This has been a special week as we have been able to find out couple of locations for which we have been hunting for a while. This one is even better as this is a location that has been on the back of our minds for a really long time. Being long time Superstar fans and the fact that this location is where the political ambitions of the Superstar were answered by him in the form of lyrics for the KuluvaalilE song, we have been hunting for this location for quite some time. We knew this location was somewhere in Kerala (as most of the movie was shot in Kerala) but couldn’t spot the exact location until today when we found out Kalamandalam while we were searching for a location used in a completely different song sequence.

About the location (from Wiki):
Kerala Kalamandalam, lately renamed as Kalamandalam Deemed University of Art and Culture, is a major centre for learning Indian performing arts, especially those that developed in the southern state of Kerala. It is situated in the village of Cheruthuruthy in Thrissur District on the banks of the Bharathapuzha river. The institution, now a deemed university, was founded in 1930 by poet Vallathol Narayana Menon and Manakkulam Mukunda Raja. Kalamandalam imparts training in classical dance and theatre forms like Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kudiyattam, Thullal, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and Nangiar Koothu, besides the traditional orchestra called Panchavadyam.

Training is also given in various percussion instruments like chenda, maddalam and mizhavu. Kalamandalam follows the gurukula sampradayam, the ancient Indian education system based on residential tutelage. Kalamandalam was conceived to provide training to its students in the Gurukula Sampradaya, an ancient tradition of residential schooling where students stayed with the teachers, sharing the same atmosphere and learning from them the nuances of the arts. Eminent masters were brought to Kalamandalam. Training sessions, which started in the morning, extended till late in the night.

Movies shot at this location:
KuluvaalilE Muthu VandhallO from Muthu