Zulu (1964 film) in the background. The real location of the battle was 100 kilometres (60 mi) to the northwest, on the Buffalo River near the isolated hill at Isandhlwana. Other scenes were filmed within the national parks of KwaZulu-Natal. Interiors and all the scenes starring James Booth were completed at Twickenham Film Studios in Middlesex, England. The majority of the Zulus were real Zulus. 240 Zulu extras were employed for the battle scenes, bused in from their tribal homes over 100 miles away. Around 1,000 additional tribesmen were filmed by the second unit in Zululand. The film was compared by Baker to
S. S. Stanley for AR Murugadoss's production house and cast Vaibhav and Andrea Jeremiah in the lead roles. However the project eventually did not materialise. S. S. Stanley S. S. Stanley is an Indian film director, who has directed Tamil films. He was active primarily as a film maker and a writer in the 2000s collaborating in ventures which often included Srikanth. After working as an assistant director for twelve years, he made his first film "April Maadhathil", a college love story starring Srikanth and Sneha, which became a box office success. His second venture, "Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan" featuring Dhanush, became an average grosser