Bollywood locations in England
If you were under the impression that all Bollywood films are filmed exclusively in India, then think again. In recent years England has become increasingly popular with Bollywood producers scouting for locations for their next movie. So find out more about which films were filmed on location around England - you can re-enact song and dance scenes from your favourite films right on the spot where they were shot.
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1) Aap Ki Khatir (2006)
Director: Dharmesh Dharshan
Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Priyanka Chopra
Locations: Walcot Hall in Shropshire, London (Trafalgar Square, Albert Embankment)
2) Aksar (2006)
Director: Ananth Mahadevan
Starring: Dino Morea, Emran Hashmi, Udita Goswami and Tara Sharma
Locations: London (Leicester Square, Royal Albert Hall), Gaddesdon Place (Hertfordshire)
3) Bend it like Beckham (2002)
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightly, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Archie Punjabi
Locations: Broadway Street (Southall), Contessa Lingerie Shop (Twickenhan), Damini Store (Southall), Hounslow Central Tube Station (Hounslow), Molesey Football Club (West Molesey), Piccadily Circus (London), Shepperton Studios (Surrey), Soccer Scene, Carnaby Street (Soho), Sutton Square (Heston), St. Margarets, Twickenham
4) Bhagam Bhag (2006)
Director: Priyadarshan
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta
Locations: Bushey Campus (Hertfordshire), Galleria Outlet Centre (Hertfordshire) London (Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Tower Bridge)
5) Bhaji on the Beach (1994)
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Kim Vithana, Jimmi Harkishin
Locations: Blackpool, Lancashire
6) Bombil and Beatrice (2007)
Director: Kaizad Gustad
Starring: Katie McGuinness, Proshant Narayannan and Piyush Mishra
Locations: Benington Village (Hertfordshire)
7) Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Director: Albert Sharpe
Starring: Aishwarya Rai, Martin Henderson, Gurinder Chadha
Locations: Buckinghamshire (Halton House, Stoke Park, Turville, Cobstone Windmill, Ealing Studios); London (Somerset House, Little Venice, London Eye, National Film Theatre, Southall)
8) Cheeni Kum (2007)
Director: Balakrishnan
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan
Locations: Outside Bath Abbey in Abbey Churchyard, Orange Grove near Parade Gardens, Great Pulteney Street and Prior Park, a couple of miles outside Bath.
9) Chicken Tikka Masala (2005)
Director: Harmage Singh Kalirai
Starring: Chris Bisson, Saeed Jaffrey
Locations: Preston, Lancashire
10) Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)
Director: Aditya Chopra
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Amrish Puri, Farida Jalal, Anupam Kher
Locations: London (open-top bus tour including Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, Westminster Bridge, South Bank, County Hall, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Leicester Square, Buckingham Palace, King’s Cross Station, Angel Underground Station and The Broadway in Southall)
11) I… Proud to be an Indian (2004)
Director: Puneet Sira
Starring: Sohail Khan, Tim Lawrence
Locations: London (Tate Modern, The Gherkin, Canary Wharf, Tate Britain, Millennium Dome)
12) Is Pyaar Ko Kya Naam (2006)
Director: Rajat Rawail
Starring: John Abraham, Om Puri
Locations: Blackpool, Lancashire
13) Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007)
Director: Shaad Ali
Starring: Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Bobby Deol, Lara Dutta plus a special appearance by Amitabh Bachchan
Locations: London (Waterloo Station)
14) Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham (2001)
Director: Karan Johar
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol,
Locations: London (Tower Bridge, Butler’s Wharf and Heathrow Airport), Bluewater Shopping Centre in Greenhithe, Blenheim Palace in Oxford, Waddeston Manor in Waddeston (near Aylesbury) Bicester Village Shopping Centre (in Oxfordshire) Stowe School and Stowe Gardens near Buckingham
15) Kyun…! Ho Gaya Na (2004)
Director: Samir Karnik
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai
Locations: Peterborough (Cambridgeshire)
16) Lamhe (1991)
Director: Yash Chopra
Starring: Anil Kapoor, Sri Devi
Locations: Nunsmere Hall, Cheshire, Lake District, Cumbria
17) Mohabbatein (2000)
Director: Aditya Chopra
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai with Uday Chopra, Shamita Shetty, Jugal Hansraj, Kim Sharma, Jimmy Shergill, Preeti Jhangiani and Anupam Kher
Locations: Longleat House in Warminster, near Bath; Bath; Queen’s College in Oxford
18) Mr. Errababu (2005)
Director: Kishore Kumar Kama
Starring: Nagendra Babu, Chakrayarthy Ramachandra
Locations: Gardens of Rose (Hertfordshire), Stansted Airport (Essex)
19) Mujhse Dosti Karoge (2002)
Director: Kunal Kohli
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Rani Mukherjee
Locations: Ullswater, Cumbria, Lancaster, Lancashire, Blackpool, Lancashire, Lake District, Cumbria, London (Natural History Museum, Stratford Jubilee Line, Canary Wharf, Albert Memorial)
20) Naina (2005)
Director: Shripal Morakhia
Starring: Urmila Matondkar
Locations: Stansted Airport (Essex)
21) Namastey London (2007)
Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah
Starring: Katrina Kaif, Akshay Kumar, Upen Patel and Jason Connery
Locations: London (The London Eye, Houses of Parliament, Oxford Street, St Paul’s Cathedral)
22) Salaam-e-ishq (2007)
Director: Nikhil Advani
Starring: Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla
Locations: London (Hungerford Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge)
23) Shukriya: Till Death Do Us Apart (2004)
Director: Anupam Sinha
Starring: Aaftab Shivdasani, Anupam Kher
Locations: Hertfordshire, between Tring and Chesham
24) Yaadein (2001)
Director: Subhash Gai
Starring: Hrithak Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Jackie Schroff, Rati Agnihotri, Amrish Puri
Locations: London (Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Whitehall, Tower Bridge, Leicester Square, The Kings Arms Pub in Harefield and Northwood); Rickmansworth, Windsor (Windsor Castle, Windsor Royal Station and Windsor Great Park); Queensmere Shopping Centre in Slough’ Cliveden House and garden in Taplow, near Maidenhead; Ascot; Thorpe Park in Chertsey, near Walton-on-Thames