AsiaNews Magazine Jan10-16,2014 ( Jan 1-7,2014) | Page 22

BUSINESS

January 10-16, 2014

NIRMALA GANAPATHY
The Straits Times
Thimphu

W

ith its breathtaking
mountains, clear
rivers and blue sky,
Bhutan should be a
natural choice for India's film
industry next door, where
crews have been known to
go as far as Latin America to
shoot a single song sequence.
But a complicated permit
structure and high taxes have
meant not more than two or
three Indian movies have ever
been filmed in Bhutan.
The film federation of Bhutan
hopes all that will change.
It plans to spend 6 billion
rupees (US$97 million) to build
a “film city” on 150 acres of
leased government