{"id":42,"date":"2018-10-22T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radiancevision.in\/blog\/?p=42"},"modified":"2022-03-21T06:34:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T06:34:58","slug":"25-interesting-facts-about-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiancevision.in\/blog\/25-interesting-facts-about-bollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"25 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT BOLLYWOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How much you are aware of the Bollywood which is residing in our India\u2019s second capital, Mumbai?Indian Cinema, now happens to be part of our customary lives through which we can relate our monotonous lives and expect it to be as interesting as the same.\u00a0Celebrity management<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has increased in a lot in these years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some interesting facts about Bollywood which undoubtedly you will be fascinated to know:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. \u2018The Wrestlers\u2019 filmed in 1899 was the first motion picture in India which was produced by a portrait photographer called Harischandra Sakharam Bhatavdekar and was finally released in 1913.<\/li>
  2. Fatima Begum was the first female director in Indian cinemas in 1926.<\/li>
  3. Sunil Dutt was formerly an RJ at Radio Ceylon and desired to take the interview of his favourite actress Nargis. But he could not manage to say a single word in front of her and this resulted to cancel the interview planned. When some years have passed, with a good fortune, he got a chance to work with her in \u2018Mother India\u2019 (1957) and gradually they fell in love and got married.<\/li>
  4. Raj Kapoor\u2019s movie \u2018Mera Naam Joker\u2019 (1970) was the first movie which had two intervals instead of one.<\/li>
  5. Amjad Khan was almost decided to be replaced from the film \u2018Sholay\u2019 (1975) because Javed Akhtar, the scriptwriter, found his voice too weak for Gabbar Singh\u2019s high dramatic villain\u2019s role.<\/li>
  6. Devika Rani was the first actress who withheld a degree in filmmaking.<\/li>
  7. Waheeda Rahman happened to play the role of mother as well as the lover to her co-actor Amitabh Bachchan. She played the role of his lover in \u2018Adalat\u2019 (1976) and the role of a mother in \u2018Trishul\u2019 (1978).<\/li>
  8. For the first time in Bollywood history, two playback female singers Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik shared the best female playback award for \u2018Choli Ke Peeche\u2019 in \u2018Khalnayak\u2019 (1993). Also, this was the song which was protested against by 42 political parties.<\/li>
  9. Instead of Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan\u00a0was the\u00a0original choice\u00a0for the role in \u2018Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge\u2019 (1995).<\/li>
  10. Farhan Akhtar wrote the script for\u00a0Dil Chahta Hai\u00a0in English which took him 2 months to rewrite it in<\/li>
  11. Rakesh Roshan, a Bollywood actor, producer and director was gunshot by Mumbai gang members in 2000 but somehow, he survived the attack.<\/li>
  12. Aamir Khan\u2019s movie \u2018Lagaan\u2019 (2001), till now, had the maximum number of British Actors to be cast in a single Bollywood movie.<\/li>
  13. \u2018Kaho Naa\u2026 Pyar Hai\u2019 (2000) was added to the Guinness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning the most number of awards for a movie which was 92 in all.<\/li>
  14. \u2018Rockstar\u2019 (2011) movie was filmed in a reversed style where the climax was primarily portrayed in the film. This is because the filmmakers did not want to reveal Ranbir Kapoor\u2019s hairstyle initially.<\/li>
  15. In the film \u2018Heroine\u2019 (2012), Kareena Kapoor Khan attired herself with more than 130 different dresses by top fashion designers residing from all over the world. It has been into news\u00a0that Kareena\u2019s wardrobe for this film was one of the most expensive out of all the Bollywood movies ever made.<\/li>
  16. Dilip Kumar and Shahrukh Khan, both have won eight Filmfare Awards for the category of Best Actor maintaining a record.<\/li>
  17. Amitabh Bachchan has the record for most nominations that is 30 in Filmfare.<\/li>
  18. Salman Khan is reportedly to be the highest paid Bollywood star who is receiving approximately 55 crores for per film.<\/li>
  19. Hrithik\u2019s actual surname is Nagrath and not Roshan.<\/li>
  20. Ranveer Singh\u2019s original name is Ranveer Singh Bhavnani and happens to be Sonam Kapoor\u2019s cousin.<\/li>
  21. Kalki Koechlin, an actress in Bollywood, her great-grandfather Maurice Koechlin, was the Chief Engineer for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris and also the Statue of Liberty.<\/li>
  22. For the end scene of Kalindi\u2019s wedding in \u2018Veere Di Wedding\u2019 (2018), Kareena Kapoor Khan actually wore\u00a0Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla\u2019s 25 years old vintage lehenga.<\/li>
  23. Indians buy around 2.7 billion movie tickets annually which happens to be the highest in the world but the average price of India\u2019s ticket is the lowest in the world, so the revenues generated are just a fraction compared to Hollywood.<\/li>
  24. Bollywood produces around 1000 films every year which almost happens to be the double the output of Hollywood.<\/li>
  25. Bollywood films are produced in many languages and that are Hindi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Punjabi, Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.For more blogs related to\u00a0Event management<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&\u00a0Celebrity management<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0click\u00a0here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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