Koraput: Filmmakers of late are finding the natural beauty of Koraput as the perfect setting for their movies.
Last year in February, popular South Indian actresses Anushka Shetty and Ramya Krishnan shot for a big-budget multilingual film ‘Ghaati’ here and the crew made use of stunning locations in Deomali, Jeypore, Lamataput, and Kolab to capture the district’s breathtaking landscapes. Several parts of the film were shot on the main road of Jeypore town, Surya Mahal, and Jayanagar locality, including a park near Jagannath Sagar. The entire cast and crew stayed in Jeypore, according to sources.
The district, where lush valleys cradled by dense forests that erupt into cascading waterfalls, looks magical on misty mornings during winters.
Now, acclaimed filmmaker SS Rajamouli’s production house has secured permission from March 1 to 28 to shoot a feature film, starring south Indian superstar Mahesh Babu and Bollywood icon Priyanka Chopra, in Koraput. It will be filmed in and around Deomali and other scenic spots in the district. “The beauty of Koraput, its climate, and attractive locations drew us to this wonderful place. We are hopeful of shooting a significant portion of our film here,” production manager of Rajamouli’s production house, Naga Pranit told TOI.
In December last year, Rajamouli had visited Semiliguda in Koraput to hunt for locations for his next movie.
Several Odia films like ‘Rakta Golap’, ‘Kiye Jeete Kiye Hare’, ‘Dora’, ‘Bhauri’, ‘Swayam Sidha’,‘Jianta Bhuta’, ‘Sapana Banika’, ‘Bogula Boguli’, ‘Bajji’, ‘Babu I Love You’, ‘Jiey Panchey Paramanda’, ‘College Time’, ‘Tu Mo Love Story’ , ‘Chatti Chiri Deley Tu’, ‘Only Pyar’, ‘Nayaka ra Na Debdas’ have also been shot in this region.
Charitra’, a crime thriller by director couple Sisir Kumar Sahu and Peenakee Singh Rajput, was also shot extensively in HAL Township at Sunabeda in Odisha’s Koraput district. So also, supernatural romantic film ‘Chumki Seta Pani Re Budiba Nahi Ki’.
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