Great Rann of Kutch – Gujarat
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We haven’t documented too many locations that were used in Telugu movies. So, when our friend Balaji sent in this location to us, we grabbed it with both hands and here we are with the post. This is from one of the biggest Telugu hits in recent memory – Magadheera and we are pretty sure a location as awesome as this one has already been used in countless other Indian movies before. But as always we are looking forward to the comments from visitors to see if they can add more movies that were filmed at this location.
About the location (from Wiki):
The Great Rann of Kutch also called Greater Rann of Kutch or just Rann of Kutch, is a seasonally marshy saline clay desert located in the Thar Desert biogeographic province in the Kutch District, state of Gujarat situated 8 km away from village Kharaghoda located in the Surendranagar District of northwestern India and the Sind province of Pakistan. The name “Rann” comes from the Hindi word ran (रण) meaning “salt marsh”. It is close to Little Rann of Kutch and Banni grasslands in Kutch. Kutch is the name of the district wherein it is situated. The Rann of Kutch comprises some 30,000 square kilometres (10,000 sq mi) between the Gulf of Kutch and the mouth of the Indus River in southern Pakistan. The Luni River, which originates in Rajasthan, empties into the northeast corner of the Rann.
Movies shot at this location:
Dheera Dheera from Magadheera
Lengthy action sequence leading upto the Dheera Dheera song from Magadheera
Siragugal from Sarvam
Songs Panch Nadiya Pawan & Mere Humsafar and many more scenes from Refugee
Tujhe Chaand ChahiyE from Supari
Chulbuli Chulbuli from Dookudu





June 26th, 2010 at 7:28 PM (#)
Am pretty sure ‘Oh Priya’ from Geethanjali/Idhayathai THirudadhe and ‘Katre En Vaasal’ from Rhythm were also shot here