Where was Mother India filmed?
1957 film directed by Mehboob Khan
Mother India (1957) was filmed in Surat, Bandra, Bilimora and Mehboob Studio, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, in India. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as India. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's article
The article names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🎬 Studios & sets
Mehboob Studio
🇮🇳 India
Indian film studio and recording studio in Bandra (W), Mumbai, founded in 1942 by a director and producer Mehboob Khan
“Several indoor scenes for the film were shot in 1956 at Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Mumbai.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bandra
🇮🇳 India
suburb of Mumbai, India
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🏙 Towns & cities
Surat
🇮🇳 India
city in Gujarat, India
“The fire scene was shot in the Umra area of Surat, Gujarat, by burning bales of hay.” Wikipedia
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🏙 Towns & cities
Bilimora
🇮🇳 India
town in Gujarat state, India
“Dutt was hospitalised for the burns and Nargis helped nurse him, at Khan's place in Billimora.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in India, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: India
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does Mother India have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 4 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.