The Maharashtra government has completed the process of taking over 14.5 acres of the total land alloted to filmmaker Subhash Ghai for his film institute, Whistling Woods International, located at Filmcity in suburban Mumbai and also served a notice to pay the lease rent of over Rs 79 crore.

Shyam Tagde, the managing director of Maharashtra Film, Stage and Cultural Development Corporation (MFSCDC), which manages the Film City, told PTI that the notice has been served to the film institute for the payment of the lease rent of over Rs 79 crore.