Offbeat themes and stylish direction are not the only new features of contemporary Tamil cinema: ten movies currently being shot explore inventive shooting locations. It’s common practice in the industry to shoot song sequences in exotic and pretty locales around Europe, the U.S. and South East Asia. The locations featured in these ten Tamil films deliberately move away from exotic or pretty settings to striking, arresting locations – from such far-flung places as Africa and Russia to unusual Indian locations like Varanasi and Chalakuddy.

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