UAE Businessman B R Shetty To Build 'Film City' In Kashmir, India

BRS Group founder reportedly confirms 12km2 plot weeks after committing $1bn to Kashmir during PM Modi’s UAE Indian-origin UAE businessman B R Shetty said he planned to open a “film city” in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state – where numerous Bollywood films such as Mission Kashmir, Raazi, Haider, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Henna have previously been shot – with the announcement coming days after the founder and chairman of BRS Group in Abu Dhabi committed $1bn (AED3.67bn) to Kashmir during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the UAE in August 2019.

Speaking to Construction Week’s sister title Arabian Business, Shetty said: “It’s a very scenic place, and I’m going to have a film city there, so that people can come and shoot films there, and for tourism. I’ve already got land offers from Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, about [12km2]. Shetty said he had accepted the offer, adding that the selling entity was “very happy. He added: “Nobody comes and contributes like this. People say that if GDP comes down, India is going down. But we should always be optimistic.”