Coonoor station was one of two used as locations in David Lean's film A Passage to India.[6] You can also see Coonoor station and its heritage locomotive in many of the Indian films. Wellington station always finds a place in most of the films casting the Indian army or army training storyline mainly due to the MRC Indian Army Regiment, Defence Services Staff College, the Cantonment and the Cordite Factory. Ketti station was used as the location in a Malayalam film Summer in Bethlehem. Lovedale station is very picturesque and has featured in many popular films including the famous Tamil hit, Moonram Pirai. The famous Hindi song Chaiyya Chaiyya from the film "Dil Se.." featuring Shahrukh Khan & Malaika Arora Khan was shot on the roof top of NMR. Udhagamandalam station has featured in many of the Tamil and other South Indian language films. It is also prominently featured in some of the Bollywood films. One of the X Class locomotives on the Nilgiri Mountain Railway is modeled for Ashima in the film Thomas & Friends: The Great Race.
