When I was putting pen to paper today, I was wondering how many of us have travelled to a film destination to live and breathe the cinematic experience.
Has anyone else had this phenomenon or is it just me?
As a young child I felt it coming on. I had held a memory of a film Love in Simla so tightly in my heart that some twenty years later, I was on my way to Simla to see the place with a very bewildered husband.
Thinking it was a passing phase (I was wrong), I continued watching movies but subconsciously collecting more and more destinations to visit.
Sometime later in Manali, I remembered the movie Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani when Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Kalki Koechlin and Aditya Roy Kapur went on a trek in the mountains. And Jab we Met as we walked in the valley amongst the breath taking views.
Once in Kerala in Munnar, we stayed at a movie theatre converted into a hotel. Each room was a themed room to match a movie. But if that wasn’t enough they were also the proud owners of the costumes worn by Deepika Padukone and Shah Rukh Khan in the film Chennai Express that had been filmed there.
As a major Shah Rukh Khan fan – that was a highlight !
These film destination stops weren’t just in India.
After seeing Rockstar starring Ranbir Kapoor and Nargis Fakhri, I went to Prague.
After watching Jab Harry Met Sejal I went to Budapest.
So filmy… I know.
Then we visited to Switzerland and I realised this was a real thing and there were tours available.
Films and the places they were shot had become a business to entrap those similarly afflicted with the bug. I had found a true link to tourism through films and I was loving it.
You might be asking what next?
Well Barfi left a very lasting impression and Darjeeling is definitely on the cards soon. Another one of Ranir The thrill of seeing the site where they filmed the scenes fills me with happiness.
Travel Blog Of a Film Buff
