🏙 Towns & cities
Wai
town in Sātārā District in Mahārāshtra, India
🇮🇳 India · 17.9300, 73.9000
Wai is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 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 primarily in the town of Wai in Maharashtra, while other major scenes were shot in the United Arab Emirates.”
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Wai 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.
- Chennai Express 2013
- Dabangg 2010
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Sivaji
2007
“To avoid disruptions that could occur at the shooting spot due to Rajinikanth's fan following in Tamil Nadu, Brinda choreographed "Balleilakka", Rajinikanth's introduction song sequence in Wai, a hill station near Pune with 500 people for eight days.” Wikipedia
Filming locations nearby
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🏙 Towns & cities
Panchgani
🇮🇳 India
hill station in Maharashtra, India
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
New Era High School
🇮🇳 India
Private co-educational international Bahá'í school in Panchgani, Maharashtra, India
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🏙 Towns & cities
Mahabaleshwar
🇮🇳 India
hill station in Maharashtra, India
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🏙 Towns & cities
Menawali
🇮🇳 India
village in Maharashtra, India
Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Wai?
3 productions are recorded as filmed in Wai, including Chennai Express (2013), Dabangg (2010) and Sivaji (2007). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Wai?
Chennai Express (2013), covered by 42 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Wai?
Wai is in India, at 17.9300, 73.9000.
What other filming locations are near Wai?
Panchgani, New Era High School, Mahabaleshwar and Menawali, 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 Prashant Kharote, CC BY-SA 4.0.