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32 unusual facts about bollywood


Alfred Hsing

Hsing has appeared on TV shows and films such as CSI: NY, Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, and even in a Bollywood movie called Aakhari Decision.

Arena of Stars

In 2002, it was the site of the 3rd IIFA Awards, the premier award show that honors both the artistic and technical excellence of professionals in Bollywood.

Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary

Menace of wild urban monkeys in Delhi sprouted the popular urban legend of Monkey-man of Delhi which has been fictionalized in popular culture in the Bollywood Hindi feature film Delhi-6.

ATN Sony TV

Programming consists of comedies, dramas, reality series, talk shows, lifestyle programs, Bollywood films and more.

Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars

Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars and Sitars is a 1998 project of producer Dan The Automator in which music from 1970s funk Bollywood composer duo Kalyanji-Anandji (Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah) was taken and given a funky remix.

Chelembra bank robbery

The leader confessed that the crime was inspired by the Bollywood movie Dhoom.

Dhaka lahan east champaran

Lyricist Moied Elhaam famous in Bollywood, D S P Khairuddin and One Syed Family resides here the head of this family name is Dr. Syed Sharfuddin who belongs to Syed zahid Ali Family who was a famous Sufi and peer of Islamic religion.

East, West

Rushdie's collection of short stories East, West is loaded with references to Bollywood, beginning by the tragic character Ramani in "The Free Radio."

Engelberg

Due to the risks of filming in the disputed region of Kashmir, many Bollywood films requiring a Kashmir/snowy mountain setting are filmed in Engelberg.

Esperson Buildings

The Bollywood film Sirf Tum had scenes filmed at the top of the Niels Esperson tower, notably for the song "Dilbar (Beloved)".

Huqa Pani

It gained a lot of popularity and many Directors in the Bollywood film industry requested his music for use in their films.

Indo-Caribbean American

Music is a large part of the Indo-Caribbean American community, which includes the tunes of Bollywood, Carnatic music, bhajans, chutney music, soca (Indo-Caribbeans participate in Miami Carnival and Labor Day Carnival in huge numbers), parang, steel pan, tassa, calypso, and dancehall.

Jeff Doucette

He also played the main antagonist in the Bollywood film Hisss, and played the role of the panicky bladder in the Disney World attraction Cranium Command.

Lalita Lajmi

She gave a guest appearance in Aamir Khan's 2007 Bollywood film, Taare Zameen Par.

Lata Sabharwal

Lata Sabharwal Seth (born 28 August 1975) is an Indian film and TV actress, who also worked in Bollywood films.

Madal

The well-known Nepali musician Ranjit Gazmer introduced this instrument to Bollywood music, when he started working under Rahul Dev Burman, and has used it in numerous Bollywood songs such as 'Hum dono do premi duniya chhod chale', 'Kanchhi re kanchhi re' and many others.

Mehndi TV

Mehndi TV broadcasts programming aimed at women including such programs as cooking shows, health and wellness programs, reality series, exercise shows, Bollywood films, and more.

Midnight Lamp

A young woman raped by her father, and doomed by the crippling mental illness that is her heritage, featuring on the reality TV show hosted by Bollywood import, the truly wonderful Puusi Meera .

Najane Kyun

For the video, the duo had to act alongside two A-list actors from Bollywood.

Nuranang Falls

It came to limelight when a song from the movie Koyla featuring Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, Tanhai Tanhai Tanhai was shot here and at Sangetser Lake in 1997.

Old Scona Academic High School

Numerous student-run clubs are available at Old Scona Academic, such as Multicultural Club, Speech & Debate Club, Go Club, Business/Finance Club, Hip Hop Club, Bollywood club, Reading Buddies, and Discussion Club.

Radio Guyana International

Chris then teamed up with long-time friends Nevil Johnson (DJ Soca Devil) Shivanand Singh (DJ Shivy of Orlando, Florida) and Emron Ally (DJ Emron – United Kingdom) and started RGI with the focus on all music genres, primarily Caribbean genres - Reggae, Dancehall, Soca, Chutney, Chutney Soca, Bollywood, & Calypso.

Rampuri

However, in mid 1990s, the Government of Uttar Pradesh banned making such knives longer than 4.5 inches of blade length, which led to the drop in popularity of the knife, which even made its way to crime thrillers of Bollywood in the 1960s and 1970s.

Saavn

Saavn, LLC is a digital distributor of Bollywood and Tamil Cinema music, with rights to over 2 million music tracks.

Sanjay Mitra

Sanjay Mitra is an Indian actor who has appeared in Malayalam, Telugu,and Hindi films.

Save girls

Celebrities such as video director Jagmeet Bal, and Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, have become involved in "Save the girl child" initiatives.

