Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Bollywood blockbuster Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (Something... Something Happens) was directed by Karan Johar and stars Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. The plot combines two love triangles set years apart. The title song was filmed exclusively in Scotland for 10 days and features several picturesque Scottish locations including: Eilean Donan Castle, Glencoe, Tantallon Castle, Bass Rock and more.
The film was the highest grossing Hindi film of the year in 1998, and was the first Bollywood films to have major success in the UK film market.
To celebrate the film's 20th anniversary, Visit Scotland created a useful leaflet, showing the locations featured in the film. You can download it from here.
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Kandukondain Kandukondain
Kandukondain Kandukondain (I Have Seen, I Have Seen) is a 2000 film based on Jane Austins novel Sense and Sensibility. Directed and co-written by Rajiv Menon, it stars former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai.
The title song of the film used Eilean Conan Castle as the backdrop.
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Mausam
Much of Pankaj Kappor’s Mausam (2011) was filmed in Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh. The city was acting as a double for Kasmir. The scene where Harry (Shahid Kapoor) sees Aayat (Sonam Kapoor) for the first time was shot at the Dugald Stewart Monument and their ball dance was filmed at Donaldson’s School, also in Edinburgh. Many other Edinburgh locations feature in this film such as St Giles’ Cathedral, Usher Hall and the Grassmarket.
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Main Solah Baras Ki
Main Solah Baras Ki (I am Sweet Sixteen) is a 1998 Bollywood film directed by Dev Anand. It was the first Bollywood movie to be filmed in Scotland and is loosely based on the Anand's life. Anand's choice of locations included Edinburgh, Fort William, Ben Nevis, and Perth.
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For a PDF map of even more Bollywood films that have been filmed in Scotland click here.
Recognise any? If you would be interested in visiting any of these locations check our tours page to see if any stop by places you would like to see.
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