Gautham Menon has always been fascinated by these Gothic buildings and the fact that he likes to shoot in the US gives him the opportunity to find such buildings wherever he goes. This Blair Hall at the Princeton University campus is one such location. We had read somewhere that the Hosannah song in the movie ‘Ye Maaya Chesave’ was shot in the Princeton campus and so from then on, it was just a matter of time before we found out the exact location.

About the location (from here):
Blair Hall, the University’s first collegiate Gothic dormitory, was a Sesquicentennial gift of John Insley Blair (1802-1899), a trustee of Princeton from 1866 to 1899. Blair Hall was designed by Cope and Stewardson, who were among the first to apply the Tudor Gothic style to American college dormitories. Blair Hall is considered their masterpiece.

When first built, Blair, Little, and the Gymnasium marked the western boundary of the campus. Originally the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks came to the foot of the broad steps leading up to Blair Arch, which served as the entrance to the campus for visitors arriving by train. This was a convenience for most people but a mixed blessing for students living in Blair; the puffing engine parked below often kept them awake and the soot from its smokestack blew into their rooms. In 1918 the railroad station near the foot of the steps was moved a quarter of a mile to the south and the intervening tracks taken up, making way for the post-World War I dormitory development that Blair Tower now overlooks.

Movies shot at this location:
Hosanna from Ye Maaya Chesave