Vietnam’s Son Doong Cave to be featured in India’s $4mn film ‘SILAA’

Le Minh Tuan, director of the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism in Quang Tri Province, confirmed on Tuesday that the Bollywood production crew had selected several sites across this central Vietnamese province for shooting, including the iconic Son Doong Cave.

“We plan to welcome the film crew at the airport and host a friendly gathering after filming wraps in Quang Tri,” Tuan shared.

‘SILAA’, directed by Omung Kumar, marks the first Bollywood film to be shot inside Son Doong Cave.

With a cast and crew of around 100, the team will spend three weeks filming in Vietnam, covering multiple scenic locations including Cao Bang and Quang Ninh Provinces in the north.

Nguyen Chau A, CEO of Oxalis Adventure, the official tour operator for Son Doong, confirmed that his company had signed a contract with the Indian film crew.

He said only 12 crew members will be allowed inside Son Doong for the shoot due to strict environmental protection regulations.

Other scenes will be filmed at Hang Tien, Tu Lan, and Chuot Caves in Tan Hoa region.

Filming is scheduled to begin early next month, and ‘SILAA’ is expected to premiere globally in 2026.

Previously, in 2015, U.S. television network ABC News broadcast a live segment of Good Morning America from inside Son Doong, showcasing the cave’s majesty to global viewers.

Located within the UNESCO-listed Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Son Doong stretches nine kilometers in length, 150 meters in width, and has ceilings over 200 meters high, making it the world’s largest known cave and a jewel of Vietnam’s natural heritage.

The national park is situated in former Quang Binh Province, which has been merged with former Quang Tri Province into a larger one named Quang Tri.

The merger was part of Vietnam’s major administrative restructuring drive in which 63 provinces and cities were reduced to 34 and local administrations were divided into provinces/cities and wards/communes, effective July 1.