Sharad Malhotra

He has been a model and Television for a while now and is wanting to move into movies, and he says that when he leaves Banoo Main Teri Dulhann he might go into Bollywood.

Sync sound

Most Bollywood films from the 1960s onwards do not employ this technique and for that very reason the 2001 films Lagaan and Dil Chahta Hai were noted for the use of sync sound.

The Vulcan Dub Squad

The LP comes on like a meld of Arthur Lee's Love, The Smiths and The Kinks, The Wedding Present and Thor's Hammer (60s legends from Iceland), while at the same time offering transitional coherence reminiscent of 50/60's Bollywood scores.

There Goes Our Love Again

According to Slater, the video "is a homage to 1960s Bollywood thriller Gumnaam".

Vineet Kumar Singh

Vineet Kumar Singh is an Indian film actor who played noticing role of Danish Khan in Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) .

Vivian Alamain

Vivian’s friend/former-henchman, Ivan suddenly returns to Salem, shows her the great wealth he has acquired as a Bollywood movie director/producer, expresses his undying love to her, and then takes her with him to India to make her a movie star, and open a new chapter in their lives together as equals.


Aahat – Ek Ajib Kahani

Aahat – Ek Ajib Kahani is a 2010 Bollywood film directed by Kishor and produced by Vishal.

Aashka Goradia

Goradia also participated in some reality shows like Kabhi Kabhii Pyaar Kabhi Kabhii Yaar, Mr. & Ms. TV and Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 4 hosted by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.

Ananya Khare

Ananya Khare (Hindi: अनन्य खरे), (born 16 March 1968), is a Bollywood actress starring in supporting roles of several successful movies, including Devdas and Chandni Bar.

Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi

Attaullah Khan (as he is commonly known in India) became famous in India after his lyrics were used in the Bollywood movie Bewafa Sanam.

Baharon

Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka, 1977 Indian Bollywood romance film drama directed by J. Om Prakash

Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw

The film is a remake of Bollywood blockbuster Malamaal Weekly directed by Priyadarshan, which in turn is inspired by the Hollywood film Waking Ned (1998).

Birla Mandir, Shahad

It has also serve as a shooting location for Bollywood films like Tere Naam.

Chaalbaaz

ChaalBaaz, a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar

Colombo Dreams

In making the film, Pushpa becomes ensnared by the sexy allure of an Indian co-star, the famous D-grade actress Aishwarya, who exposes him to the self-obsessed and indulgent lifestyle of Bollywood stars.

Daman Sood

Daman Sood is an Indian Sound Recording Engineer, best known for his work with musicians such as Jagjit Singh and Abida Parveen, as well as his prolific work as a Song Recordist for many Bollywood film soundtracks, including Devdas, Sarfarosh and Vaastav: The Reality.

Divya Rana

Divya Rana is a former Bollywood actress most noted for her role in Raj Kapoor's Ram Teri Ganga Maili.

Don't Stop Dreaming

Bollywood actors Rishi Kapoor and Sunil Shetty, EastEnders actress Michelle Collins, DJ and actor Richard Blackwood and singer Taz in his acting debut star in the film, which was released on 16 March 2007.

Dragon International Film Studios

The project has been nicknamed "Valleywood" as an homage to Hollywood, in the manner of other Hollywood-inspired names such as Dollywood or Bollywood.

Emotional Atyachar

The name and the title song are taken from the Bollywood film Dev-D.

Fame X

Ganesh Hegde, an Indian singer, performer, video director and Bollywood choreographer

Ghulam-E-Mustafa

Ghulam-E-Mustafa is a 1997 Bollywood Crime Action Drama film directed by Partho Ghosh, Starring Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon in the lead role, it was produced by P.G. Shrikanth and

Gulabi Gang

Initially, it was reported that the Bollywood film, Gulaab Gang, starring Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla as leads, is based on Sampat Pal's life, but the director denied this, saying that he is obliged to her work but the movie is not based on her life.

Hinduism in the Maldives

Hindi songs are the most popular songs in Maldives, especially the older ones from Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, Pankaj Udhas, Manhar Udhas.

Illuminati Films

The company was founded in 2009 by Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan and producer Dinesh Vijan, with its first release Love Aaj Kal (2009) becoming a major commercial and critical success.

India's Dancing Superstar

This competition was being judged by Geeta Kapoor, a Bollywood choreographer, Riteish Deshmukh, a Bollywood actor and Ashley Lobo, also a choreographer who owns the Danceworx Academy (1998) and The Danceworx Repertory Company (2001).

Insaaf Ki Awaaz

Insaaf Ki Awaaz is a 1986 Bollywood action film directed and produced by D Rama Naidu under the banner of Suresh Productions.The film features Rekha, Anupam Kher and Kader Khan in pivotal roles.The music director of the film is Bappi Lahiri.

