Towns & cities

Dhaka

capital and largest city of Bangladesh

Bangladesh · 23.7289, 90.3945

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Dhaka is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 2 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.

“The film was shot in Dhaka, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) by the East Pakistan Film Development Corporation by a director from Lahore (in West Pakistan) and scripted in the Urdu language, which is a link language or lingua franca in the West.”
The Day Shall Dawn (1959) · Wikipedia

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Dhaka
Photo: Tanweer drmc · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Dhaka 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.

Other filming locations in Bangladesh

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Dhaka?

2 productions are recorded as filmed in Dhaka, including Extraction (2020) and The Day Shall Dawn (1959). 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 Dhaka?

Extraction (2020), covered by 35 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Dhaka?

Dhaka is in Bangladesh. Its coordinates are 23.7289, 90.3945.

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 Tanweer drmc, Public domain.