Mr. Natarajan Ramji is known as the "Location Guru" of Indian cinema who has travelled to over 140 countries and helped shoot movies in 80 of them. This interview is what I would call a hidden gem. It gives an overview of the whole location scouting process for movies and also gives a lot of trivia about really popular movies, the locations they were shot in and how the location was decided upon.
If you are a movie geek, you must watch this interview. He spoke about the key details that help in deciding the location.
- Keeping himself updated in his area of expertise and learning about the world everyday.
- The foreign exchange rate at the time of shoot which helps to reduce the cost of the movie. For eg: an opera location in France which would cost Rs.40 crores was completed in 1/10th the cost by shifting the location to Macedonia for the movie Mersal.
- The ability to find multi-national extras required for the movie.
- Weather. For eg: He speaks about how during the 90s and early 2000s there was a trend that started to shoot songs in Switzerland in Tamil cinema. However, it was not suitable during the winter months but the producers wanted to keep shooting throughout the year. That's when he discovered the beauty of New Zealand which has completely contrasting weather. This helped in keeping the shooting on through out the year.
Here are some of the trivia from this interview to draw your interest.
1. RRR's Natu Natu song location : Ukraine
2. Enthiran - Kilimanjaro : Brazil
3. Dilwale - Gerua : Iceland
4. I - Pookkalae Sattru Oyivedu
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