Ooty
When director Rohit Shetty needed a setting that could effortlessly balance lighthearted comedy with a genuinely eerie, haunted atmosphere, he bypassed his usual sun-drenched Goa beaches and moved the Golmaal gang to the misty, colonial hill station of Ooty. In Golmaal Again, the sprawling, isolated Jamnadas Orphanage and Colonel Chauhan’s haunted bungalow perfectly utilized Ooty’s real-world geography—tall eucalyptus trees, winding fog-covered ghat roads, and vintage British-era architecture. While some interior action sequences were filmed on soundstages in Hyderabad, the film relies heavily on the physical, chilling beauty of the Nilgiris to establish its supernatural tone. Walking through the quiet, pine-scented outskirts of Ooty today, away from the congested commercial center of Charing Cross, you can immediately feel the cinematic energy. Exploring the heritage bungalows with their steep gabled roofs and sprawling lawns, or driving through the dense, fog-heavy forests near Pykara Lake, effortlessly recreates the movie's setting where Gopal (Ajay Devgn) and his friends confront the supernatural. The true magic of Ooty lies in its duality: it is a bustling, vibrant South Indian holiday hub by day, but as soon as the evening mist rolls in and temperatures drop, the dense shola forests take on the exact mysterious, slightly spooky character that made Golmaal Again a blockbuster hit.
