Madhya Pradesh made a major mark on the World Audio Visible and Leisure Summit (WAVES) 2025 with the official launch of its Movie Tourism Coverage 2025 and AVGC-XR Policy 2025, alongside the rollout of the second section of its Movie Facilitation Portal. The launch, held on the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC), underscored the state’s ambition to grow to be a top-tier vacation spot for movie, tv, animation, and immersive content material manufacturing.
The coverage bulletins have been made throughout a high-powered panel titled “With Digital Desires and Cinematic Imaginative and prescient: Madhya Pradesh – The Subsequent Inventive Hub,” attended by outstanding business leaders and authorities representatives.
On the event, Sheo Shekhar Shukla, Principal Secretary, Tourism & Tradition, and Managing Director, Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board, acknowledged: “Madhya Pradesh is now a really ‘ease-of-shooting’ vacation spot. With as much as ₹2 crore in monetary incentives, fast-track single-window clearances, and native collaboration alternatives, we’re set to redefine India’s filming panorama.”
The Movie Tourism Coverage 2025 provides:
– ₹1.5 crore incentive for first-time shoots in MP
– ₹1.75 crore for second-time shoots
– As much as ₹2 crore for third-time shoots
– Extra bonuses for movies in regional languages and people selling native expertise
Shukla emphasised the cultural and operational edge that MP provides over conventional manufacturing hubs, stating the state is able to “give Mumbai a run for its cash.”
Bollywood actor Aamir Khan, who visited the “Unbelievable Madhya Pradesh” pavilion, praised the state’s welcoming ambiance and variety of taking pictures places. “Madhya Pradesh is cinema-friendly. Its places are stunning, crews face minimal hurdles, and manufacturing turns into each time- and cost-efficient,” he mentioned, whereas commending the newly launched insurance policies.
Khan additionally took observe of the up to date AVGC-XR Coverage 2025, expressing curiosity in future collaborations within the state’s rising animation and digital content material area.
Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor echoed this sentiment, stating: “Identical to Spain, which grew to become a world filming hotspot via sturdy coverage assist, Madhya Pradesh is ticking all the suitable packing containers — incentives, infrastructure, cultural depth. It’s my first alternative for future tasks.”
Organized by the Ministry of Info & Broadcasting, Authorities of India, WAVES 2025 was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Jio World Conference Centre, Mumbai. The summit aimed to deliver collectively India’s artistic, content material, and tourism ecosystems beneath one roof.
