Bollywood Trivia

Prescribed doses of Bollywood tidbits. Fresh, stale, recycled...

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#28YearsOfPhoolAurKaante | @ajaydevgn's splitting debut - the #UnofficialGoogleDoodle

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My useless skill of identifying filmi kids turned into a mini project.

Presenting the Bollywood child artist directory.

#HappyChildrensDay

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Zeenat Aman (@iamzeenataman) is the classic Indian dark-haired beauty in 1970 Air India ad.
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Rekha and Jaya Bhaduri were neighbours at Juhu's Beach Apartments, it was at Jaya's that she first met Amitabh Bachchan.

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Amitabh Bachchan was to play Shashi Kapoor's role (Samsthanak) in 'Utsav' (1985) but couldn't because of the 'Coolie' accident.

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Rekha's first film with Amitabh Bachchan was Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 'Namak Haraam' (1973), but they didn't appear in any scenes together.

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Kulbhushan Kharbanda was Amitabh Bachchan's junior in Delhi's Kirorimal College and acted as prompter in Othello which starred Bachchan.

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Amitabh was paid Rs 5000 for his role in 'Saat Hindustani' and Abbas writes that the actor had resigned from his job in Calcutta that paid him about Rs 1600 pm. However, the Big B had tweeted back in 2011 that his salary was Rs 500 pm (Rs 460 after cuts) https://t.co/k0GvXoyx5u

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When Abbas asked Amitabh why he wasn't chosen for any films before, Amitabh replied, "They said I was too tall for their heroines."

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When Abbas came to know who Amitabh's father was, he refused to sign Amitabh unless he got his father's (Harivansh Rai Bachchan) approval.

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It was Mehmood's brother Anwar Ali who showed Abbas, Amitabh Bachchan's photo and Abbas who was looking for a "tall and handsome man" for the role of a "Muslim Urdu fanatic" was immediately interested. Incidentally, Amitabh's character in the film is also called Anwar Ali.

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Khwaja Ahmad Abbas also refutes rumours that Indira Gandhi's recommendation letter got Amitabh the role. "I don't give roles to people who bring introduction letters. And in any case the Prime Minister did not write and communicate with me to cast Amitabh Bachchan in my picture"

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After a string of flops, Amitabh Bachchan was signed for 'Duniya Ka Mela' (1974) opposite Rekha, but he was replaced with Sanjay Khan.

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The story of Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) signing his first film 'Saat Hindustani' (1969) in the words of the man who signed him - Khwaja Ahmad Abbas.

Excerpts from Abbas' autobiography 'I Am Not an Island'.

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50 years ago @SrBachchan made his debut. 50 years later he's been chosen for #DadaSahebPhalkeAward.

Here's Amitabh Bachchan's first ever appearance on the silver screen.

His first lines: "Yeh arantu parantu ki bhasha aapne bas ki nahi."

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#DadaSahebPhalkeAward for @SrBachchan: The #UnofficialGoogleDoodle

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I asked Sooraj Barjatya for an interview 25 years ago. It finally happened!! It was such fun to listen to his stories about making #HAHK, the early days when he & @BeingSalmanKhan were strugglers & why he just can’t create a good villain: https://t.co/YwGFuUuc5K

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Vidya Sinha. Lux. 1977.

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When Sunil Dutt was an aspiring actor.

Photo from FilmIndia

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Many years ago I called the bluff of the 'big screen experience' and argued for same-day movie releases on digital and also rooted for VR headset cinema experience. Today I find that dream closer to reality with #MukeshAmbani's announcements at the #RILAGM https://t.co/iJ2kH8kUxU