Film Nagar, also known as Tinsel Town or Tollywood, is a neighborhood in the western part of

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Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35 ...

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. It is notable for its place as the home of the entertainment industry, including several of Tollywood's historic studios. The area is majorly a part of Jubilee Hills and also a small part of

Banjara Hills Banjara Hills is an urban commercial centre and one of the most affluent neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. This is an upmarket locality close to Jubilee Hills. This area was a hilly forest and was least inhabited in the past. Only ...

. The area is the headquarters of Telugu film industry, and the residential hub of many Telugu film personalities like Allu Arjun, Nagarjuna, Junior NTR, Brahmaji, Mohan Babu, Balakrishna etc to name a few. The area and the vicinity is home to some of the largest film production companies like Ramanaidu Studios,

Annapurna Studios Annapurna Studios is an Indian film production company, founded in 1976 by the actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR). Located in the heart of Hyderabad, India the studio mainly provides services for films including sound stages for set construc ...

Ramakrishna Studios Ramakrishna Cine Studios (Telugu: రామకృష్ణ సినీ స్టూడియోస్) is a film production house and studio facility located at Nacharam, Hyderabad, India. It was constructed by N. T. Rama Rao in memory of his ...

Padmalaya Studios Padmalaya Studios is an Indian film production and distribution company established by actor Krishna and his brothers. Based in Hyderabad it mainly produces and distributes Telugu and Hindi films. The studio currently operates through its succes ...

, Shabdhalaya Theaters, Vaishno Academy, Vyjayanthi Movies,

Sri Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures Sree Lakshmi Prasanna Pictures is an Indian film production company established by Manchu Mohan Babu on the name of his daughter Manchu Lakshmi Prasanna, in 1982. The company is based in Hyderabad. The first movie was ''Pratigna'' which s ...

Sri Venkateswara Creations Sri Venkateswara Creations is an Indian film production company based in Hyderabad. It is established by Dil Raju in 2003. Raju has produced several Telugu films on this banner. The company also has a subsidiary film distribution business n ...

, Fire Fly Creative Studios, and Makuta Graphics Studios.

Shilpakala Vedika Shilpakala Vedika is a terracotta auditorium and convention centre located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. The auditorium is in area. "Shilpa" means sculpture, ''kala'' means art, and ''vedika'' means platform. Hence it is an art sculpture ...

and

Hyderabad International Convention Center The Hyderabad Information Technology and Engineering Consultancy City, abbreviated as HITEC City, is an Indian information technology, engineering, health informatics, and bioinformatics, financial business district located in Hyderabad, Te ...

, home to the

Filmfare Awards South Filmfare Awards South is the South Indian segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by the Filmfare magazine of The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Indian film industry encompassing ...

ceremony, are located in the vicinity.

Transport

TSRTC Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (abbreviated as TSRTC) is a state-owned corporation that runs bus transport services to and from the Indian state of Telangana. It was formed in 2014 by splitting the Andhra Pradesh State Road Trans ...

connects Film Nagar to other parts of Hyderabad. The closest MMTS Train station is at HITEC City.

References

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