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DIRECTORS, PRODUCERS AND location scouts from the Indian film industry have arrived in Dublin to begin exploring possible locations for future Bollywood movies.
They’ll be checking out locations in Dublin first, including Stephen’s Green, Dublin Castle, Trinity College, Temple Bar and the Ha’penny Bridge – before moving on to the West, and sights like the Cliffs of Moher, Kenmare and the Dingle Peninsula.
The producers will then conclude their visit in Northern Ireland, where they’ll look at Titanic Belfast, the Carrick-a-rede Rope Bridge and Dunluce Castle.
A Bollywood film shot on location in Dublin in 2011 – Ek Tha Tiger – became one of the biggest-grossing movies ever in India and was seen by an estimated 100 million cinema-goers. An impeccably choreographed (and completely unbelievable) fight scene staged in Dublin city centre locations and atop a moving Luas tram became a viral hit in Ireland after it was released at the end of last year:
The visit is taking place at the invitation of Tourism Ireland and the Irish Film Board. The tourism body is hoping that future Irish-set Bollywood projects will help “significantly boost awareness of Ireland among India’s growing middle classes who have the potential to come here on holidays”. According to CEO Niall Gibbons:
Films shot on location here, like Ek Tha Tiger, are really influential – helping to increase awareness of Ireland, to whet appetites among Indian travellers who are always on the look-out for new destinations and create a curiosity to come and visit the places where the film was shot.
The group of Bollywood producers and location scouts pictured on the rooftop of Dublin’s Westbury Hotel
Ek Tha Tiger (Once There Was a Tiger) was shot in Trinity College and various other Dublin locations in autumn 2011, and stars two of the Indian film industry’s biggest stars, Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif.
Its plot centres on an Indian secret agent’s efforts to investigate a Trinity scientist suspected of selling information about missile technology to Pakistan. The agent, played by Khan, falls in love with the professor’s assistant (Kaif) who is also studying dance at the city centre college.
Since its release last year, the movie has become the second highest grossing Bollywood film of all time – taking a worldwide box office of around €40 million.
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Clearly the red line. You never get violence like that on the green line.
That fight scene alot better then i thought it would be.
Interesting. The Celtic Tiger was shot here in 2011 as well….
Hahaha has looking
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I want to be a location scout.
*Points “There’s a location there!”.
*Spends rest of day in pub.
Or staring down into a webcam, for maximum effect….like…..
They were in Ballymun filming too for some reason.
Bollymun…
Dunno what the red the thumbs were for, just stating a fact. They were outside my front door filming the whole morning doing different scenes with some girl running through various random commentary and cameramen with various cameras, some on wheels, doing different shots and angles.
Bollymun though yeah good one that (:
Running away from the locals that where chasing her on their horses probably.
Aw very guud, very guud
I seem this on Garda Patrol, they are still looking for the guy in the brown jacket
I worked on it, nothing in Ballymun for that one. There was another Indian docco drew in town simultaneously. Maybe it was them
Probably a fight scene…on ponies…
Oh I wonder if they need extras? It’s a dream of mine to be in a Bollywood film!
And I thought Bollywood movies well all singing n dancing… That looks brilliant, better than half the crap Hollywood movies I’ve seen lately
That’s cinema gold, absolute quality!!!!!
God Bollywood movies are just dreadful. Glad they’re back, hopefully they’ll blow up the spire or something
Superman eat your heart out!
I Like it.
Those two lads definitely have the required level of acting to get into Fair City, even if it’s only as a bit part
Wow this sh|t looks deadly :)
Started out ok, but then quickly went over the top and lost any resemblance to reality … No good
They were filming outside the Dame Tavern the night Dublin won the All Ireland and every time they got silence and started to shout the crowds outside all the pubs would break into “come on you boys in blue”! Would love to see the out takes of that!
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