistan Studio was built with the blood, sweat, and dedication of workers... Unfortunately, the existent owners person chosen nett implicit people.”

Filmistan Studios to beryllium turned into luxury towersFollowing the acquisition, Arkade Developers announced plans to redevelop the four-acre SV Road crippled into a high-end residential project.

The task volition reportedly diagnostic 3, 4, and 5 BHK residences and exclusive penthouses crossed 2 50-storey towers. With a projected gross improvement worth of Rs 3,000 crore, the task is slated for a tentative motorboat successful 2026.Known for its dependable stages, outdoor sets, and cardinal location, Filmistan was erstwhile a go-to destination for Bollywood films, tv shows, and advertisement shoots. However, with newer, tech-equipped studios sprouting crossed the city, Filmistan gradually fell retired of favour.