About
Ramoji Film City :
Ramoji Film City is conveniently located on the outskirts of the twin
cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. It is one of the most comprehensive
and professionally planned film production centres in the world. Located at
an hour's distance from Hyderabad, it is spread over an area of more than
1000 acres. The place is popular among various film circles in the world not
only for its visual feast but also for its multimedia and editing suit
techniques.
A City Of Entertainment :
Entrepreneur-cum-film producer Ramoji Rao owns Ramoji Film City. It is
tastefully landscaped, meticulously maintained, exquisitely designed with
palace-like edifices, temples, beautiful rock figurines, shopping arcades,
railway station, airport and all that a producer can dream of. All a
producer has to do is, enter the film city with the script and the cast and
leave with the completed film reel.
Right at the entrance one will find two three-star hotels called 'Tara' and
'Sitara', where you will be given a royal treatment as a visitor. If one
goes further there are various gardens ranging from Japanese to Tea gardens,
temples sans idols, schools that turned into police stations at the drop of
the board, colleges that double up as Havelis and airports whose rear
entrance is used for the hospital shot and side for church. Sets like the
airport and the hospital are astonishing.
There is also a south Indian village, a north Indian village, sky scrapers,
slums, Ajanta and Ellora caves, a bazaar, a multi-purpose building, a pool
and artificial waterfalls and many more. Hawa Mahal, along the lines of the
Golconda Fort, is on a hilltop from where you can have a bird's eye view of
the whole place.
With some luck one is likely to find his or her favorite star shooting in
one of the sets for some film. Apart from Tara and Sitara, there are also
mobile canteens, hotels, and fast food centers within the film city. This
wonderful looking place is famous for its sets and can make your day
splendid.
How to get there ?
Air - Hyderabad being the capital city is well connected
by air from all the important cities of the country.
Rail - Hyderabad has got its own railhead and is
connected with all the major cities within the state and outside.
Road - Regular bus service connects Hyderabad with all
the important places within the country. For city transportation city buses,
taxis, and auto rickshaws are also available.
Salarjung
Museum - A Collectors Pride :
Salarjung Museum is one of the much lauded tourist attractions of Hyderabad
City. It is the largest one- man collections of the world by Mir Yusuf Ali
Khan, popularly known as Salar Jung III (1889-1949). He served as Prime
Minister to Nizam 1912, at the age of 23, but resigned two and a half years
later. Thereafter he dedicated his whole life collecting antiques and art,
which were the only passions of his lonely life. He spent considerable
portion of his wealth for collecting them.
This museum is well known throughout India for its prized collections of
about 40,000 objects belonging to different civilisations dating back to the
1st century. In the year 1961 it was declared to be an "Institution of
National Importance" by an Act of Parliament, known as the Salar Jung
Museum Act, 1961. The Salar Jung Museum was originally housed in Diwan
Devdi. It was shifted to the present building in 1968, which stands on the
banks of the Musi.
The museum is full of many such interesting objects. The museum is divided
into Indian Art, Children's Art, Middle Eastern Art, Far Eastern Art, and
European Art. The collections displayed include sculptures, wood carvings,
religious objects, swords, daggers, armours, manuscripts, furniture, vases,
snuff boxes, utensils, archer's rings, ornaments, pottery, clocks, miniature
paintings, portraits, silver, costumes and even toys which come from all
over the world, France, England, Switzerland, Germany, Persia, China, Japan,
Burma, Sri Lanka.
The Clock Room :
The clock room is one of the best galleries with a collection of more than
300 clocks. The major attraction of this museum is a musical clock, which
was sold by Cook and Kelvy of England. The clock is a mechanical wonder, a
toy figure of a watchman who pushes open the door, emerges hour after hour
in a great hurry to beat the melodious gong that indicates time. Other
highlights in the museum include the "veiled Rebecca", "Mestophiles"
and "the Lady with the lamp".
How to get there ?
Air - Hyderabad being the capital city is well connected
by air from all the important cities of the country.
Rail - Hyderabad has got its own railhead and is
connected with all the major cities within the state and outside.
Road - Regular bus service connects Hyderabad with all
the important places within the country. For city transportation city buses,
taxis, and auto rickshaws are also available.
Tourist Attractions of
Andhra Pradesh
