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
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is apple cider vinegar as good for health as it sounds?
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View from the Margins: A Dalit Christian explains why he will be voting for change
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EC rejects claims that EVMs gave extra votes to BJP in Kerala mock polls, SC reserves verdict
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Exaggerations, silences and treasure: Kerala’s Arabian tale of migration to the ‘Gulf’
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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Watch: ‘The Broken News’ returns for a second season
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ trailer: A teenager bonds with her grandparents during a summer vacation
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‘Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Shootout’ review: A bland cop meets a dull case
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‘Juna Furniture’ trailer: Mahesh Manjrekar directs and stars in film about ageing
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Start the week with a film: In ‘Tokyo Sonata’, the unequal music of an emotionally distant family
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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