The Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) President RK Selvamani while addressing the media today requested all the producers and actors to shoot their films in Tamil Nadu unless until it is absolutely necessary to shoot elsewhere.

RK Selvamani - "FEFSI union have given a lot of discounts to various producers in the recent times. We provided those discounts assuming, it will be beneficial to the industry which in return will create more work opportunities for FEFSI workers. But what's happening now is, Tamil films are being shot entirely outside Tamil Nadu which is reducing our work opportunities.

Kaala was shot in Chennai in a set worth 12 crores. Close to 10,000 workers were kept occupied to make a massive set as such. Not just the cinema industry, even transportation sector and hotel industries were remunerative for 6 months because of Kaala. 

But Ajith's Viswasam team has created a set in EVP Filmcity, Hyderabad. Previously, when a producer decides to shoot their film in other states, there used to be some solid reasons. But just for someone's convenience, they shouldn't shoot an entire film in another state especially when we have so many studios in Chennai.

We are not compelling producers to shoot only in Tamil Nadu, you can obviously shoot abroad or elsewhere if you find a location attractive or suitable for your film but just to re-create a place like Chennai or to re-create a place like Tirunelveli, please don't go Hyderabad to do that."