In India Pietro Della Valle was introduced to the King Vekatappa Nayaka of Keladi, South India by Vithal Shenoy, the chief administrator of those territories.
Professor Shenoy taught at Wadia College (Pune), the University of Ceylon, Gujarat University and the London School of Economics.
The Jaycees English Medium School (or JEMS), is a school in Karkala in the state of Karnataka, India, which was founded in 1980 by the Karkala Junior Chamber under the leadership of K. P. Shenoy.
Antique collector Vijayanath Shenoy's Heritage Village in Manipal, where the MiyarHouse was to be finally built also features in the last part of the film.