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Bengaluru

capital city of Karnataka state in India

🇮🇳 India · 12.9791, 77.5913

Bengaluru is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 14 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

3 places inside Bengaluru have a page of their own — listed below. Everything shot at them is already named above, recorded against Bengaluru as well.

“Few parts in Bangalore were doubled as New Delhi for the film.”

3 Idiots (2009) · Wikipedia

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Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Bengaluru as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

3 Idiots 2009
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol 2011
Sholay 1975
“Much of Sholay was shot in the rocky terrain of Ramanagara, a town near Bangalore, Karnataka.” Wikipedia
A Passage to India 1984
Koi... Mil Gaya 2003
“With help from the Bangalore-based company Compudyne Winfosys, the American artists Marc Klobe and Craig Mumma, who previously collaborated on the science fiction films Independence Day (1996) and Godzilla (1998), were involved in the special effects.” Wikipedia
Ghajini 2008
“Other filming locations included Bangalore, Cape Town in South Africa, the Deadpan Desert in Namibia and Mumbai.” Wikipedia
1: Nenokkadine 2014
“The remaining dialogue scenes were filmed in Bangalore in mid-October 2013.” Wikipedia
I 2015
“Further schedules were filmed in locations in Chennai, Bangkok, Jodhpur, Kodaikanal, Pollachi, Bangalore and Mysore.” Wikipedia
Raavanan 2010
Keechaka Vadham 1918
“According to Guy, Nataraja Mudaliar established a laboratory in Bangalore to process the film negatives since there was no film laboratory in Madras.” Wikipedia
Albela 2001
“The film was shot in Bangalore (interiors), Goa, Mauritius and Austria.” Wikipedia
Moondram Pirai 1982
Malgudi Days 1986–2006
“Some episodes were filmed in Bengaluru and some others in Devarayanadurga located in Tumakuru district in Karnataka.” Wikipedia
Loha 1997
“Many scenes of the film were shot at the HAL Airport in Bengaluru, as was evident by the commercial planes landing and taking off behind the shot and the usage of helicopters in the movie owned by the now-defunct Deccan Aviation, whose hub was at the HAL Airport.” Wikipedia

Filming locations inside Bengaluru

3 places inside Bengaluru, each with a page of their own. Every production shot at them is already listed above, because Wikidata records them against Bengaluru too.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Bengaluru?

14 productions are recorded as filmed in Bengaluru, including 3 Idiots (2009), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) and Sholay (1975). 14 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Bengaluru?

3 Idiots (2009), covered by 65 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Bengaluru?

Bengaluru is in India, at 12.9791, 77.5913.

What other filming locations are near Bengaluru?

Indian Institute of Management, Bengaluru, Ramanagara, Bengaluru Palace, Savandurga and 1 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.