(Trinidad Express) KOLKATA: Trinidad and Tobago is wooing the Bollywood film industry to shoot their film on its exotic locales while pitching its own oil and natural gas and LNG to the Indian government.
“We are looking for market in India. We are offering oil and natural gas and our expertise on the same. India needs LNG (liquefied natural gas), they can get more energy from us,” Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told IBNS here on Tuesday.
Trinidad and Tobago has made a transition from an oil-based economy to one based on natural gas and about half of the country’s natural gas production is converted into liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the Atlantic LNG facility in Trinidad and exported, making it the fifth-largest exporter of LNG in the world .
The Prime Minister, who spoke ahead of a dinner on Tuesday night at the Bengal Chamber in Kolkata hosted by the Global Organisation of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO), said her country is wooing the Bollywood film industry and her representatives are in Mumbai.
“We are offering several incentives as part of our policy. We want the Bollywood film making industry to go there (Trinidad and Tobago),” she said.
According to its official policy, for the prospective film producer, Trinidad and Tobago not only pitches its location sites but also pre and post- production facilities with key incentives to film companies which select T&T for their production, including a rebate programme.
Persad-Bissessar, who is now touring India and began with the attendance at Jaipur at the NRI and PIO meet known as the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas as the chief guest this year, said she is looking for collaborations in Information Technology, maritime industry, fashion and education.
She harped on the fashion industry and lauded the strides in India in the sector.
Known for her strong support for the women’s cause worldwide, the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago said India is like a grandmother since a major section of the population there had its origin in India.
