Principal photography commenced in Hyderabad on 20 June 2016.[27] Kanchana joined the film's sets on 30 November 2016.[2] The protagonists' college life portions were filmed at the three heritage buildings of the University college of Hampankatta, Mangalore.[28] Other filming locations included Dehradun and Delhi in India and parts of Italy.[4] According to Deverakonda, Vanga wanted to set the film in a coastal city and chose Mangalore—mirroring his student life in Dharwad—and stayed there for ten days to finalise the locations.[29] In an interview with Idlebrain.com, Vanga said, "When you write a script, you think about a particular location.