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26 unusual facts about bollywood


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.

Bollywood Times

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

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)".

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

Besides acting in Bollywood movies, she has also acted in television series, among them Arzoo Hai Tu, Awaaz Dil Se Dil Tak, Jannat, Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kate and Khushiyan.

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.

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.

Najane Kyun

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

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.

Save girls

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

Screen Award for Best Special Effects

The Screen Award for Best Special Effects is chosen by a distinguished panel of judges from the Indian Bollywood film industry and the winners are announced in January.

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.

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.

There Goes Our Love Again

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


Abu Dhabi Indian School

Vishakha Singh, a bollywood actress, known for playing 'Neetu' in the 2013 movie Fukrey.

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.

Andy Hillenburg

Hillenburg also was a technical advisor and provided equipment for the filming of the Bollywood film Ta Ra Rum Pum, which was filmed at Rockingham and also at the ARCA race at the Wisconsin State Fair Park.

Armaan Kirmani

Armaan made his Hindi Cinema (Bollywood) debut in Nikhil Advani's Patiala House (2011) alongside veteran actors Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia and Akshay Kumar.

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

Birla Mandir, Shahad

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

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.

Dance India Dance

The dancers are put through a battery of rounds which test their ability to pick up various dance styles (typically some of the more well-represented genres that will later be prominent in the competition phase, such as Hip-Hop, Bollywood Dance, Jazz, Bharat Natyam, Kathak, Mohiniyattam, Odissi and Contemporary).

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.

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

Gita Dey

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

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.

Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain

Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain is a 1999 Bollywood drama film starring Anil Kapoor, Kajol, Anupam Kher and Shakti Kapoor.

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.

Lalkar

:for the 1972 Bollywood film see Lalkaar

Lata Sabharwal

She has played supporting role in Bollywood films like Vivah and Ishq Vishq.

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.

Munna Bhai

Munna Bhai is a series of Bollywood films directed by Rajkumar Hirani and produced by Vinod Chopra Productions.

Nafrat Ki Aandhi

Nafrat Ki Aandhi is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by Mehul Kumar and starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Madhavi, Anita Raj.

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.

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.

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).

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.

Smilie Suri

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

Sudanipur

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

Tahalka

Tahalka is a 1992 Bollywood film directed by Anil Sharma and featuring an ensemble cast including Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah, Aditya Pancholi, Javed Jaffrey, Amrish Puri, Mukesh Khanna, Ekta Behl, Pallavi Joshi, Sonu Walia, Shikha Swaroop and Firdaus Dadi in her acting debut.

Tahir Hussain

Tahir Hussain (1938 – 2 February 2010) was the younger brother of producer, director, and writer Nasir Hussain and the father of Bollywood actor Aamir Khan.

The Merchants of Bollywood

The show is about the history of the Bollywood film industry, and it is named after Hiralalji Merchant and his grand daughter Vaibhavi Merchant, two notable Indian choreographers.

The Very Best of Asha Bhosle, the Queen of Bollywood

The Very Best of Asha Bhosle, The Queen of Bollywood, released in October 2003, is a compilation album of songs recorded by the Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle for albums and Bollywood films released during 1966-2003.

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.

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.