Overview

• Kajol said Ramoji Film City is one of the most haunted places in the world during an interview with Galatta India while promoting her horror film Maa, which releases on June 27.
• Hyderabad residents and Telugu cinema fans criticized her claim as baseless and defended the film city as a major tourism and filmmaking landmark.
• Supporters noted similar accounts from Taapsee Pannu, Raashi Khanna, Sundar C and director Ravi Babu, who cited eerie incidents at the site’s Sitara Hotel.
• Ramoji Film City spans over 1,600 acres with 47 sound stages and holds the Guinness World Record for the world’s largest film studio complex.
• Long-standing urban legends that the complex was built atop a former battlefield or graveyard have fueled ghost stories around the site for years.