Filmi geography: Fictional countries of Bollywood

It's time to brush up on your knowledge of filmi geography with this list of naqli nations.

1. Ringania in Bad Aur Badnam (1984). Head of the state: Tom Alter.

2. All the wonders that happen in Ajooba’s (1991) Baharistan.

3. Dongrilla is ruled by the musically-inclined despot, General Dong in Tahalka (1992).

4. The head of the state of Maazaland visiting India in Chakravyuha (1978).

5. In Jajantaram Mamantaram (2003), the little people resided in the Kingdom of Shundi—a name likely inspired by the famous similarly-named kingdom in Satyajit Ray’s Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969).

6. The Sultanate of Noman in Khuda Hafiz (2020). So smart. Not.

7. The titular nation in Bangistan (2015).

8. The ‘obviously fictional’ Jan Gan Desh in the controversial satire Kissa Kursee Ka (1978).

   

9. In Khichdi 2 (2023), the latest installment in the tv comedy and film franchise, Hansa, Praful & co. embark on an adventure to the absurd, autocratic nation of Paanthukistan.

10. All the drama and action in Jigra (2024) unfolds in the fictional island nation of Hanshi Dao.

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