MUMBAI. - president Leonel Fernandez headed several gatherings with technological film industry’s leaders in his first day in Mumbai yesterday and toured the facilities of Film City, one of the most important movie studios which has one million employees.

The chief executive visited the Whisting Woods International Cinematographic Institute, which provides post graduate degrees in the several areas of production for the television and film industry.

Film City corporation manager Suprabha Agarwal received the agent chief executive and his delegation of business leaders and described in detail the facility’s operation, logistics, infrastructure and its leading edge technology.

Film City accounts for nearly 1,000 films every year, of the 10,000 produces in “Bollywood,” the local industry that generates 2% of India’s GDP.

On Monday Fernandez will head a gathering with business leaders organized by the Chamber of Indian Industries, where he will speak on Dominican Republic’s business opportunities for foreign investment.