kolhapur historians experts applauded the bombay high court decision to retain the heritage tag for the jayprabhstudio in kolhapur with which citizens have cultural historical connection citing the cultural and historical connect of the film studio experts and historians said the studio should not be treated as property but must be revived for cinemuse the jayprabhstudio is the only surviving structure that highlights how the erstwhile princely state of kolhapur nurtured the modern art of cinema the bombay hc on monday rejected payback singer latmangeshkars pleagainst inclusion of jayprabhstudio in gradeiii heritage list the kolhapur municipal corporation kmc declared the studio as heritage site in september 2003 which restricted mangeshkar from developing the land she challenged the kmc maharashtrgovernment and urban development department in hc in 2013 i feel that jayprabhstudio should not be seen as mere property rather it should be treated as one of the biggest cultural heritage of indian cinema it is the fundamental duty of the citizens to protect the heritage said uday gaikwad member of kmcs heritage committee adding that no changes in the property are allowed without notifying the committee the owner can repair the building only with prior consultation of committee the film fraternity wants bharat ratnawardee latmangeshkar to consider the sentiments of the film industry and kolhapur citizens they want the playback singer to revive the historicallyimportant studio considered an invaluable infrastructure raised by the then king of kolhapur rajaram maharaj in 1933 after the court verdict the akhil bharatiymarathi chitrapat mahamandal abmcm is optimistic that the studio which closed down in 2012 will be reopened the governing body of abmcm is not sure whether the state government should link the studio with the existing kolhapur chitranagari but wants the government to intervene in the matter vijay patkar president of the akhil bharatiymarathi chitrapat mahamandal said inclusion of jayprabhstudio in the heritage list made it one of the most important buildings in indifor the film industry the studio should immediately resume functioning which will help marathi and other film industry in great way abmcm which consistently opposed mangeshkar on jayprabhstudio issue is united that the building must be preserved must be functional and must be treated as monument of indian cinema prasad surve former president of the abmcm expects the film shooting to begin soon at the studio i want to see the old days at the studio the condition of the studio deteriorated because it was unused for years i am sure that the facilities at the jayprabhdecades ago are relevant even now he said he felt that the state government must take the initiative to preserve the studio the government has been wanting to develop fully functional modern film city in kolhapur why not connect the studio to the film city known as chitranagari we can start thinking on these lines and then the government can formally acquire the land from the original owner he suggested latmangeshkar had said she was the owner an aremeasuring almost 40000 sq m popularly