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KGF: Chapter 1 (2018)

Where KGF: Chapter 1 says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A gold-mine saga set in Kolar, shot partly on a built set in Badami and a university campus in Mysore.

Scenes and places

The well where gold is found, 1951 (1951)

Government officials arrive to inspect a yellow stone dug out of a well. Crime lord Suryavardhan realises it is gold ore and takes control of the land under the cover of a limestone quarry. This is how K.G.F. begins.

Set in Southern Mysore (Narachi) — Labourers digging a well unearth a strange yellow stone: gold ore.

A fictional place name for a real region of southern Mysore; no filming site is documented.

The gold refinery at Varca

Suryavardhan hands out roles to five trusted associates. Kamal gets the refinery in Varca, which turns raw ore into gold. It is one link in the chain Rocky will later have to break.

Set in Varca, Goa — The refinery supervised by Kamal, one of Suryavardhan's five trusted men. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A coastal village in Goa; the story names it but no filming there is documented.

Rocky's rise in Bombay

Rocky grows up poor on the streets of Bombay, driven by a promise to his dying mother to become rich and powerful. At ten he starts working for a gold smuggler and rises until he controls the coast's gold shipments.

Set in Bombay (Mumbai) — The streets and coast where Rocky grows up and climbs the gold-smuggling ranks. Google Maps · Apple Maps

India's largest port city, here the film's underworld of smugglers and gold deals.

The statue ceremony in Bangalore

Rocky is offered the whole Bombay underworld if he kills Garuda, and he accepts. At a statue ceremony in Bangalore, a hidden pistol meant for him is found by Garuda's guards, and the plan fails. He sees how feared Garuda is.

Set in Bangalore — A grand ceremony unveiling Suryavardhan's statue, staged to lure Garuda out of K.G.F. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Karnataka's capital, a long way from the mines, where Garuda's rule is displayed in public.

Inside the K.G.F. mines

Rocky decides he can only reach Garuda from inside, so he lets himself be captured and taken into K.G.F. disguised as a worker. Inside, he steals a map of the mines and slowly turns from an indifferent outsider into a hope for the workers.

Set in K.G.F. (Kolar Gold Fields) — The mining region where abducted workers are forced into slavery under Garuda's rule. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A real former gold-mining area in Karnataka, the film's main setting.

Filmed at Cyanide Hills, Kolar Gold Fields — Chapter 1 was filmed here for about six months. The coordinate is the Kolar Gold Fields town, not the hills themselves. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Badami (K.G.F. 1970-80s set) — A huge set was built here in January 2017 to replicate Kolar in 1970-80. The set itself is not a visit site; the coordinate is the town of Badami. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Garuda's mansion

Using the stolen map, Rocky finds a hidden tunnel from the mines to Garuda's mansion. Garuda, uneasy about the unrest, moves up the annual Maa Kaali ritual by a day.

Set in Garuda's mansion (K.G.F. palace) — The mansion of Garuda, which a hidden tunnel from the mines reaches.

A fictional estate in the story; the shoot used a real university building elsewhere in Karnataka.

Filmed at Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion, University of Mysore — A portion of this campus mansion was painted for the shoot. Whether it plays Garuda's mansion is not stated; the coordinate is the campus. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Centenary clock tower, University of Mysore — Scene beside the clock tower Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Rocky — A Bombay gold-mafia gun who promised his dying mother wealth and power.