Ramoji Film City (http://www.ramojifilmcity.com/) is located around 20 km from Hyderabad in Rangareddi district. Spread over 2000 acres, it is a film-themed park combined with a studio, unabashedly modeled after Universal City.
The city opened in 1996. It was conceived and developed by Ramoji Rao, media and film baron, whose film production house Usha Kiron Movies is a major producer of Indian movies.
The city encompasses massive buildings, gardens and other sets suitable for filming movies. Fans of Indian movies will find many locations where scenes from their favourite movies were shot. Inside the city are complete facilities for pre-production, production and post-production work on movies. In addition, there are theme parks, rides and other attractions, opportunities for shopping and dining. There are three hotels inside the city catering to various budgets and travellers can easily spend a weekend or more with their families and not tire of the place.
