Thailand Sets Sights on Becoming Top Destination for Indian Film Productions

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File photo courtesy: Prachachat

 

The Department of Tourism is gearing up to enter Mumbai's "Bollywood-Hollywood" film market with the goal of attracting more Indian film crews to Thailand.

 

From September 12-15, 2024, the Foreign Film and Video Affairs Division (TFO Thailand Film Office) will participate in the Thai Film Festival 2024 at the National Museum of Indian Cinema (NMIC) in Mumbai.

 

This initiative aims to showcase Thailand as an ideal filming destination to Indian film professionals.

 

The Thai Film Festival 2024 is organized through a collaboration between the Royal Thai Consulate-General in Mumbai, the Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC) of India.

The festival is designed to promote Thailand's soft power and highlight the country's film industry to Indian government officials, film industry leaders, and the public.

 

Mr. Chaturon Pakdevanich, Director-General of the Department of Tourism, noted that the Indian film market is substantial, with a large audience for films, series, and entertainment.

 

Statistics for 2024 show that from January to August, 35 Indian films were shot in Thailand, with an investment of over 265 million baht, making it the second most popular location for foreign films.

 

Shah Rukh Khan. File photo courtesy: Wikipedia 

 

This opportunity allows the Department of Tourism to strengthen its appeal to Indian film crews, reaffirming Thailand's readiness to support their projects with incentives such as a 15-20 percent refund.

 

The Department hopes this will attract more Indian filmmakers, generate revenue, create jobs in the film industry, and enhance Thailand’s cultural influence, while also boosting tourism based on popular film locations.

 

 

-- 2024-09-11
 

 

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[hotchilli]

Four men and a straw coming soon.

[Will B Good]

"Top Destination"

 

Hopefully this is new go to phrase….personally sick of Thailand being the “hub" of the Universe.

[ThaiFelix]

I think Thailand has enough traffic problems already without encouraging 100's of straw carrying actors and actresses dancing madly in the streets because they managed to finish another crap movie!

[Gottfrid]

Please! No more Indians

[H1w4yR1da]

A hub of Indian film production.

[TheAppletons]

From Hollywood to Bollywood to Follywood.

[tomazbodner]

News in 2026: India pulls all movies shot in Thailand from cinemas as Thais are offended...

 

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[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

attracting more Indian film crews to Thailand.

 

 

Maybe now an Indian version of "The King and I"?

 

 

[jvs]

I know of one Indian filmcrew near Cha-am.

Indian plates on the Thai motorbikes and a Thai girl dressed up as an Indian girl.

They did some kind of commercial for an Indian product.

[retarius]

Top news......well done Thailand. I been waiting to ogle some of those Bollywood butts. The sky is the limit now and Thailand is way cooler than India.

[drgoon]

what can you say...... hahahahahahahahaha

[redwood1]

Not a shred of difference between filming in India or Thailand for most film sets.. 

[John Drake]

There are only a few Thai production companies capable of outfitting major productions, A Grand Elephant, Living Films, and Greenlight. Maybe Hub Ho Hin. Oriental Post and Kantana provide meaningful large scale post production facilities. Might be wrong but I think Technicolor closed up operations in Bangkok. Lots of smaller boutique services, especially for animation. But the point is for the scale this article mentions, plus existing commitments, there likely aren't enough in place services ready.

[Celsius]

An oldie but a goodie....

 

 

 

[proton]

Has there ever been a decent Indian film without singing and dancing? They have produced some great songs and singers, but not great films as far as I know.

 

Famous indian song from 1967 that Thais nicked and put their own words to and used in 1970 film Monrak Luktung. It's still very often sung at concerts today