Movies - Did You Know?
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Slumdog Millionaire |
Won 8 Oscars. Another 90 wins & 39 nominations |
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Nayagan |
It is based on the life of a real-life Bombay underworld don - Varada or Varadarajan Mudaliar, and sympathetically depicts the struggle of South Indians living in Bombay. Nayagan has been called "The Godfather" of Tamil cinema. In 2005, Time Magazine included Nayagan in its "All-Time 100 Best Films" list. |
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Blue Umbrella, The |
Based on Ruskin Bond's novel of the same name. |
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Jism |
A copy of Body Heat, the scorching film noire which catapulted Kathleen Turner and William Hurt to fame and brought Lawrence Kasdan, its director to the fore. Also inspired by European film, DOUBLE INDEMNITY |
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Deewar |
This movie is a definitive statement on the style that Amitabh introduced -- the angry, quiet anti-hero. What started with Zanjeer in 1973 touched its zenith with Deewar in 1975 and confirmed Amitabh's status as the real superstar of his day. This movie is inspired by the life of Haji Mastan. |
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Salaam Bombay! |
Most of the young actors who appeared in Salaam Bombay! were actual street children. They received dramatic training at a special workshop in Bombay before they appeared in the film. 9 international awards. |
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Omkara |
A cinematic adaptation of Shakespear's "Othello" |
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Dor |
Malayalam original - Perumazhakalam |
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Guide |
Based on R K Narayan's novel. Forty-two years later it was screened at the Cannes film festival when Dev Anand was 84 years old. |
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Munnabhai MBBS |
Concerned about the rising number of depression and suicide cases among school-going children, Delhi State Education Board(DSEB)has decided to take a cue from Sanjay Dutt- starrer ‘Munnabhai MBBS’ and making ‘jhappi’ (hug) mandatory for all students in the schools run by it. |
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Julie |
Remake of Chattakkari (1974) in Malayalam. |
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Shootout At Lokhandwala |
It is based upon the real-life gunbattle between gangsters and Mumbai Police. Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) Aftab Ahmed Khan Head of the ATS attacked the Lokhandwala Complex on November 16, 1991 , with a force of around 100,000 armed Policemen. Dreaded gangster Maya Dolas was hiding in the complex. The leading protagonists in the film have slightly different names than their real-life counterparts and the film caption is "based on true rumours." |
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Taare Zameen Par |
Darsheel Safary was sourced from Shiamak Davar's fun workshops. |
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Umrao Jaan |
A remake of Umrao Jaan was released on November 3, 2006. It is directed by J.P. Dutta and stars Aishwarya Rai as Umrao Jaan, Sunil Shetty as Faiz Ali, Puru Raaj Kumar as Gauhar Mirza and Abhishek Bachchan as Nawab Sultan. Shabana Azmi portrays Madam Khanum Jaan (notably, Azmi's own mother, Shaukat Kaifi, portrayed Madam Khanum Jaan in the original version of the film). |
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Accident |
The climax of the movie had the journalist killing the politician in his own courtyard. The movie was about to be released after the Censor Board cleared it. However on the same day, Indira Gandhi was assassinated. In the wake of this situation, the movie's climax which was a dangerous co-incidence with the assassination, had to be changed. This movie was one of Shankar Nag's fantastic movies as a director. |
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Black |
The first half of the film is an adaptation of Helen Keller's autobiography The Story of My Life.The movie is based on the 1962 movie The Miracle Worker, which focuses on Anne Sullivan's struggle to educate Helen Keller. |
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Ekalavya |
The film brings together real life mother and son, Sharmila Tagore and Saif Ali Khan. They share screen space for the first time. |
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Black Friday |
Based on "Black Friday - The True Story of the Bombay Bomb Blasts", a book by S. Hussain Zaidi, |
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Fanaa |
A song in Fanaa "Des Rangila" was shot in Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Delhi. Thus Fanaa is the first movie to be shot inside Rashtrapathi Bhavan. |
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Dil Se |
The film's first song, "Chal Chaiyya Chaiyya", is also the opening song of the Hollywood movie Inside Man (2006). Some of the parade scenes of the movie were filmed during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of India`s independence. |
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15, Park Avenue |
15, Park Avenue is the first Indian movie to be shot in Bhutan. |
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Anuranan |
The director insists that Mt. Kanchenjunga is not just another exotic locale in his movie, but plays a character itself. Anirudha explains that nature like humans have distinct characters – and it influences the characters in his movie with its mystic charm. Under the suns ray as she changes her hues the other characters resonate with her. |
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Coolie |
Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to St Philomena's Hospital, Bangalore, when he was seriously injured during the shooting of the film, Coolie. Amitabh Bachchan had donated generously towards the improvement of the hospital and now it is one of the most sought-after hospitals in Bangalore. Years later, Julie, his nurse, was hospitalised and had no one to care for her after her husband died. The old age home, Humanitarian Hands,wrote a report on her. On reading the report, the superstar immediately sent a cheque of Rs 2 lakh for her treatment and invited her to visit him. |
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Sholay |
During filming, Jaya was five months pregnant with their first child |
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Veer Zaara |
A few years after Paramjit's marriage in 1964 to Kashmir Singh, a soldier with the Indian Army’s Military Intelligence, he was arrested in Pakistan. He is in the Mianwali Central Jail in that country for over 35 years now. Their story is being linked to the Veer Zaara story. The family which hails from Nangal Choran village near Hoshiarpur. Meeting at Wagah border. Paramjit now 60 years old. |
