{"id":11902,"date":"2019-10-28T13:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/?p=11902"},"modified":"2019-10-23T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:00:50","slug":"lapland-goes-bollywood-why-film-stars-love-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/lapland-goes-bollywood-why-film-stars-love-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Lapland Goes Bollywood: Why Film Stars Love Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Lapland is usually seen as a relaxed and calm destination for nature-loving people from all around the world. But be warned, you might also come across some action-packed Bollywood-extravaganzas, as international movie companies find the full potential of Lapland\u2019s wilderness.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11912\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.3.jpg\" alt=\"Looking across the lapland landscape now used by Bollywood\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Bollywood Comes to Finland<\/h4>\n<p>One of this year\u2019s biggest action-entertainers is predicted to be a film called <em>WAR<\/em>. To be released worldwide on the 2nd October, it promises to be an absolute spectacle, even by outrageous Bollywood standards. The main characters are played by two of India\u2019s most significant action film superstars,\u00a0<strong>Hrithik Roshan<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Tiger Shroff. <\/strong>Bollywood beauty\u00a0<strong>Vaani Kapoor<\/strong>\u00a0is starring the part of the leading lady. We\u2019ll be seeing breath-taking car chase sequences filmed in Rovaniemi, a small city in Lapland, Finland. The film has already received a lot of attention. The teaser alone has got over 46 million views, and the trailer has racked up over 60 million views on YouTube. It\u2019s definitely going to be a blockbuster.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"WAR | Official Trailer | Hrithik Roshan, Tiger Shroff, Vaani Kapoor | Siddharth Anand | New Movie\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tQ0mzXRk-oM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Into Lapland<\/h4>\n<p>This is not the first time Lapland\u2019s picturesque landscapes attract megastars from the movie industry. Another Bollywood film crew set up shop in Lapland in 2014 to shoot scenes for <em>Shamitabh.<\/em>\u00a0A film starring <strong>Amitabh Bachchan<\/strong>, who is one of India\u2019s most beloved actors. And in 2017, actress <strong>Anusha Sharma<\/strong> and cricket player <strong>Virat Kohli<\/strong> decided to spend their honeymoon in Lapland, attracting millions of Instagram-followers. All of them eager to see their idols in the middle of snowy landscapes, herds of reindeers and husky safaris. Magnificent northern lights and Santa\u2019s workshop also got their fair share of publicity.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11909\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.1.jpg\" alt=\"Landscape-of-Lapland-green-pastures-with-sun-reflecting-used-in-Bollywood-films\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Why Finland?<\/h4>\n<p>When interviewed by Finnish media, several film directors agree that there\u2019s a lot to discover in Finland. They all like working here because we want to keep things practical. \u201dAirplanes, trains and buses run on time. There are no hidden charges in restaurants. Filming permits are usually easy to get and inexpensive. The locations are diverse, from snow in Lapland to forests and lakes and cities by the coast.\u201d Sometimes even the impossible becomes possible. Like finding snow in the summer or being able to move massive productions from the wilderness to totally urban surroundings within a day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11910\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.2.jpg\" alt=\"Film-set-outside-the-steps-to-Helsinki-Cathedral-also-used-for-Bollywood-films\" width=\"800\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/assets-guidebook.isango.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Bollywood.2-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Not Just Bollywood<\/h4>\n<p>Today, Bollywood\u2019s stars are heading up north, seeking hidden gems in Lapland to create fantastical new adventure films. Stars from Hollywood have also created some great classics down south in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/helsinki\/helsinki-city-sightseeing-hop-on-hop-off-tour_25774\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helsinki<\/a>. For example, the legendary romantic drama <em>Dr Zhivago<\/em>\u00a0was filmed in Helsinki in the 1960s. Jim Jarmusch\u2019s\u00a0art comedy <em>Night on Earth<\/em>\u00a0and Peter Greenaway\u2019s\u00a0biographical romantic comedy <em>Eisenstein in Guanajuato<\/em>\u00a0also shot scenes there. Every now and then, Helsinki\u2019s fascinating architecture has doubled as the Soviet Union. Warren Beatty\u2019s\u00a0<em>Reds<\/em>, Michael Apted\u2019s\u00a0<em>Gorky Park<\/em>\u00a0and Christian Carion\u2019s\u00a0<em>Farewell<\/em> are among the films, in which Russian melancholy was re-created on the streets of our otherwise cosy capital.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So now you see the attraction of Lapland. Enjoy the film and then come and visit!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Action in Lapland<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":11919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,1176,1078],"tags":[1079,1107,1108,1275],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Lapland Goes Bollywood: Why Film Stars Love Finland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lapland goes Bollywood! It&#039;s official. We may think of Lapland&#039;s landscape as being barren, inhospitable. The film industry love&#039;s it! 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