Mufti in Mumbai to promote J&K as tourist destination

Mumbai, April 30

Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed arrived in Mumbai today to promote Jammu and Kashmir as a prime tourist destination and a shooting location for movies.

“Mufti arrived in Mumbai where he will hold discussions with tour and travel operators and Bollywood bigwigs so that they are able to rediscover the state as a prime tourist destination and ideal location for shooting of national and international films,” an official spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said Mufti Sayeed would meet leading names in the Hindi film industry over dinner tonight at a city hotel.

Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh, Finance Minister Haseeb A Drabu and Minister for Information Technology Imran Ansari along with some senior officials of the state government are accompanying the Chief Minister.

After Mumbai, Mufti will visit Ahmedabad on Saturday, followed by New Delhi a day later, where he will hold discussions with tour and travel operators to increase the tourist footfall in Jammu and Kashmir.

Shah Rukh calls on CM

Srinagar: Actor Shah Rukh Khan called on Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in Mumbai today.

During their meeting, Mufti described Shah Rukh as a great and versatile actor who had portrayed a wide array of roles in his long and memorable career.

The Chief Minister took him down memory lane when the Indian film industry used to shoot their films at popular locations in the Kashmir valley. He hoped that the film fraternity of Mumbai would take the initiative and revive their lost bonds with the paradise on earth.

Fondly recalling his childhood memories, Shah Rukh said his grandmother was of Kashmiri origin. He said he would love to shoot in Kashmir again, as this way, he would be able to relive the memorable moments of 2012, when he had worked in filmmaker Yash Chopra’s last directorial venture, “Jab Tak Hai Jaan”. — PTI/TNS