12 Interesting facts about Bollywood that you didn’t know before!
The popularity of Bollywood could be asserted by the fact that around 2000 aspiring actors come to Mumbai every day for making a career in Bollywood, or the fact that Bollywood makes approximately 1041 films yearly, if this does not surprises you then definitely the fact that it sells 3.5 billion tickets worldwide would make you think what an immense platform Bollywood is.
Check out some more of the interesting facts about Bollywood that has created history or reflects upon how persistent actors have been to enter the industry:
1. The Bachchans hold the Guinness World record for being the only father-son duo to have played reversed roles on-screen in Paa.
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2. First Bollywood movie was released in 1899 where first Hollywood movie in 1907, Bollywood is older than Hollywood.
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3. Bollywood actor Salman Khan didn’t debut with ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’. Infact his first movie was ‘Biwi Ho Toh Aisi’ starring Farooq Sheikh, Rekha, Bindu and Kader Khan. Salman was seen in the supporting role in the movie. But a lead in this Sooraj Barjatya film gave Salman a huge fan base.
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4. In the early 40’s working in the movie industry was considered low, and the famous music director Naushad was introduced as a tailor to the future bride. Ironically his songs from the movie Rattan were played by the baraat.
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5. Sridevi was 13 when she played the role of Rajnikanth’s stepmom in the Tamil movie Moondru Mudichu. It is surprising to have that kind of start at that early age.
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6. Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! (1994) is possibly the first Bollywood movie to be CamRipped. Pre-HAHK films had simultaneous theatre/VHS releases.
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7. Sunil Dutt holds the Guinness World record for the being the only actor in a 113 minutes long feature film Yaadein.
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8. Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai entered the Guinness World Record for holding 92 awards for one movie in almost all the categories.
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9. Indians buy 2.7 billion movie tickets annually, the highest in the world. But average ticket prices are among the lowest in the world so revenues are a fraction of Hollywood's.
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10. In the 1920s, filmmaker-actor Himanshu Rai formed a co-production deal with German firm Emalka and together they made several hugely successful films, says film historian Jaiprakash Choksi.
11. The well-known artist M.F. Hussain used to paint film posters early in his career).
12. Mother India (1957), continued to be played in Nigeria decades after its release.
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