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Ko

First Tamil movie to be shot in Norway.
36 China Town

Director’s Abbas-Mastan and writer Shyam Goel did not reveal the murderer’s identity in the film to any of the actors, until the actual shoot of the scene. Right from the narration of the film, to the shooting of the scene, nobody, including the actor who played the murderer, was aware of exactly what would happen in the climax. Remake of the movie "Once upon a crime"
3 Idiots

Many people in Ladakh believe that the character of Rancchoddas Shyamaldas Chanchad, later Phungsuk Wangdoo, in the film 3 Idiots was loosely based on Sonam Wangchuk, a founding member of the Students Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh (Secmol).
Malgudi Days

In 2004, the project was revived with film-maker Kavitha Lankesh replacing the late Shankar Nag as director. The new series was telecast from April 26, 2006 on Doordarshan. The television series is now also available as a book called "Malgudi Days"
Endhiran

Made at a budget of around Rs 160 crore, the movie is a VFX fest of a scale and grandeur unseen in Indian cinema. For the first time 1500 graphical shots used for an Indian movie.
Muthal Mariyathai

The best of Illayaraja's music!
Jeans

The movie is popular for the song where Aishwarya (hailed as the 8th wonder of the world) is filmed at all the 7 wonders of the world. In 1996, the filming of Jeans, broke the record for the number of different foreign locations featured in an Indian film.
Dhoom 2

Dhoom 2 was the first Indian movie to be shot in South America.
Kakanakote

All the songs of the movie have a timeless appeal and are superbly composed by C. Ashwath. The story of the legendary Kaka was written in the form of a play by the "Jnanapeetha" award winner "Masti Venkatesha Iyengar"
Ondanondu Kaladalli

This was Shankar Nag's first movie and also won him a National award. It gained the cult classic status among the Kannada audience. This movie is loosely based on Akira Kurosawa's 'Seven Samurai'. After Shankar Nag's death at 36, his wife Arundathi Nag has built a huge theatre for plays called 'Ranga Shankara' in Bangalore in his memory. It is one of Bangalore's most prized possessions.
Pukar

This is not just the first Indian film to be shot in Alaska, there are very few Hollywood films which have been shot there. Lata Mangeshkar appeared on screen after 41 years in this movie.
Shakthi: The Power

Remake of the Telugu movie, Anthahpuram (1998)
Vishwatma

This film marked the Hindi film debut of the late actress Divya Bharti.
Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai

This movie was the launch pad of Hrithik Roshan, Rakesh Roshan's son. Also it was Amisha Patel's debut into Hindi cinema. Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai will be added to the Guiness Book of World Records 2002 edition for winning the most number of awards for a movie. Kaho Naa Pyar Hai won a total of 92 awards. Did you know that the car scene between Amisha and Hritik the first time they meet in the film was based on Hritik and Suzanne's real-life incident?
Wanted

Director Prabhu Deva was also the director of the previous Tamil remake, Pokkiri.
Gandhadha Gudi

For Kannadigas this movie presents once in a life time opportunity of seeing 2 of the greatest Super stars of Kannada movie , Dr.Rajkumar(Kumar) and Dr.Vishnuvardhan (Anand)sharing the screen.
Kaakha..Kaakha: The Police

The movie was remade into Telugu as Gharshana with Venkatesh playing the main role. It is also being remade into Hindi starring John Abraham
Sonar Kella

It is one of the most enduringly popular Bengali films and is still shown very regularly by various TV channels. The film is best known for Santosh Dutta's performance as the childishly innocent but supremely confident thriller writer Jatayu. His interpretation of the character in this and the other Feluda film Joi Baba Felunath were so powerful that Ray modeled the character of Jatayu in later books on him. After Santosh Dutta died, Ray remarked that it was impossible to ever make a Feluda film again without Dutta. The movie won 4 national awards and 1 international award.
Ayan

The first Indian movie to shoot in the interior regions of the Kaokoland in Namibia, Africa
Utsav

Based on the 6th century A.D. Sanskrit play "The Golden Toy Chariot" by the famous Indian playwright Bhasa.
Gulabi Talkies

Girish Kasaravalli has made 13 films. These 13 films have fetched him 18 International awards, 26 National awards and 32 state awards. He has won the Presidents Award 10 times (4 Golden Lotus Awards and 6 Silver Lotus Awards).
Dev D

Anurag Kashyap has reinvented Indian cinema history with his recent release of Dev.D, a movie that has adapted the infamous love story of Devdas and Paro to a 21st century setting.
Khuda Kay Liye

Khuda Kay Liye was theatrically released in Pakistan on July 20, 2007, and grossed over $10 million worldwide. Critical response of the film was generally positive, with some religious conservatives criticizing the film and called for a ban in Pakistan. The first Pakistani film to be released in India and that too with Bollywood actor Naseeruddin Shah in a pivotal role. Khuda Kay Liye is the second highest grossing film of Pakistan of all time.
Jungle Book

The movie was made from Rudyard Kipling's famous novel "Jungle Book". "Jungle Book" was later made into a movie with the same name by Walt Disney Productions. It is one of the oldest cartoon series that would be famous even amongst elders. From the Jungle Book books to the Jungle Book comics, from The Jungle Book films to the Jungle Book cartoon series, The Jungle Book is all over.
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge

In 2001, DDLJ broke the previous continuous exhibition record of Sholay (5 years between 1975 and 1980) at Minerva in Mumbai. The film completed a record of 600 weeks in April 2007 and is still being shown at Maratha Mandir in Mumbai. Aditya Chopra was 23 when the film was released. This movie marked his directorial debut. It also marked the 25th anniversary of Yash Raj Films banner.


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