Where was Slumdog Millionaire filmed?

Bursting with colour, music and momentum, this Oscar winner is as much a love letter to Mumbai as it is a rags-to-riches tale. The city pulses through every frame, and that energy is precisely what makes following its footsteps such a rewarding way to discover one of the world's great metropolises.

Two landmarks anchor the journey, both in Mumbai. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, a soaring Victorian-Gothic railway station, becomes the stage for the film's joyous closing dance. Down by the water, the grande-dame Taj Mahal Palace hotel and the neighbouring Gateway of India frame the film's vision of a glittering, almost unreachable side of the city.

Both sights sit in the historic Colaba and Fort districts, walkable in a single morning, with the harbour breeze never far. The railway terminus is best admired from the outside as trains thunder in and out, while the seafront makes a natural finish; time a visit for the cooler, drier winter months when the city is at its most welcoming.