Delhi Tourism promotes city as a shooting destination in Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival is all the rage among cinema lovers each year; this year, Delhi Tourism is participating in the festival in order to promote the city as a film shooting destination. Saying that the city has a lot of stories to offer, Delhi’s Department of Tourism is trying to woo filmmakers to explore the city, and tell its stories on screen.
According to a senior official of the Tourism Department, Delhi has many layers of history to it, alongside some very iconic monuments. Thus, these factors create a suitable setting for filmmaking.

According to Sudhir Sobti, Chief Manager, Public Relations, DTTDC, the Cannes Film Festival attracts the best storytellers in the world, and Delhi, of course, has numerous stories worth telling. So, the department of tourism is planning to enable filmmakers to set Delhi as their stage for such stories.
With Qutub Minar, Red Fort, and Humayun’s Tomb as the three most iconic monuments, the city has a large reserve of history and heritage waiting to be explored. Plus, the streets of Old Delhi house numerous bygone tales that still attract curious visitors.
According to reports, the Delhi government is taking major strides to promote Delhi NCR as a filmmaking city and facilitating shoots in the last few years.