Ramoji Film City: a place where literature meets cinema

Hello everyone,

This blog is about my personal travelling experience. recently i visited Ramoji Film City at Hydrabad. such a wonderful experience. I gave name to that place like 'A place where Literature meets Cinema'. It was nothing less than magical. Being a literature and film studies student, entering this huge universe of storytelling was like entering the very core of imagination where words become images and stories get life on screen.

let's discuss about wonderful place,

A city of Cinema

Ramoji Film City is often described as a “city within a city”, and once you enter, you realize why. Spread across more than 2,000 acres, it is the world’s largest integrated film studio complex. The site encompasses a wide range of sets and production facilities designed to cater to every filmmaking requirement. From forests, gardens, mansions, apartment blocks, hotels, and an airport to 47 sound stages for indoor shooting it is a complete universe of cinema.

Additional infrastructure, such as the central kitchen to support film crews, speaks to the scale at which the studio operates. It is not merely a tourist attraction but an active filmmaking hub where stories in multiple languages are brought to life.

The Sets and Attractions

My journey began at Eureka, the grand entrance plaza and starting point of the studio tour. From there, I explored numerous fascinating sets and attractions.

2. Angel Fountain & Jug Fountain – picturesque spots often used in film sequences.

RRR film's some of part shoot here

3. North Town and South Town – architectural styles reflecting different cultural backdrops.

South Town: this area use for market scene in the film,
In the  Pushpa film this town use for fighting scenes

 

North Town: this is india get of mumbai and
 surrounding area use according to director's requirement

Rockstar movie's some of the part are shoot here

4. Multipurpose Building: as per director's requirement according to their story they creat a set for shooting.

This type of buildings uses for indoor shooting

Jolly LLB film this building used as court, in
Sooryavansham this used as Bhanupratap's house

5. Jail - 

 

This one is use as police station in Drishyam Film

6.Bhagavata Set – 

7. Railway Station- serval films train or railway station's scene are shoot here for instance, in Chennai Express film all the scene of train and railway station are shot here and a song Lungi dance also.

8.Airport Set – so realistic that one forgets they are only film sets.

back side of the airport that was Hospital set,

9. Bahubali Set – one of the highlights, allowing visitors to step into the world of S.S. Rajamouli’s epic.

10.Ramoji Adventure @ Sahas – offering thrilling activities alongside cinematic wonder. due to lack of time we were not visit that place.

11.European Street-

Motion Capture Technology, here we watch live example of motion capture and how Green or Blue Screen works in editing.

Green Screen effect

There was sensors on her body and chair,
Avtar's character moves as she moves 

Example of Avtar film

12. Hawa Mahal- In Jodha akbar film this place was use

13. Mayalok – 

14. Japanese Garden, Askari Garden, Butterfly Park, and Wings Exotic Bird Park – blending nature with artistry.

 

10. Kripalu Caves, Vaman Bonsai Garden, and Sun Fountain – places that reflect spiritual and aesthetic depth.

The tour ended with Ramoji Movie Magic, where cinema’s behind-the-scenes secrets were unveiled.

At the ending point some shows in which, i watched how music add in film with editing.  

For the climax sound they uses this type of things

Boxing gloves uses for Fighting sound,
Mixture sound use for bike or adventure riding sound 

This soil use for walking sound and  Gravel use for horse walking sound 

What made this visit truly special for me was the insight into the technical aspects of filmmaking. I observed how cinematography, chroma (green/blue screen technology), motion capture, and background music (BGM) shape the mood and narrative of a film. Watching examples of these techniques made me appreciate how literature’s abstract world of words is translated into cinema’s concrete world of images and sounds.

At the end I would like to share My visit to Ramoji Film City was not just a tourist experience but an academic and creative inspiration. It gave me the rare chance to witness how cinema often called the modern form of literature creates magic through its fusion of text, image, and sound. For me, it was truly a place where literature meets cinema, where imagination is not bound by words alone but extends into living, breathing worlds of spectacle.

Thank you!