Location of Madh Island Mumbai : - Just north to the famous Juhu beach is the versova creek sneaking in to the main land, This versova creek divides the mainland into the Madh island on the north, The madh island is not an actual island but it’s a peninsula very much connected with the main land. There is a road connecting madh Island with Mumbai suburbs.
The Madh island once was a settlement of the local koli fisherman. The Portuguese erected a small fort known as the Madh fort, this fort was amongst a series of fortresses around such as fort versova, island fort of karanja, thana fort and the salsette island. Being in vicinity to the main land Mumbai the madh island became a famous haunt of the Hindi bollywood movie industry, Many famous movies have been shot AT the madh island, Mard, Khalnayak, Taraju, Baazigar, shoot out at wadala are some very famous bollywood movies shot at the famous locations of Madh island.
Today the madh island boasts of very high priced real estate. The madh island has some very famous bungalows of film personalities. Mrs Archana Puran Singh a famous film personality lives at the Madh island.The Madh island is also connected with the Mumbai suburbs by a BEST bus service.