5 fictional Bollywood towns that have great tourism potential

New Delhi: Directors such as Yash Chopra inhabited the Swiss Alps for the backdrop of some of his most memorable Bollywood films. But new age directors are more interested in setting up their stories and characters in small towns. Some of them take creative liberty to come up with fictional towns that have their own geographical fences and cultures.

Be it the colourful town of Ranjhaar in 'Ram-Leela' or Almore in 'Ishaqzaade', these towns have a distinct character in the film. Here are 5 fictional Bollywood towns that have great tourism potential.

Jhumli: It's the most inaccessible village on the border of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. From taking a train to a bumpy bus ride to getting nearly crushed in a packed auto to crossing a rope bridge, reaching the terrain of Jhumli isn't a cake walk. It's a sleepy village with a bunch of oldies who can't help but stare at the 'shehari babu'. A village where people refuse to build a bridge due to 'sharaads'.

Ranjhaar: Set in the heart of Rann of Kutch, Ranjhaar comes across as a colourful town divided by the enmity between Rajadi and Sanera clans. It's a town where more than vegetables, it's the guns that sell in the market and as petty as an act of relieving oneself can trigger a battle between the two sides - a place where people aim guns and take shots at each other just for fun. But it's also a town where lovers romance passionately, where they dare to take risks and cross sides to meet each other. It's a colourful town which celebrates every festival with fervour, dance and music.

Mandola: A village named after the family of a wealthy businessman, Mandola comes across as a bizarre village where people travel in limousines and quote Karl Marx. It's a village where a man after getting drunk begins to hallucinate about a pink buffalo who is also the mascot of the liquor brand. But more interestingly, you find a bunch of foreign educated young brigade who don't miss a chance to quote Shakespeare in their day-to-day conversations.

Almore: Set somewhere in Uttar Pradesh, Almore is a small town where politics and honour takes precedence over love and romance. It's a town where a boy tries to take his revenge from a girl by tricking her into falling in love with him. It's a town where lovers who are on a run from their families take refuge in a brothel and where parents don't blink an eye before killing their children for honour.

Paglaapur: It's the most bizarre village which is nowhere to be found on the map. The inhabitants are a mix of people who either speak in gibberish or act like a lamp post. But interestingly, the village people are still living in the World War II era and cut off from the rest of the world. It's a village that even aliens can't resist and come visit the inhabitants.