List of films shot in Varanasi
The temple town Varanasi is a major hub for several film industries.[1] Being well connected to the major cities across India makes it approachable.[2] A small number of Bhojpuri movies are shot too.[3]
Films
[edit]- Agnyaathavaasi[4]
- Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain[5]
- Aparajito[6]
- Banaras[7]
- Banaras (a Malayalam film)
- Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai[8]
- Bhaiaji Superhit[9]
- Bholaa[10]
- Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva[11]
- Brahmotsavam[12]
- Bunty Aur Babli[13]
- Chokher Bali[14]
- Dharm[15]
- Dream Girl[16]
- Falimy
- Feast of Varanasi
- Half Girlfriend[17]
- Har Har Byomkesh
- Hotel Salvation[18]
- Ganges: River to Heaven
- Ghatak[19]
- Gangs of Wasseypur
- Gypsy[20]
- Guns of Banaras
- Jaya Ganga[21]
- Jolly LLB 2[22]
- Indra[23]
- ISmart Shankar[24]
- Issaq[25]
- Joi Baba Felunath[26]
- Junction Varanasi[27]
- Laaga Chunari Mein Daag[28]
- Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi[29]
- Masaan[30]
- Mohalla Assi[31]
- Mukkabaaz[32]
- Mulk[33]
- Mumbai Varanasi Express[34]
- Naan Kadavul
- Odiyan[35]
- Projapoti (2022 film)
- Raanjhanaa[36]
- Ram Teri Ganga Maili
- Piku[37]
- Setters[38]
- Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan[39]
- Super 30[40]
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button[41]
- The Experiment (2010 film)[42]
- The Last Color[43]
- Un plus une[44]
- 2006 Varanasi – The Untold
- Water[45]
- Yamla Pagla Deewana[46]
OTT Platforms
[edit]- Asur[47]
- Bahut Hua Sammaan[48]
- Bicchoo Ka Khel[49]
- Helmet
- Mirzapur[50]
- Madhuri Talkies
- Raktanchal
- A Suitable Boy[51]
- UP65[52]
- Virgin Bhasskar[53]
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "Other Important Places".
- ^ "Time To Make In Indie, Babua!".
- ^ "Film shooting venues are the new tourist attractions in Varanasi". The Times of India. 6 October 2019.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Aparajito".
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "BAS ITNA SA KHWAAB HAI STORY".
- ^ "7 Movies That Show Varanasi Through The Eyes Of Bollywood Like Raanjhanaa".
- ^ "Ajay Devgn spotted in Varanasi shooting for 'Bholaa' with choreographer Ganesh Acharya".
- ^ "Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Locations".
- ^ "Brahmotsavam to be shot in Varanasi". 29 February 2016.
- ^ "Shiv Sainiks disrupt Bunty Aur Babli shoot". Bollywood Hungama. 22 October 2004.
- ^ "These Bollywood Films Beautifully Captured the Spirit of Banaras".
- ^ "Dharm: a masterly take on religious bigotry vs humanism".
- ^ "7 Movies That Show Varanasi Through The Eyes Of Bollywood Like Raanjhanaa".
- ^ "Arjun Kapoor shares selfie from the ghats of Varanasi".
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Ghatak".
- ^ "It's lights, camera, action for a Tamil film in Varanasi". The Times of India. 27 July 2018.
- ^ "The River Goddess".
- ^ "What Akshay Kumar Did in Varanasi While Jolly LLB 2 Shoot Took a Break". 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Why Indra The Tiger is a permanent fixture on Indian television". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2015.
- ^ "iSmart Shankar moves to Varanasi to shoot some high-octane action". The Times of India. 30 April 2019.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "40 years on, legend of Feluda & Satyajit Ray lives on in Varanasi". The Times of India. 4 October 2019.
- ^ "JUNCTION VARANASI".
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Kangana Ranaut to shoot for the posters of 'Manikarnika'". The Times of India. 26 July 2018.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "After Mukkabaaz I am shooting again in my home town which really feels good: Vineet Singh". The Times of India. 3 November 2019.
- ^ "These Bollywood Films Beautifully Captured the Spirit of Banaras".
- ^ "SHORT FILM REVIEW: MUMBAI-VARANASI EXPRESS". Pune Mirror.
- ^ "Odiyan: Mohanlal shoots in Varanasi, tells us more about his character Manikyan". Hindustan Times. 7 September 2017.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan shoot for 'Piku' in Varanasi". The Times of India. 18 December 2014.
- ^ "'Setters' trailer: Aftab Shivdasani is on the hunt for Shreyas Talpade". 12 April 2019.
- ^ "Ayushmann Khurrana to shoot Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan in Varanasi".
- ^ "Hrithik Roshan starrer 'Super 30' team shoots at Banaras Hindu University". The Times of India. 5 May 2021.
- ^ "8 Shooting Locations In India You Can Visit Where Famous Hollywood Movies Were Filmed". HolidayIQ.
- ^ "Filming Location Matching Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India". IMDb.
- ^ "The Last Color talks about the taboo surrounding widows in Vrindavan". The Times of India. 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Filming Location Matching Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India". IMDb.
- ^ "9 Bollywood Films Based or Shot in Banaras You Should Watch". 29 October 2024.
- ^ "Dharmendra-Sunny-Deol to shoot in Varanasi in April for Yamla Pagla Deewana". Bollywood Hungama. 10 February 2010.
- ^ "Asur review". Archived from the original on 3 July 2020.
- ^ "Bahut Hua Sammaan trailer: Raghav Juyal and Sanjay Mishra are all set to tickle your funny bone". 30 September 2020.
- ^ "Bicchoo Ka Khel trailer: Divyenndu plays a pulp fiction fan in Varanasi-set crime thriller". 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Ali Fazal, Shweta Tripathi Begin Filming Mirzapur In Varanasi".
- ^ "Mira Nair's adaptation of Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy for small screen resonates with contemporary India". 20 September 2020.
- ^ "UP65". IMDb.
- ^ "UP goes pop: Small town is big in popular culture, and Uttar Pradesh is where it's all happening". 2 August 2020.