Big B Amitabh Bachchan on his 67th birthday shared legendary stories and trivia about his trips to various locations in India for his shoots over the years.
A village named Asoga on the banks of river Malaprabha’s very attractive tourist place famous for its temple. This temple was built during the Kadamba kings in the mediveal period. Important sequences from the 70s hit movie ‘Abhimaan’ (featuring Amithabh Bacchan and Jaya bhaduri) were shot near the river Malprabha at Asoga. The entire song ‘Nadiya kinare’ has been shot there.
Nadiya kinaare, Abhimaan – Belgaum
This film was very special for Jaya and me because we had produced it. Hrishida was our godfather. SD Burmansaab gave the music and the time we spent with him during the music sittings was unforgettable. The way he’d sing, we failed to bring the essence into our recordings. I always felt that there was some kami somewhere, he would sing so beautifully. The song was shot in a village near Belgaum. Hrishida wanted a village environment with a small temple, a river, a sacred pond with its water capable of uniting two people in love. We found such a pond. Back then, Jaya and I weren’t married. It was a very special time for both of us. Jaya had long, ankle-length hair then.
Source: Bangalore Mirror
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i think you have not included information about a place HALASHI in this website. for more info i can give you. But please thik about it. Halashi is place where NArayan Murthi mentioned about this lpace in his speect at kannada smmelan. u can email me ……………………(i am Halashi resident)
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This article reminds me of a trip I took along with few of my friends to Asoga on a rainy day in Jul 2007. We crossed the khanapur Railway crossing and headed down the muddy road to Asoga, half way through due to heavy rain and road being too slippery we had to cut short the journey without reaching final destination!
Never the less the beauty of Asoga as captured in “Abhimaan” and the humming tune of SD were so powerful that we went to the place a few days after the failed first attempt. The place is still wonderful and the flowing river and hundreds of “Shivalingas” on the banks are mesmerizing.
This place is a must see for any one trying to explore BGM and around, especially during the rainy season. It is great to hear Big-B mentioning about this place.
In the movie Saat Hindustani, there is a scene where my house in bgm is picturised. I am not sure if Amitabh actually came there or not. but still proud to see my house in the movie.
after the song was filmed there it became a regular tourist/ picnic spot, there used to b a rose garden closeby, does it still exist?
Great research ….!! love this peice of info …thnx!!