THE beautiful scenery of the majestic Victoria Falls have caught the anxiety of some Bollywood producers who have indicated their intention to shoot their productions in the resort town.
Mr Venkatesan Ashok, the new Indian Ambassador to Zimbabwe revealed that some production houses in India's film industry in Mumbai had expressed interests to shoot their films and documentaries in Victoria Falls among other tourist resorts in Zimbabwe.
He said the move was set to boost the already existing friendly ties between the two countries while simultaneously boosting tourism ahead of the 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa.
"India has one of the world largest movie and entertainment industry, Bollywood, which is shown all over the world. So why not extend it to Zimbabwe? Some production houses are keen to come to Zimbabwe to shoot at renowned tourists spots such as the Victoria Falls," Mr Ashok said.
He said Bollywood has also become popular worldwide, particularly in countries such as New Zealand, South Africa, Egypt, Turkey and Greece.
In South Africa, in particular Cape Town, Mr Ashok said Bollywood has managed to market the Drakensberg and Table Mountains.
South Africa is now enjoying brisk business and has successfully increa-sed tourist arrivals.
"This can also happen in Zimbabwe and attract tourists from all over the world including India's plus seven million tourists who travel abroad yearly," he said.
Movies from Bollywood are sweeping the world. The movies which are usually three to four hours long include dozens of songs and dances featuring choreographed dancers.
The stories are between the songs of boy meets girl without any kissing or sexual contact, lots of action, violence free and always have a happy ending.
Fourteen million Indians go to the movies on a daily basis to see any of the over 800 films churned out by Bollywood each year.
This is more than double the number of feature films produced in the United States.
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