Norway offers Indian filmmakers attractive incentives to shoot movies on its soil

Norway offers Indian filmmakers attractive incentives to shoot movies on its soil Norway is extending a number of incentives to Indian film makers to shoot movies on their soil. The stunning fjords of Norway and its picturesque towns could soon become more common sights for Indian film lovers because the Scandinavian country would give an incentive of up to 25 percent subsidy on the cost of shooting a film on its soil.
This has been indicated by Ambassador of Norway to India Nils Ragnar Kamsvag and reported in ibnlive.com dated 30 March 2016.

As the Ambassador has said - the Norwegian Government and the Norwegian Film Institute anticipate that the system of incentives will keep local projects in the country and bring in more international projects, including from countries like India.
Norway offers stunning, un-spoilt nature, the fjords, the mountains and picturesque towns that are offered to the Indian film industry. Only some locations of Norway have appeared in Indian movies and the Anish Tejeswar-starrer “Akira” has become the first Kannada film ever to be shot there. Seeing Indian actors doing dance steps in freezing temperatures is a new experience for Norwegians. It was the first time that a Kannada movie was shot at an international location at a grand scale.
In short, the beauty of the whole of Europe is available in Norway and, going by the incentives, the Indian films will make sure this beauty is exposed to the global audience in the near future because Norway can be said to offer an excellent mix of natural beauty and city charm for the Indian moviegoers.


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