Indian films trivia!

Amitabh Bachchan is so punctual that many a times he used to open the gates of Filmistan Studios himself for he used to reach the place before the watchman or gatekeeper.

Akshay Kumar will never write anything on a page unless he first heads it with an ‘Om’.

The movie PK had a paanwala on set all day, every day. Aamir Khan had to eat upto 10-15 betel leaves to get the right colour around his lips.

The nickname Bollywood refers to the origins of Indian cinema in Bombay and Hollywood. The term 'Bollywood' was coined in the 1970s when Indian cinema overtook America as the world’s largest film producer.

The first Bollywood movie was released in 1899 whereas the first Hollywood movie was released in 1907. So, Bollywood is older than Hollywood.

Raj Kapoor’s real name was Ranbir, shared by his grandson. Raj was the middle name of all the Kapoor brothers.

The entire JVPD (Juhu Vile-Parle Development) scheme where the who's who of Bollywood including Amitabh Bacchan, Vashu Bhagnani, Anil Kapoor, the Deols, Shatrughan Sinha, Yash Chopra and many more Hindu celebrities reside, is not open to Muslims. That's why all the Muslim actors either stay in Bandra or Lokhandwala, Andheri. This is an unspoken truth. No matter who you are, be it SRK or Arshad Warsi, a Muslim celebrity cannot purchase a property in Juhu, JVPD. 

Joy Mukherji learnt the dance to ‘Duniya Pagal Hai Ya Phir Main Deewana’ in ‘Shagird’ (1967) from a dancer in a Hong Kong nightclub. On his way to the shooting of ‘Love In Tokyo’, he visited the club and was very inspired by an energetic dancer in the club – he went up to her and asked her to teach him the steps.

Meena Kumari was a poetess, and refused to show her works to her own poet husband, Kamaal Amrohi.

Aamir Khan actually stopped attending award shows post the Filmfare Awards after SRK won the Best Actor award for DDLJ, as Aamir felt he should have won the award for Rangeela.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali took almost 1.5 years to convince Sonam Kapoor to act.

It was Priyanka Chopra's mother who told her to pose randomly and sent those pictures to the Miss India organization.

The late poet Harivansh Rai used Bachchan as his pen name. Their surname was Srivastava. Hence, Amitabh was named Inquilab Srivastava.

Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan hold the Guinness Book record for being the only father-son duo to have played reversed roles onscreen in ‘Paa’.

Madhubala was an Afghani by Nationality and Muslim by religion. Her original name is Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi. 

Parineeti Chopra was a nerd in her school days and stood first all over India in her 12th standard exams. For this, she was rewarded by the then President of India.

Moreover, before making her Bollywood debut, Parineeti Chopra was in Manchester and worked for the football club Manchester United. She was one of the team leaders for the catering during the matches.

Bollywood producers usually release a film's soundtrack, before the actual film is released, to boost popularity as the soundtrack is often more popular than the film.

Most Bollywood films are released on a Friday.

In all of Red Chillies Entertainment's productions starring SRK in the lead, there is a train sequence in the movie.