Iski Topi Uske Sarr

Iski Topi Uske Sarr is a 1998 Indian Bollywood film directed by Raju Mavani and produced by Nitin Mavani.

Jabong.com

In its third association with Bollywood, Jabong in Dec 2013 presented a collection of products inspired by the movie Dhoom 3, including bags, hats, pendants and rings.

Jaspinder Narula

She has lent her voice to record numerous music albums for a large number of successful Bollywood films like Dulhe Raja, Virasat, Mission Kashmir, Mohabbatein and Bunty aur Babli to name a few.

Jaspreet Jasz

He stepped into the world of playback singing in 2006 with the Bollywood film, Dil Kabaddi.

Kala Bazar

It was noted for having several of Bollywood's stars in a cameo at the film premiere of Mother India (1957), and it was also the only film to star the three Anand brothers together.

Kash Aap Hamare Hote

Kash… Aap Hamare Hote (Translation: Wish... You Were Mine) is a 2003 Bollywood musical film.

Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary

J. P. Dutta's Bollywood film Refugee is shot on location in the Great Rann of Kutch and other locations in the Kutch district of Gujarat, India.

M. M. Srilekha

Apart from South Indian films, She has composed for bollywood films like Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Mere Sapnon Ki Raani, Aaghaaz etc.

Manini Mishra

She portrayed the role of a Bollywood superstar mother, Sushmita Juneja, who cannot speak Hindi properly.

Matt Brandstein

As an actor, Brandstein made a brief cameo as a CIA operative in the 2006 Karan Johar Bollywood blockbuster Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna.

Maude Barlow

Bollywood film,Paani being directed by Shekhar Kapur is based on Blue Covenant: the global water crisis and the coming battle for the right.

My Life as a Poster

At the end, it is revealed that all of these pictures come from a Bollywood movie poster, revealing that the entire story is fictional.

Naaka Bandi

Naaka Bandi is a 1990 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Rakesh Bedi, Manik Irani, Satyendra Kapoor, Anupam Kher, Chunky Pandey, Yunus Parvez and Amrish Puri and also features a cameo appearance by Mac Mohan.

Naam O Nishan

Naam O Nishan is a 1987 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ajay Kashyap and produced by B.P. Verma.

Naren Weiss

He followed this up with Bollywood Kee-Maa, a play he co-wrote with four others including Sunil Vishnu.

Neela Satyanarayanan

Neela Satyanarayanan has penned 150 songs and composed music for several Marathi movies and two Bollywood movies.

One Pound Fish Man

A video was also filmed which featured Bollywood-style dancers and an appearance from former weatherman Michael Fish.

Prag Mahal

Scenes from the Bollywood blockbusters Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Lagaan, as well as a number of Gujarati films, were shot in the palace.

Roopak Saluja

It has completed its inaugural project, L’Oreal Fall Repair campaign with Bollywood actor Sonam Kapoor, and will be shooting another spot soon for L’Oreal starring Aishwarya Rai.

Saboot

Saboot is a 1980 Bollywood Horror Film directed by Shyam Ramsay & Tulsi Ramsay.

Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar

He launched all his movies under the Thevar Films banner, which also produced the Rajesh Khanna's Bollywood hit Haathi Mere Saathi (1971).

Sophia Handa

Handa made her debut in the 2010 Bollywood horror, Help, directed by Rajeev Virani, in which she stars alongside Bobby Deol and Mugdha Godse.

Sudanipur

Ubaid Azam Azmi s/o Shaikh Shamim Ahmed (Urdu Poet, Bollywood Lyricist, Prosody Scholar & ex. Special Executive officer Govt. of Maharashtra)

Tomchi

Tomchi (Hindi:टोमची) is a 2014 Bollywood children film directed by Rajesh Gupta under the banner of Tulsi Production in association with Star buzz, starring Yashpal Sharma, Vrajesh Hirjee, Rati Agnihotri, Mahesh Thakur, Narendra Bedi, Upasana Singh, Kurush Deboo,Sheetal Shah, Swati Aggarwal and child artist Faiza Thakur, Azaan Shah, Shubham Sharma, Yana Mistry, Azaan Khan,Adeeb Hussain, Alam Khan, Haitvi Parek.

Volcanic Sunlight

The song "Dance" includes a sample from the song "Disco '82" original soundtrack of the Bollywood film Khud-Daar (Hindi: खुद्दार), directed by Ravi Tandon.

Yatra.com

In March 2012, Yatra.com announced Bollywood actor Salman Khan not just as the brand ambassador for the travel website but also as a shareholder.