Bollywood movies which fooled us with their fake locations

Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Bajrangi Bhaijaan is shown to be set in Pakistan but in reality the movie was shot in Kashmir. The climax scene of the movie was shot at the base of the Thajwas glacier outside Sonamarg.

Bombay Velvet

Anurag Kashyap recreated Mumbai in the 1960s in Sri Lanka for Bombay Velvet. The entire film was shot on the scenic island.

Chennai Express

Chennai Express has shown many scenes where it was supposed to be at Komban in Tamil Nadu, but apparently the true location was Wai which is near Pune.

Dabangg

The last scene where Salman Khan goes to see Arbaaz Khan for a face off, the setup in the movie was supposed to be at Laalgunj of Uttar Pradesh, but apparently it was shot in Wai near Pune.

Fanaa

Fanaa was shot in Poland and was shown as Jammu Kashmir in the movie.

Mari Kom

Omung Kumar recreated parts of Manipur in Manali, Himachal Pradesh to shoot his biopic of Mary Kom.

Phantom

Kabir khan created Pakistan in Malerkotla in Punjab. The movie is set against the backdrop of 26/11 terror attacks.

Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani

The movie was all about the trip on which a bunch of friends goes to, apparently the trek which contributed heavily towards Manali tourism was actually shot in Gulmarg, Kashmir and later brazenly passed off as Manali.Omar Abdullah too got involved and raised a flag because Kashmir was depicted as Manali in the film.