Bollywood Movies Web-series Shot in Varanasi, Banaras Ghats

Famous Bollywood Movies, Web-series Shot in Varanasi

Varanasi is a city which is located on the banks of river Ganges in Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi is also known as Benares, Banaras or Kashi. Varanasi is also a city known for worship and religious hub. Varanasi is more famous for its Ghats where most of the movies and web-series shoot. Mughal forts are also famous place in Varanasi where movies shoot.

List of Some Famous Movies Shot in Varanasi Ghats.

1. Half Girlfriend Movie shoot in Varanasi.

Half Girlfriend is a Hindi-language movie full of drama and romance. The movie was directed by  Mohit Suri and stars Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor & Rhea Chakraborty.

This movie also had an international shoot like places New York City and Cape Town. The film released worldwide on 19th May 2017.

Half Girlfriend Movie Cast

• Arjun Kapoor 
• Shraddha Kapoor
• Vikrant Massey
• Rhea Chakraborty
• Seema Biswas

Half Girlfriend Movie Trailer

2. Jolly LLB 2 Movie Shot in Varanasi, Ganga River

Jolly LLB 2 is a Hindi language movie released in 2017. The movie is written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. Ans film is produced by Fox star studios. The film released on 10 February 2017. And made a collection of 183.33crore.

Jolly LLB 2 Movie Cast

• Akshay Kumar
• Annu Kapoor
• Huma Qureshi
• Saurabh Shukla
• Ram Gopal Bajaj
• Kumud Mishra
• Sayani Gupta

Jolly LLB 2 Movie Trailer

3. Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi Shot on Ghats of Varanasi

Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi is a Hindi language period drama film. The movie is based on the life of Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi. The movie is Directed by Radha Krishnan Jagarlamudi and produced by Zee Studios. The film released on 25 January 2019 with 3700 scenes in 50 countries. the movie made box-office collection of 132.95crore

Manikarnika Movie Cast

• Kangana Ranaut
• Atul Kulkarni
• Jisshu Sengupta
• Vaibhav Tatwawaadi
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
• Ankita Lokhande

Manikarnika Movie Trailer

4. Raanjhanaa Movie Shot in Varanasi

Raanjhanaa is a Hindi Language Romantic Drama movie Directed by Aannand L Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma. The film was produced by Krishika Lulla with Eros International Banner. Some famous scenes of this movie were shot in Varanasi. The movie released on 21 June 2013.

And made a collection of 94 crores on box-office.

Raanjhanaa Movie Cast

• Dhanush
• Sonam Kapoor
• Swara Bhaskar
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
• Abhay Deol
• Swara Bhaskar
• Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
• Ishwak Singh
• Shilpi Marwaha

Raanjhanaa Movie Trailer

5. Piku Movie Shot on Ghats of Varanasi

Piku is a comedy-drama Hindi Language movie shot some scenes in Varanasi with the director Shoojit Sircar and produced by N.P Singh. Piku released om 8th May 2015 and made box-office collection of 141crore. And this movie was also nominated for Best Film in 61st Filmfare Awards. 

Piku Movie Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan 
• Deepika Padukone
• Irrfan Khan
• Jisshu Sengupta
• Avijit Dutt
• Moushumi Chatterjee
• Balendra Singh
• Swaroopa Ghosh
• Raghuvir Yadav
• Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
• Akshay Oberoi
• Rupsa Banerjee

Piku Movie Trailer

6. Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Shot In Varanasi

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is a romantic comedy film produced by Aanand L. Rai, Himanshu Sharma, Bhushan Kumar and Krishan Kumar under the Colour Yellow Productions and T-Series. The movie released on 21 February 2020. And made a collection of 86.39crore. Movie release in the Hindi Language. The film's songs are composed and written by Tanishk Bagchi, Vayu and Tony Kakkar.

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Cast

• Ayushmann Khurrana
• Jitendra Kumar
• Neena Gupta
• Gajraj Rao
• Manu Rishi
• Sunita Rajwar
• Maanvi Gagroo 
• Pankhuri Awasthy
• Neeraj Singh
• Bhumi Pednekar
• Hardik Gabbi
• Mahesh Seth
• Brij Kumar Pandey
• Sayed Javed

Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan Movie Trailer

7. Super 30 Movie Shot in Varanasi

Super 30 is a Hindi-language Biographical Drama film produced by Sajid Nadiadwala and directed by Vikas Bahi. Super 30 was Phantom Film's last production. Super 30 was released in India on 12 July 2019. This movie made a collection of 208.93crore. The film was shot at Banaras Hindu University at the end of June 2018. This was the first Hindi movie that was allowed to shot at its campus.

