The world of Bollywood is full of glitz & glamour and always under public scrutiny. However, it still remains to be a mystery.
Here are 7 interesting facts about B-Town that will leave you amazed:
#1 Box Office Records
Hum Aapke Hain Kaun was the first film to cross ₹100 crores, 3 Idiots the first to cross ₹200 crores, and PK the first to cross ₹300 crores at the box office.
#2 Guinness World Record
The 1964 movie, Yaadein features Sunil Dutt and Nargis as the only actors. It made it to the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of fewest actors in a narrative film.
#3 Mughal-e-Azam
Bollywood mega movie “Mughal-E-Azam” was in production for nearly 16 years. The iconic set of the song ‘Pyaar kiya to darna kya’ costed over ₹15 lakhs and was a open for a public visit 6 months after the shoot was over.
Recently there were rumours that Lata Mangeshkar was asked to record the song in a washroom to get the echo effect.
#4 Kareena Kapoor
Kareena adorned over 130 outfits from different fashion designers all over the world for the movie “Heroine”. It was the most expensive wardrobe ever created for a Bollywood movie.
#5 Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan is the great grand-nephew of freedom fighter and Islamic philosopher Maulana Abul Kalam Azad.
#6 Kalki Koechlin
Maurice Koechlin was the chief engineer for the construction of the Eiffel Tower and also the Statue of Liberty. He is Kalki Koechlin’s great-grandfather.
#7 Sridevi
At the young age of 13, Sridevi played Rajinikanth’s step-mother in the Tamil film “Moondru Mudichu”.
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