Shooting Spot - Jinka Vetaki Song from Adavi Ramudu

This Song from Adavi Ramudu has been shot entirely in locations in and around Bangalore and Mysore in Karnataka, India.

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The first part of the song at been shot at the Bangalore Palace (also known as Wodeyar Palace)in the city of Bangalore. It was built by Rev.Garett and is a smaller replica of the Windsor Castle at Berkshire, England. The construction of the palace was started in 1862 and completed in 1944. In 1884, it was bought by the Maharaja of Mysore, Chamaraja Wodeyar. It is now owned by the current scion of the Mysore royal family, Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar, the palace has recently undergone a renovation.

High Quality Pictures of the Bangalore Palace

The next part of the song has been shot at the Cheluva Narayana Swamy Temple at Melkote, Karnataka. Gundusoodhi Song from Chatrapathi has also been shot here.

The above scenes have been picturised at the Cheluva Narayana Swamy Temple, around the temple tank (Kalyani Theertham), the pillared corridors and the mantapams at the temple.

A high quality picture of the pillared corridors

Circular Mandapam at Kalyani Theertham

A beautiful aerial view of the temple

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The above scenes were shot at the Eagleton Golf Resort,a 4 star hotel located on the Bangalore - Mysore Highway about 30 kms from Bangalore.

Eagleton Golf Resort, Bangalore

Finding this location was a bit tricky as it was not a famous tourist spot. But since the song has been shot around Bangalore & Mysore, i hoped that this resort should be around this location only and finally found it.

The above scenes were also shot at the Eagleton Resort at the poolside of the hotel. Check out the high quality pictures of the beautiful pool highlighted with Cycas Revoluta plants all around the pool.

The final part of the song has been shot at a more famous location at Bangalore. Check out these Screen Shots.

The above scenes were shot at the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel, Mysore. Located at about 11 kms from Mysore. This Palace is set in the middle of sprawling terraced gardens. Maharaja Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV commissioned this two-storied Palace in 1921. This Palace was built to exclusively to accommodate the Viceroy of India. E.W. Fritchley from Mumbai designed the Palace in the Renaissance style and included designs concepts from the Italian palazzo and English manor. This Palace meant for special royal guests has now been converted into a heritage category five-star hotel of India Tourism Development Corporation of the Government of India.

The first two screenshots are picturised at the grand entrance of the hotel. Check out the grandeur of this entrance in the HQ pics

High Quality images of the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel

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180 Movie gets a big Thumbs Down at the Box Office

Nitya Menon, the one telugu film old mallu girl's new movie 180 has got a big thumbs down at the box office. Ever since this girl asked 'Who is Prabhas?', every Prabhas fan wanted this film to flop just for Nitya Menon, and our wishes have come true. Sorry Siddharth and Priya Anand.

Critics have panned the film for its slow boring narration and poor screenplay. The positives were just the techical brilliance and good performances by Siddharth and Priya Anand.

Here's what websites have to say about the movie

180 – Boring journey at a speed of 180 centimeters per hour!

supergoodmovies.com

‘Live’ your day happily by ‘Escaping’ 180 minutes of this headache.

cinejosh.com

An average movie with technical brilliance. Watch it only if you have no other options.

Indiaglitz

‘180’ seems to be an emotional torture and the film is completely artificial and bumpy.

samaylive.com

Time to say GOODBYE, NITYA MENON!

Shooting Spot - Gundusoodhi Song from Chatrapathi

This famous song from Chatrapathi has been picturised at Melkote in Karnataka
(also known as Melukote), a historic town in the Mandya District of Karnataka, located about 50 kms from Mysore and about 130 kms from Bangalore. Most of the song has been picturised at the Cheluva Narayana Swamy Temple here.

A beautiful view of the temple from the adjacent hill top.

This scene was shot at the pillared corridors surrounding the Temple Tank (which can be seen in the picture of the temple above).

(This is the exact place where this scene was shot. Notice the broken stone slab on the floor in both the pictures?). I suppose these corridors should be about 15 ft in height by comparing Prabhas's height with that of the pillars.

A high quality picture of the pillared corridors

Like to know where exactly Shreya is sitting in this screenshot?

Do you notice a set of small pillars in the corner of the temple tank?

You can see it more clearly in this picture.Notice the smaller twin pillars? That's the exact spot where the above shot was picturised. By the way, the Temple tank is called 'Kalyani Theertham'. I don't know the exact purpose of these pillars, but i suppose they're probably used to measure the water depth in the tank.

Circular Mandapam at Kalyani Theertham

A few scenes have been shot at the above mandapam. This spot (mandapam & temple) can also be seen in Jinka Vetaki Song from Adavi Ramudu. I was not able to find out whether this mandapam has a specific name.

Another view of the mantapam


This scene was shot on the steps surrounding the Kalyani Theertham (Temple Tank). Check out the high quality picture posted below.

The exact spot where the above scene was picturised. Notice the red painted pillars?

This scene is picturised in the Yadavagiri or Yadugiri hills surrounding the temple. At the back of the pic, on the hill top is the Yoga Narasimha Temple. No info is available on the old temple in he foreground.

A view of the Yoga Narasimha Temple

Here comes a interesting location. This one's a staple location in many Maniratnam Films. You may also have seen in Rajni's 'Thalapathy' (Rakamma Song) or in the opening shot of Barso Re Megha song from Maniratnam's 'Guru'.

The above scenes have been shot at the 'Royagopura' at Mekote, Karnataka. This place is also very near to the Cheluva Narayana Swamy Temple.


High Quality pictures of the Royagopura

REFERENCES:
WIKIPEDIA
KARNATAKA HOLIDAYS
and a lot of sites for the images.

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