MUMBAI: The 5th edition of Cinemascapes, India’s leading conference cum expo to promote locations from India and overseas, was held in Mumbai recently.

Among the places that were shown as prospective locations were Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh from India besides France, Maldives, Dubai and Thailand.

The film dignitaries who attended the event included Yash Chopra, Mahesh Bhatt, Ramesh Sippy, Mukesh Bhatt, Manish Ghoswami, Raj Tilak, and Sunil Agnihotri.

The occasion also marked a special session on regional cinema that was orgainsed by the Western India Film Producers Association (WIFPA). The session was to take Bhojpuri films on a fast track.

Among those who addressed the session were songstress Deepa Narayan, producer-director Rajkumar Pandey, actress Sharon Thomas,WIFPA president Sangram Shirke, Mahavir Jain, sr. vice president, WIFPA, Ravindra Arora, joint treasurer, WIFPA and Dineshwar Sinha, EC Member, WIFPA. They guided the members on making of Bhojpuri Cinema.

More than 400 delegates attended the 5th edition of Cinemascapes.