Photo: Salman & Ashairya Source: bollygraph.com
Ashairya Rai’s pet name at home is ‘Gullu’ and Salman’s is ‘Sallu’.
Amar Akbar Anthony: Three men donate blood at the same time to the same person.
Awwal Number: Dev Anand is an omnipotent genius — former cricketer, captain, army chief, commissioner, you name it. And Aamir Khan carries a huge transistor in his pocket while batting!
Khalnayak: The police track the villain from an MS Word Document screen! Something that office team will be interested in)
Shamita Shetty is deeply into Sports and Body training and holds a Diploma in Fashion Designing.
Pyar To Hona Hi Tha: Kajol gets off the train to use the public toilet at the railway station and the train chugs off without her. Poor girl, little did she know that every train compartment has four toilets inside.
Lagaan was shot in the late 19th century. At the time, an over in cricket used to consist of 8 balls. But in this movie, an over has 6 balls. Maybe modern cricket learnt from the movie.
Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi: Akshay Kumar boards a Jet Airways flight to America.
Raja Hindustani: Navneet Nishan has short hair before marriage. After tying the knot, she acquires waist-length hair overnight. What a hair-raising experience!
Raja: Dilip Tahil empties a can of petrol over Madhuri Dixit. Minutes later, Sanjay Kapoor takes the same can and pours it over Dilip Tahil. That’s what I call an autofill!
Guddu: Manisha Koirala and Shah Rukh Khan are seen hanging on a parachute during a song. But when the song ends, they land on a glider. What a
switch above sea level!
Tere Mere Sapne: Priya Gill is doing her BA. But at the bus stop, she is carrying an electrical technology thesis by B L Theraja. What an electrifying interest!
Raja: Dilip Tahil empties a can of petrol over Madhuri Dixit. Minutes later, Sanjay Kapoor takes the same can and pours it over Dilip Tahil. That’s what I call an autofill!
Guddu: Manisha Koirala and Shah Rukh Khan are seen hanging on a parachute during a song. But when the song ends, they land on a glider. What a
switch above sea level!
Tere Mere Sapne: Priya Gill is doing her BA. But at the bus stop, she is carrying an electrical technology thesis by B L Theraja. What an electrifying interest!
The song "Mehandi Lagake Rakhna" of “Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge” was originally written for another movie and was a bit different starting with "Payal Chankate Aa Jana”. However the Chopra brothers liked the song and included it in the the movie which became a hit track.
Raj Kapoor launched dream girl, Hema Malini in the lead role for ‘Sapno Ka Saudagar‘opposite himself in 1968.
The Big B was to be named ‘Inquilab‘ before his father, the famous poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan finally agreed upon ‘Amitabh‘, which means brilliance unlimited.
No one except the cast and crew of ‘Aks‘was allowed on the sets of the film as per strict orders. Even director Rakesh Mehra’s brother was also not allowed in.
Meena Kumari had also six fingers on her right hand. But it was always kept in mind to not show her right hand fingers in any of the films she had done.
Dharmendra in his youth was such a big fan of actress Suraiya that he walked miles to watch her film ‘Dillagi‘over 40 times.Of all the characters in his directorial debut ‘Dil Chahta Hai‘, Farhaan Akhtar definitely wanted Saif Ali Khan as Sameer, Dimple as Tara and Preity as Shalini.
In the songs ‘Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hain‘ from ‘Dhadkan’, title song of ‘Deewane’ and ‘Neend Churayi Meri‘ from ‘Ishq’ we see the coming together of arch rivals Kumar Sanu and Udit Narayan.
Sanjay Leela Bhansali had written the script of ‘Khamoshi’ ‘with Amitabh Bachhan in mind.
The ‘Khalnayak’ song ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ was protested by as many as 42 political parties.
Film ‘Main Hoon Na’ was originally named ‘The Outsider‘and the actor did not initially approve of change in the movie’s title by director Farah Khan.
The only time in the history of any Indian award, when the best female playback singer award was shared was between Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik for ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ in ‘Khalnayak’.
