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30 unusual facts about bollywood


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.

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.

Ayesha Kapur

She is an award winning Indian film child actress who is best known for playing young Michelle McNally in the Bollywood movie Black.

Bollywood Times

Bollywood Times broadcasts Bollywood films encompassing a variety of genres including action, comedy, horror, and crime.

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.

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)".

Gita Dey

She also acted in a Bollywood musical based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Parineeta, starring Saif Ali Khan and Vidya Balan.

Goodbye Lover

This film served as a basis of inspiration for the Bollywood film, Race.

Hog Farm

They continued their trek across Europe and into India, where they decided to continue to Katmandu, Nepal, and worked as extras in a movie called Hare Kishna Hare Rama, by a Bollywood producer.

Kash Aap Hamare Hote

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

Kashish Singh

Kashish Singh is an Indian actress and a model and has appeared in a couple of regional films and is on the verge of making her Bollywood debut.

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore

The episode ends with the Simpsons, Lenny, Carl, Patty, Selma, Richard Dean Anderson, and Smithers joining in a Bollywood style dance at the plant.

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.

Manini Mishra

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

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.

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.

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.

Saavn

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

Santoshi Mata

However, it was the 1975 Bollywood film Jai Santoshi Maa ("Hail to Santoshi Maa")—narrating the story of the goddess and her ardent devotee Satyavati—which propelled this then little-known "new" goddess to the heights of devotional fervour.

Save girls

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

Stowe, Buckinghamshire

Because of its picturesque surroundings Stowe has been the setting for many films, including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, the Bollywood film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham, Proof of Life, Stardust (2007), and The World Is Not Enough in the James Bond series.

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".

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.


2nd National Film Awards

For the 2nd National Film Awards, in this category, Mirza Ghalib, a biographical Hindi / Urdu film, based on the life of well-known poet Mirza Ghalib, along with a Malayalam film, Neelakuyil won the maximum number of awards (two), with former also winning the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film.

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.

Arakkonam

Some famous people who had their roots in Arakkonam Andrea JeremiahEditor Anthony(Lewellyn) - The best Editor in India, Kerry Monteen - Bollywood.

Bobby Jasoos

Bobby Jasoos is an upcoming 2014 Indian pacy dramedy directed by Samar Shaikh and produced by Dia Mirza and Sahil Sangha under the banner of Born Free Entertainment.

Chaalbaaz

ChaalBaaz, a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar

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.

Dance India Dance

The show features a variety of Indian cultural and international dance styles ranging across a broad spectrum of classical, contemporary, Bollywood, hip-hop, jazz, Kalaripayattu, Salsa, Samba and musical theatre styles, amongst others, with many sub-genres within these categories represented.

Dekha Pyar Tumhara

Interestingly after Dekha Pyar Tumhara, Kamal left Bollywood for personal reasons and resurfaced with Chachi 420 only in 1997, eventhough he had successful dubbed releases like Pushpak in 1988, Appu Raja and Mayor Sahab in 1990 and Hindustani in 1996.

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In Bollywood, Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri has done two films together; While Ek Duuje Ke Liye became a blockbuster, Dekha Pyar Tumhara became a flop.

Dewaar: The Best of Junoon

"Garaj Baras" was the soundtrack of the Bollywood movie, Paap and "Azadi" was the soundtrack of the movie based on Pakistan founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Jinnah the Movie.

Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa

Dil Pardesi Ho Gayaa (My Heart Became a Stranger) is a 2003 romantic drama Bollywood movie directed by Saawan Kumar Tak.

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.

Doodh Ka Karz

Doodh Ka Karz is a 1990 Indian Bollywood film directed by Ashok Gaekwad and produced by Salim Akhtar.

Earl Reginhard

As he accelerated his knowledge in film making, he realized that his heart lied in making movies or to be a part of movies, which are globally appealing; breaking the barriers between Hollywood and Bollywood.

Elahe Hiptoola

Their partnerships include "Hyderabad Blues",Rockford, 3 Deewarein," Bollywood Calling", Hyderabad Blues 2, Iqbal, Dor, Bombay to Bangkok," Aashayein", 8x10 Tasveer, Mod and Lakshmi.

Emotional Atyachar

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

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

Himmat Aur Mehanat

Himmat Aur Mehanat is a 1987 Indian Bollywood film directed by K. Bapaiah and produced by B.S. Shaad.

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.

Kobad Ghandy

Om Puri role is said to be inspired from Kobad Ghandy in Bollywood film Chakravyuh.

Lalkar

:for the 1972 Bollywood film see Lalkaar

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.

Maganlal Dresswala

This led to historical and mythological films which were the rage in Bollywood (Hindi cinema), working for noted films like Vijay Bhatt's Ram Rajya (1943), K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Anarkali (1953).

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.

Mukhtar Sahota

Mukhtar has produced songs for a number of Bollywood films, including the films, Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster, Diary of a Butterfly, Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster Returns, and most recently for the forthcoming Punjabi Film, Heer and Hero.

My Girlfriend Is an Agent

The Bollywood remake will be co-produced by UTV Movies and director-turned-producer Imtiaz Ali, and directed by choreographer Bosco (of Bosco-Caesar fame), with Sushant Singh Rajput as the male lead.

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.

Nisha Pillai

She has also presented the BBC's flagship interview programme HARDtalk, and listed her most notable interviewees as Hindu nationalist Bal Thackeray of the Shiv Sena; musician Phil Collins; writer V. S. Naipaul; and Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan.

One Pound Fish Man

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

Ritesh Sidhwani

Ritesh Sidhwani (born 1973) is a Bollywood film producer, who founded a film production house under the banner of Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Along with long-time friend Farhan Akhtar, he brought to the audience Dil Chahta Hai, his first film under his banner.

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.

Smilie Suri

Suri was with Bollywood choreographer Shiamak Davar's group for five years and has also been trained by Sandeep Soparrkar.

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.

St. Germain High School

Sanjay Khan, Bollywood film and television actor, producer and director.

Tamil culture

The Tamil cinema industry is the second largest film industry in India after Bollywood

Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa

Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa, (Hindi-तेरा जादू चल गया) (Your magical spell worked) is a Bollywood movie released in 2000 starring Abhishek Bachchan and Kirti Reddy in leading roles.

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.

Wendy Albiston

Albiston had small roles in the Bollywood film Jhootha Hi Sahi directed by Abbas Tyrewala and in Five Daughters the BBCs factually-based drama telling the stories of five young women who were murdered in Ipswich in 2006.