Shooting Locations
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‘More Madras than Chennai’: What draws Tamil filmmakers to the north of the city
The locality is front and centre in Vetri Maaran’s recent release ‘Vada Chennai’, starring Dhanush.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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‘Sacred Games’ will be true to the book, but expect a more charged Sartaj Singh
The Netflix adaptation of the Vikram Chandra novel will be streaming from July 6.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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Like the characters in ‘3 Storeys’, the chawl in which it was shot has secrets too
Mayanagar, where the stories in Arjun Mukerjee’s debut movie are set, is aptly named.
Nandini Ramnath
Trending
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Business history: How Jaypee Infratech’s stalled construction projects left homebuyers in the lurch
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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At Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, everything is about show business (and not just for filmmakers)
Spread over 1,666 acres, the complex is both a shooting location as well as a tourist haunt.
Archana Nathan
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Location scouting: Mumbai’s prettiest college is also one of the most film-friendly
Sophia College for Women on Peddar Road has been starring in films since the 1970s.
Sruthi Ganapathy Raman
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Mumbai street, luxury flat or prison: For filmmakers, anything is possible at Chennai’s Binny Mills
The defunct Buckingham and Carnatic mill plots in Chennai have transformed themselves into ideal locations for movie shootings.
Archana Nathan
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Kochi has become a hot film destination – for both Mollywood and Bollywood
It isn’t just tourists who are flocking to the beautiful Kerala city: shooting crews love it too.
Anubha George
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Video: Tour the world with filmmaker Imtiaz Ali
The director allows his fans to globetrot from the comfort of their seats in every one of his films.
Scroll Staff
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Kolkata calling for Bollywood with ‘Kahaani’, ‘Piku’, and now ‘Te3n’
The West Bengal capital has eased shooting permissions, resulting in more visitors from outside the state.
Chandrima Pal
The Reel
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Aditi Rao Hydari on playing diverse characters: ‘I want the audience to take me home with them’
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The story of India’s unique ‘Milk Revolution’ is going to the Cannes Film Festival
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Lucknow’s leading location scout on what brings Bollywood to the city: ‘It’s very shooting friendly’
The capital of Uttar Pradesh is easy with permissions and big on subsidies.
Uzair Hasan Rizvi
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The remote Irish monastery where medieval Christianity meets fictional Jedi spiritualism
A windswept rock at what was the edge of the Medieval world is a fitting place for a Jedi hermit.
Terry O'Hagan, The Conversation