Chennai is such a city which has different personas at the same time. It is an important economical, educational and cultural city. Besides all other art forms, Chennai has flourishing Tamil film industry. Tamil films and Tamil actors are very popular in entire Tamil Nadu. At MGR Film City in Chennai, you can see this phenomenon of popularity of films. Located at the southern outskirts of Chennai, this beautiful film city is constructed. More precisely, it is located in the Tharamani region of Adyar Township. The film city in Chennai can be accessed through The Canal Bank Road.

Recently built in 1994, MGR Film City in Chennai houses the magnificent sets, studios and other paraphernalia of Tamil Film industry. This complex is the idea of State government. This film city was built by the state government to provide the various facilities to film industry and facilitate its work. Renowned Tamil film star and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu founded this city and it was named after him.

Tour to Chennai Film City offers you the opportunity to view some truly brilliant sights. This film city is spread over 70 acres. The film city is very perfect place for outdoor shootings at relatively lesser costs. There are some very gorgeously built sets for outdoor scenes. These sets have much artificially built scenery of market place, houses, colonies, forests, waterfalls, rivers, mountains, gardens and more at a very large stretch of land. Gardens are the huge attraction here, which include Italian, Japanese, Mughal and the recently added MGR Knowledge Park. It has replicas of villages, cities, churches, temples, mosques, police station, post office, prison, courtroom and more. Another interesting feature of the film city is that it has the biggest air-conditioned indoor sets which are largest among others throughout Asia. Many hi-tech equipments and gizmos are provided at the film city for the professional film making.

Maintained by the state government, Chennai MGR Film City is the only complex in the field of film making which can be accessed by public. The film city is worth visiting to understand the film making and how film industry works. This is one of the preferred sites of film shooting because of its lower rates for hiring a studio or outdoor locales. The entry fee charged is too small which is just Rs.25 and it is open from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.