City to get VFX and gaming centre: M Venkaiah Naidu

Union Minister for Information and broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday informed that a national centre of excellence for visual effects and gaming will be set up in Mumbai on 20 acre of land in Film City. 

Naidu also announced that the National Museum of Indian Cinema will be thrown open by July this year in Mumbai. 

Naidu stated that he has reviewed various projects and schemes of Union Government being run in the state of Maharashtra. He said that Maharashtra is a leading state and has shown the way forward for many a National level decisions.  

He said that bids have been received for the national centre of excellence for visual effects and gaming project and National Building Construction Company will be constructing this centre. The student capacity will be around 1,480.  The National museum of Indian Cinema will be set up near Peddar Road and will be completed by July. It will be a storehouse of Indian Cinema and will provide information on Indian cinema.