Bollywooder's Small Town Fascination

Bollywooder's Small Town Fascination

Keeping in view the inundation of cine flicks having their plots embedded in the small towns of India, it looks like now besides metros even sub-urban India is emerging as a favorable ground for Bollywood movies.

So let's have a look at few such recent and upcoming cine flicks which have their roots embedded in the sub-urban India.

Isaaq

If reports are to be believed then Prateik Babbar and Amyra Dastur starrer political tug of war Isaaq has its plot rooted in Varanasi.

Raanjhanaa

Raanjhanaa is another much awaited romantic drama, starring southern superstar Dhanush which has its premise en-rooted on the bank of Ganges.

Zila Ghaziabad

Notoriety of mafia of Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh also got depicted on the silver screen when Arshad Warsi, Sanjay Dutt and Vivek Oberoi starrer Zila Ghaziabad made it to celluloid fetching at least some popularity for this small town.

Gangs of Wasseypur

Probably the natives of this sub-urban town in the coal capital of India i.e. Dhanbad, wouldn't have thought it in their remotest dreams that this small town of theirs will ever turn into one of the most talked about topics at Cannes, but it happened.

Thanks to Anurag Kashyap who by with his Gangs of Wasseypur I and II succeeded in securing fame for this small town of Jharkhand.

Ishqiya and Dedh Isqiya

After stirring the gossip aisles by prequel Isqiya, now director Abhishek Chaubey is once again all set to fetch some fame for Gorakhpur, by his upcoming cine flick Dedh Ishqiya starring Madhuri and Huma Qreshi.

Reportedly this movie also has its premise based at the city.

Peepli Live

Remember Natha of Peepli Live whose suicide buzz turned into a national news for some of the sensation fascinated paparazzi in the movie.

Although the eponymous place in the movie was more of a work of fiction, but in true sense it not only well showcased the real picture of drought hit rural India, but also showcased the plight of the natives of these small towns.

Haasil

Another small town saga which very well showcased the game of muscle power in college politics of small town is Tigmanshu Dhulia's, Jimmy Shergill, Irfan Khan starrer Haasil.