The Good
Today was another great day. We had a lot of fun seeing new parts of Hyderabad and the Andhar Pradesh province. The 4 of us had quit a few photo opportunities and took advantage of being silly and enjoying the theme park.
The size and money put into the Film City was impressive. It really was unique and beyond anything I thought would exist in a developing country like India.
The Bad
The down side to what we saw was that much or India relates film to the US however, the laws here must not protect Intellectual Property as well as governments in developed countries. Much of the imagery many of the statues, posters and some of the rides are direct knock-offs with exact likeness to Walt Disney characters. There were even statues of Spiderman, Superman, Charlie Chaplan and many other American film icons. We definitely had the impression that these likenesses were not licensed yet this was a VERY expensive and renowned park in India.
The Ugly
The traffic here is chaotic. I think I’ve mentioned this at least once before. I was pretty sure that I would see at least one accident while I was here but wasn’t sure what it would be or when. Today, we unfortunately witnessed an elderly man trying to cross the road as we returned from the theme park. A car trying to pass us made a judgment error and had to hit his breaks. The old man had started to cross behind him but the traffic flow changed and he was tragically hit and thrown into the air. I witnessed the whole event including the careless driver who was the catalyst speeding away. While he didn’t hit the elderly man, it was sad to see these circumstances.
And the Funny
Ramoji, Film City is a thrill for locals and at times for us as well!
While the grounds themselves are on par with any American theme park, the standards of the infrastructure and the performers were in poor shape and really nothing like the high standards we maintain. I tried to do a few jumps and a back flip for the DL’s and ran into a little trouble…
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