🏙 Towns & cities
Madurai
city of Tamil Nadu in southern India
🇮🇳 India · 9.9197, 78.1194
Madurai is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 5 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.
1 place inside Madurai has a page of its own — listed below. Everything shot at it is already named above, recorded against Madurai as well.
“The actual present scenes of the story are filmed in United States and few Tamil Nadu cities especially in Chennai, Karaikudi and Madurai.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Madurai 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.
- Guru 2007
- Jeans 1998
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Ghilli
2004
“The interval chasing sequences were canned near the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai and at Manapparai in Trichy district.” Wikipedia
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Kanthaswamy
2009
“Following the launch ceremony, the team announced they had adopted two villages near Madurai; Sangampatti and Gandhi Nagar, to shoot in initially and then to provide basic amenities like school and proper roads among other things to the villagers for a year.” Wikipedia
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Jagame Thandhiram
2020
“Major portions of the film were also shot in Madurai and Rajasthan.” Wikipedia
Filming locations inside Madurai
1 place inside Madurai, with a page of its own. Every production shot at it is already listed above, because Wikidata records it against Madurai too.
Filming locations nearby
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Madurai Junction railway station
🇮🇳 India
railway station of Madurai, Tamil Nadu
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Meenakshi Temple
🇮🇳 India
historic Hindu temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Madurai?
5 productions are recorded as filmed in Madurai, including Guru (2007), Jeans (1998) and Ghilli (2004). 5 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Madurai?
Guru (2007), covered by 23 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Madurai?
Madurai is in India, at 9.9197, 78.1194.
What other filming locations are near Madurai?
Madurai Junction railway station and Meenakshi Temple, 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 Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0.