Another location that we have personally been to but it was much earlier than the time when these movies were shot. So, didn’t have a clue when we visited this awesome fort. It was the chart buster song ‘Satham Illaadha Thanimai’ from Amarkkalam in which we noticed this fort and it was one of those instances when we had the answer to the question ‘Where Was It Shot?’! It was only recently that we found out that Shankar had used the fort as the filming location for the KappalEri poyaachu song of his super-hit movie Indian.

About the location (from Wiki):
Gingee Fort also known as Chenji or Jinji in Tamil Nadu, India is one of the few surviving forts in Tamil Nadu, India, which is more popular for its temples than forts. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, Chennai, and is close to the Union Territory of Pondicherry. So well fortified was this place that Shivaji ranked it as the “most impregnable fortress in India” and it was called the “Troy of the East” by the British. The nearest town with a railway station is Tindivanam and the nearest airport is Chennai (Madras)-150 kilometres.

Originally the site of a small fort built by the Chola dynasty in 9th century AD, it was later modified by Kurumbar while fighting the Chola and again by the Vijayanagar empire in the 13th century to elevate it to the status of an unbreachable citadel to protect the small town of Gingee.

Movies shot at this location:
Satham Illaadha Thanimai Kaetten from Amarkkalam
KappalEri POyaachu from Indian
Aavaaram Poovukkum from Arai En 301-il Kadavul
Kokku Meenai Thingumaa from Kovil
Narum Pookkal ThEdum from Urchaagam
EngEda Azhagundhan from Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram