Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board To List Local Film Service Providers
The tourism board of Madhya Pradesh, a state in India, wants more movies to be made there.
To help, it is making a special list, like a phone book, of people and companies in the state that help make films.
The list will show their names, addresses, and phone numbers.
It includes helpers like camera crews, makeup artists, drivers, security teams, and people who provide food and places to stay.
Right now, filmmakers often bring their own big teams and equipment from far away.
With this list, they can hire local helpers and equipment instead.
This means local people can earn money from films shot in their state.
The board says this is part of the state's Film Policy 2025.
The policy also gives money back to filmmakers for some costs and makes it easier to get filming permits.
About 50 films are made in Madhya Pradesh every year, and the board hopes this new list will bring even more.
Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board (MPTB) will create a directory of local service providers to help filmmakers shooting in the state.
The directory will include providers' names, addresses, and contact numbers for services such as line production, lighting, cameras, transport, makeup artists, extras, security, and lodging.
Officials say the directory will let filmmakers avoid bringing large crews and will generate income for local people.
The move supports the state's Film Policy 2025, which covers feature films, commercials, web series, documentaries, short films, music albums, and corporate films.
An average of 50 films have been shot in Madhya Pradesh each year over the last five years.
- Who
- Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board (MPTB), the nodal agency executing the state government's Film Policy 2025.
- What
- Creation of a directory of local film service providers, including their names, addresses, and contact numbers, to assist filmmakers shooting in the state.
- When
- No specific date was given in the article; the announcement was made by MPTB officials in the context of the Film Policy 2025.
- Where
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
- Why
- To help filmmakers use local services and equipment instead of bringing huge crews, generating income for local residents and drawing more shoots to the state.
- Organization
- Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board (MPTB)
- Location
- Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Directory contents
- Names, addresses, and contact numbers of film service providers
- Services covered
- Line producers, lighting, vanity vans, security, transport, makeup artists, extras, cameras, trolleys, lodging and boarding
- Availability
- MPTB's portal
- Related policy
- Film Policy 2025 (2.0 version of the original policy)
- Policy scope
- Feature films, commercials, TV serials, travelogues, web series, documentaries, short films, music albums, corporate films
- Average films shot per year
- 50 over the last five years