Sholay (Ram Nagar)
Year: 1975
Co- Stars: Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar & others.

Perhaps the greatest movie ever to be made on the Indian celluloid, Sholay changed the whole concept of movie making.  Amitabh’s role as Jay, a small time criminal and then taking on the notorious dacoit Gabbar Sigh catapulted him to instant stardom and part of Indian folklore.

Take a tour to the magical world of Sholay

Location
A great role towards the success of the movie was the rugged terrain of Ram Nagar which was used as the den of Gabbar. This place is just 40 km from Bangalore. This amazing place spread over many kilometres has few hillocks on both sides of the roads. Remember the snippets from the film Gabbar with inimical style asking Samba “Kitne Aadmi The” or those galloping horses making their way from the hills to the Thakur’s village every thing was shot here.

Nishabd (Munnar)
Year: 2008
Co stars: Jiah Khan, Revathy, Shraddha  Arya and Aftab Shivdasani
This controversial movie was inspired by Lolita depicted the love story between an ageing Amitabh and the sprightly Jiah. Nishabd was scripted on unorthodox storyline showcasing romance between a youngster and a man of her father’s age. Amitabh role was phenomenal in the movie.

Feel the vibes of Nishabd in Tea Country Munnar
 

Location
Tough controversial, Nishabd has been shot at tranquil green locales of Munnar, Kerala. Clean and green environment and quietness quotient in the movie is raked through Munnar and it exotic tea gardens. Remember the scenes of Amitabh and Jiah in Jeep in exotic green, undulating locales. Yes, those are tea gardens of Munnar.

Barsaat Ki Ek Raat (Darjeeling)
Year: 1981
Co Stars: Rakhee, Amjad Khan and Utpal Dutt

The movie was released in Hindi and Bengali in the year 1981, where it was a major hit in Bengali for number of years. However, this not-so-big movie (Hindi) is a small town story of law Vs corruption, in which law wins. Bachchan plays a role of high police Mandarin disguised as local dweller.

Location
Barsaat Ki Ek Raat exclusively uses Darjeeling locus and ambience as the story is scripted on a tea factory. Darjeeling Tea Gardens, Tiger Hills and Kalimpong locations have contributed to the film’s hit. The film mostly is shot in Darjeeling and areas surrounding it.

Kasme Vaaden (kashmir)
Year:  1978
Co Stars: Rakhee, Neetu Singh and Randhir Kapoor
 

One of the best movies of Amitabh, Kasme Vaade is a serious drama involving story of two brothers. Amitabh dons a double role in the movie, where in the first he gets killed and makes a comeback as a wanted criminal. Kasme Vaade proved a mega-hit soon after his release. Two hit songs Kasme Vaade ... and Aati rahengi baharrein ... were two back to back hit songs still crooned by film buffs. At the time of Kasme Vaade, Amitabh was already a big name and agreed to take up the role as a friendly gesture for Ramesh Behl, the director of the movie. ‘Mile jo kadi kadi...’ and ‘Kasme vaade nibhayenge hum...’ has magical effect on audiences and caught their fancy. Kasme Vaade was Rose Movies biggest hit.

Location
Kasme Vaaden captures scenes and shots from Shaalimar Bagh, Mumbai and many studios in Mumbai. Title song of the movie was pictured in the awe-inspiring locales of Kashmir gardens. The fight scene of the movie was shot at Pari Mahal, Srinagar.

Kabhi kabhi (Kashmir)
Year: 1976
Co Stars: Rakhee, Sashi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman

Kabhi Kabhi is a romantic comedy that spans over two generations that starts among two people and reaches between two families.  Rakhee, the leadng protagonist, is besotted by her poet love, played by Amitabh Bachchan, and approaches him. Soon their friendship blossoms into love and they decide to get married. Life takes a different turn and thing fall apart. Later in the movie, their family brings up further twists and turn only to unveil the truth.

Location
Kabhi Kabhi was phenomenal and took the box-office by stride within weeks after it release. Aside the song lyrics and excellent acting, Kabhi Kabhi’s acclaim was double dyed with the use of Kashmir locales. This film was heavily pictured at Kashmir gardens and snowfalls were a part of the movie. Kabhi Kabhi was popularised due to its excellent locales it was shot in. Aside Kashmir, spectacular locales from Pehelgam was caught on screen in Kabhi Kabhi.