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President Museveni woos Bollywood film stars
President Yoweri Museveni meets Bollywood film stars at State Lodge in Nakasero on Sunday. PPU PHOTO
What you need to know:
- Ugandans have featured in several movies including the more recent Black Panther that has won numerous awards.
- Uganda’s High Commissioner to India Grace Akello who accompanied the delegation said Uganda’s beauty is a great potential for film-makers and will open up opportunities for many Ugandans in terms of jobs creation.
President Yoweri Museveni on Sunday afternoon met with Indian film-makers from Bollywood at State Lodge in Nakasero and encouraged them to promote Uganda’s beauty and investment potential through films adding that government is willing to support them.
According to the statement released by State House, Mr Museveni urged Bollywood actors led by Bharat Dabholkar to bring more tourists from India to Uganda where they can enjoy Uganda’s beautiful culture, nature and beautiful weather.
“The linkages between Uganda and India have the potential to boost trade and investment. The huge population of Africa, China and India is a huge potential for the future economic development of the world,” part of the statement reads.
Mr Bharat Dabholkar who is a movie director, actor, writer and advertising expert informed the President that they want to promote Uganda as the tourist destination for Indians.
“We to promote Uganda as the tourist destination for Indians as well as promoting it for filming Bollywood movies where Ugandans will participate,” he said.
Hindi cinema commonly known as Bollywood is the Indian Hindi language film industry based in Mumbai, Maharashtra India. It is one of the worlds’ largest centres of film production.
Mr Bharat said they have plans to bring big film tourists to Uganda saying that film tourism will be a big deal.
Ugandans have featured in several movies including the more recent Black Panther that has won numerous awards.
Uganda’s High Commissioner to India Grace Akello who accompanied the delegation said Uganda’s beauty is a great potential for film-makers and will open up opportunities for many Ugandans in terms of jobs creation.
