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25 Surprising Facts about Bollywood Stars and Movies

In the film ‘Heroine’ Kareena Kapoor wore over 130 different dresses provided from top designers from all over the world. It has been reported that Kareena’s wardrobe for the film was one of the most expensive out of all the Bollywood movies ever created.

 
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Shah Rukh Khan’s least favourite school subject was Hindi. To encourage SRK with his learning, his mother offered to take him to see a Hindi film if he improved.

shahrukh khan was weak in hindi when he was young

 

 

Akshay Kumar is superstitious. He will never write anything on a page unless he first heads it with an ‘Om’.

facts about akshay kumar

 

 

During the making of ‘Sholay’, Dharmendra paid the light boys to make mistakes during shots, so that he could embrace Hema Malini again and again.

Dharmendra-Hema-Malini-Sholay

 

Waheeda Rahman has played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan. She played his love interest in ‘Adalat’ (1976) and mother in ‘Trishul’ (1978).

mujhe-jeene-do-raat-bhi-hai-kuch-waheeda-rehman

 

Aamir Khan’s ‘Lagaan’ had the maximum number of British actors ever to be cast in a single movie in the history of Bollywood cinema.

foreign actors in lagaan

 

Saif Ali Khan was the original choice for Shahrukh Khan’s role in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. In fact, it is harder to believe that Tom Cruise was also considered for the role of Raj Malhotra!

saif-ali-khan-shahrukh-khan ddlj young-tom-cruise ddlj

 

‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The film makers did not want to mess Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.

rockstar-shoot in reverse

 

Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the first Hindi movie to have not one but two intervals!

mera naam joker 2 interval

 

Anil Kapoor’s family lived in Raj Kapoor’s garage when they first moved to Mumbai. Later, they shifted to a room in one of Mumbai’s middle-class suburbs.

anil kapoor family in raj kapoor house

 

Actor Amjad Khan was almost dropped from the film ‘Sholay’ (1975) because scriptwriter Javed Akhtar found his voice too weak for Gabbar Singh’s role. Danny Denzongpa was approached for that role initially which finally went to Amjad Khan.

amjad khan was not first choise for gabbar in shole

 

Sridevi was only 13, when she played Rajnikanth’s step mom in a Tamil film called ‘Moondru Mudichu.’

sridevi rajnikans step mom in tamil film

 

Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik shared the best female playback award for ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ in ‘Khalnayak.’ This was the only time when two playback singers shared an award in the history of Bollywood awards

Alka-Yagnik-and-Ila-Arun

 

‘Kaho Naa.. Pyar Hai’ was added to the Guinness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning the most number of awards for a movie. The movie won a total of 92 awards!

Kaho-Na-Pyar-Hai world record

 

Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin’s great-grandfather Maurice Koechlin, was the Chief engineer for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and also the iconic Statue of Liberty.

Kalki Koechlin

 

Hrithik’s actual surname is Nagrath & not Roshan!

Hrithik Roshan Nagrath

 

Ranveer Singh, original name, Ranveer Singh Bhavnani is actually Sonam Kapoor’s cousin!

 ranveer-singh-with-cousin-sonam-kapoor

 

Indians buy 2.7 billion movie tickets annually, the highest in the world. But our average ticket price is among the lowest in the world, so revenues are a fraction compared to Hollywood!

indian buying movie tickets

 

Dimple was only sixteen years old when Raj Kapoor introduced her in ‘Bobby’ (1973). She also got married to Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna at the age of 16.

16 year Dimple in Bobby

 

Amitabh Bachchan is so punctual that many a times he used to open the gates of Filmistan Studios himself for he used to reach the place before the watchman or gatekeeper.

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