Maps of Movies

PK (2014)

Where PK says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

An alien stranded in Rajasthan, a love story in Bruges, and the first Bollywood film shot in Belgium.

Scenes and places

The alien who loses his remote (2014)

An alien steps onto Earth to study humans, and a thief snatches the remote that would call his spaceship home. Without it he cannot leave, and he knows nobody and no language.

Set in The Rajasthan desert — The humanoid alien arrives on a research mission; a thief steals the remote that calls his spaceship.

Rajasthan is the desert state in north-western India where the film places the landing.

Jaggu meets Sarfaraz in Bruges (2014)

Jaggu, a student in Bruges, gets tangled in a street argument over forged poetry-reading tickets and ends up chatting with a young man who helped. They trade names and jobs, and she learns he is Pakistani, which changes the mood between them. It is the start of a love story her family will not accept.

Set in Bruges — Indian journalism student Jaggu falls in love with Pakistani student Sarfaraz. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Bruges is a medieval Belgian canal town; the film's shoot there was a first for Bollywood.

Filmed at Markt (Market Square) and Belfry, Bruges — Market square and belfry shown in the Bruges sequences. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: In the old town centre, a short walk from Bruges station.

Filmed at Minnewater Park and the Reien canals, Bruges — Park and canal waterways shown in the Bruges sequences. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

Filmed at Beguinage (Princely Beguinage Ten Wijngaerde), Bruges — The Beguinage is named among the landmarks filmed; the exact scene is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The letter at the chapel (2014)

Jaggu proposes an immediate marriage and waits at the chapel. A letter arrives saying the couple cannot go on, and she leaves Belgium for India.

Set in A chapel in Bruges — Jaggu goes to a chapel for a quick registry marriage and receives an unsigned letter. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Chapel marked on the Bruges map only at city level; the film's exact chapel is not named in the sources found.

The man arrested at the donation box (2014)

Now a TV journalist in New Delhi, Jaggu watches a strange man get arrested at a temple for reaching into the donation box. She steps in and gets him released, and he starts to tell her where he came from.

Set in A temple in New Delhi — The alien tries to take money back from a temple donation box and is arrested. Google Maps · Apple Maps

New Delhi is India's capital; the exact temple is not identified in the sources found, so the point is the city.

PK tries every place of worship (2014)

Told that only God can find his lost device, PK pays and prays at one holy place after another. Each gives him a different rule and none gives him the remote, which earns him the nickname PK, meaning drunk.

Set in Places of worship in New Delhi — The alien visits temples, a church and other places to ask God for his remote. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The Delhi shoot ran across the city; the specific places of worship used are not confirmed.

Filmed at Chandni Chowk, Delhi — Street scene with a man dressed as Shiva pulling a rickshaw Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Agrasen ki Baoli, Delhi — PK wanders the city (scene not specified by the source) Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Humayun's Tomb, Delhi — The song "Love is a Waste of Time" Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• PK — A humanoid alien stranded on Earth, searching for the remote that calls his spaceship.
• Jaggu — An Indian journalism student in Bruges who later becomes a TV journalist in New Delhi.
• Sarfaraz — A Pakistani student in Bruges whom Jaggu falls in love with.

Questions answered on the map

• Where in Bruges was PK filmed?
• Where does PK's story go after the Rajasthan desert?