🏙 Towns & cities
Colombo
largest city and de facto capital of Sri Lanka
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · 6.9267, 79.8606
Colombo is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Colombo, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 2 more.
“Parts of the film shown to be Colombo in the film were shot in Puducherry.”
Movies filmed in Colombo
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Colombo as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
Filming locations nearby
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Colombo?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Colombo, including A Common Man (2013), Ready (2011) and Kannathil Muthamittal (2002). 2 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Colombo?
A Common Man (2013), covered by 10 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Colombo?
Colombo is in Sri Lanka, at 6.9267, 79.8606.
What other filming locations are near Colombo?
Mount Lavinia Hotel, 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, by T Chamika, CC0.