Super 30 Movie Cast

• Hrithik Roshan
• Mrunal Thakur
• Virendra Saxena 
• Nandish Singh
• Aditya Srivastava
• Sadhana Singh
• Pankaj Tripathi
• Vijay Varma
• Amit Sadh
• Sharat Sonu
• Manav Gohil

Super 30 Movie Trailer

8. Yamla Pagla Deewana Movie Shot in Varanasi 

Yamla Pagla Deewana is an action comedy film in the Hindi Language directed by Samir Karnik. The movie had released on 14 January 2011. All three people of Deol family are in cast  Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol are in the lead roles. 

Yamla Pagla Deewana Movie Cast

• Dharmendra
• Sunny Deol
• Bobby Deol
• Kulraj Randhawa
• Nafisa Ali
• Anupam Kher
• Johny Lever
• Puneet Issar
• Mukul Dev
• Himanshu Malik
• Sucheta Khanna
• Emma Brown Garett

Yamla Pagla Deewana Movie Trailer

9. Mulk Movie Shot In Varanasi

Mulk is a Hindi-language Drama film Directed by Anubhav Sinha. The movie was shot in Benaras and Lucknow. Mulk Movie released on 13 Jully 2018 and worldwide release on 3 August 2018. The movie is produced by Deepak Mukut, Anubhav Sinha. This movie made a collection of 28.33crore on box office.

Mulk Movie Cast

• Rishi Kapoor
• Taapsee Pannu
• Rajat Kapoor
• Ashutosh Rana
• Manoj Pahwa
• Prateik Babbar
• Neena Gupta
• Kumud Mishra
• Prachee Shah Pandya
• Vartika Singh

Mulk Movie Trailer

10. Mohalla assi movie Shot on Ghat in Varanasi

Mohalla Assi is a Hindi Language comedy-drama Movie. The movie is based on a famous Hindi novel Kashi Ka Assi. the movie is directed by Chandraprakash Dwivedi and produced by Vinay Tiwari. The movie was released on 16 November 2018. The film has been banned by the CBFC on 8 April 2016.

Mohalla Assi Movie Cast

• Sunny Deol
• Sakshi Tanwar
• Ravi Kishan
• Saurabh Shukla
• Mukesh Tiwari
• Rajendra Gupta
• Mithilesh Chaturvedi
• Seema Azmi
• Faisal Rashid
• Davinder Singh
• Mohit Sinha
• Naresh Jang
• Vaibhav Mishra
• Shrichand Makhija
• Md. Rahman Jony

Mohalla assi Movie Trailer

Web Series Shot in Varanasi

1. Mirzapur Web-series shot in Varanasi

Mirzapur is a crime thriller web series released on Amazon Prime Video OTT Platform produced by Excel Entertainment. The web-series is shot in Mirzapur, with some shots in Jaunpur, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Lucknow, Gorakhpur and Varanasi. This web series released on 16 November 2018

Mirzapur Web-series Cast

• Vikrant Massey
• Ali Fazal
• Pankaj Tripathi
• Divyendu Sharma
• Shriya Pilgaonkar
• Rasika Dugal
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda
• Rajesh Tailang
• Shweta Tripathi

Mirzapur Web-series Trailer

2.Raktanchal Web-series shot in Varanasi

Raktanchal is a Hindi language crime drama web-series based on 80's Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh. Raktanchal is an Indian web series directed by Ritam Shrivastav. The series is released on MX Player on 28 May 2020.

Raktanchal Web-series cast

• Kranti Prakash Jha
• Nikitin Dheer
• Vikram Kochhar
• Chittaranjan Tripathy
• Soundarya Sharma
• Ronjini Chakraborty
• Basu Soni
• Krishna Bisht
• Daya Shankar Pandey
• Ravi Khanvilkar

Raktanchal Web-series Trailer