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Taare Zameen Par (2007)
Cast: Aamir
Khan, Darsheel Safary, Tisca Chopra, Tanay Chheda
Genre:
Drama
Guess who suggested
the title of this film to Aamir Khan? Salman Khan!
Black (2005)
Cast: Amitabh
Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Ayesha Kapoor, Shernaz Patel
Genre:
Drama
'Black' wouldn't
have been called 'Black', if Kumar Gaurav hadn't relinquished the title! The title
'Black' was registered with him.
Veer Zaara (2004)
Cast: Shahrukh
Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee
Genre:
Romance
The song "Aisa
Des Hai Mera" holds a musical segment taken from "Yeh Desh Hai Veer Jawaano Ka,"
a song from Naya Daur (1957). A then-young Yash Chopra was the assistant director
of Naya Daur.
Devdas (2002)
Cast: Shahrukh
Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Aishwarya Rai
Genre:
Romance, Drama
Kareena Kapoor
was screen tested for the role of Paro. Earlier she had refused the first two films
of Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
Lagaan (2001)
Cast: Aamir
Khan, Gracy Singh, Rachel Shelley
Genre:
Drama, Family
Six months after
the movie was shot in villages of Bhuj (Gujarat), Bhuj was destroyed in an earthquake
on 26th January 2001.
Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam (1999)
Cast: Salman
Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Ajay Devgan
Genre:
Romance, Drama
A Gujarati fan
of Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Pratap Karwat told him the story of HDDCS on phone. And
the rest is history.
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai (1998)
Cast: Shahrukh
Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Family
How Bollywood
would have got its Queen, hadn't Twinkle Khanna, Urmila Matondkar, Raveena Tandon,
Aishwarya Rai and Karisma Kapoor refused the role of Tina!
Dil To Pagal Hai (1997)
Cast: Shahrukh
Khan, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Comedy
In the opening
sequence of affectionate couples, could you see Aditya Chopra and his wife Payal,
and Yash Chopra and his wife Pamela? They were there as the seventh and the last
couple.
Raja Hindustani (1996)
Cast: Aamir
Khan, Karisma Kapoor, Johnny Lever
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Comedy, Action/Adventure
The film had
a similar theme as the 1960's hit Jab Jab Phool Khile starring Nanda and Shashi
Kapoor.
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
Cast: Aamir
Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Deepak Tijori
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Action/Adventure
The movie is
heavily inspired by 1979 Hollywood hit 'Breaking Away'.
Lamhe (1991)
Cast: Anil
Kapoor, Sridevi, Anupam Kher, Ila Arun
Genre:
Romance, Drama
Although completely
rejected by the Indian audience, the film became one of the biggest hits ever in
the Indian overseas market.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988)
Cast: Aamir
Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dilip Tahil
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Action/Adventure
Any guesses
from where the fad of using acronym subtitles, as in DDLJ and HAHK, sparked off?
Courtesy: QSQT
Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985)
Cast: Rajiv
Kapoor, Mandakini, Divya Rana
Genre:
Romance, Drama
The film was
the launch pad for the sex siren Mandakini. The breast-feeding and the waterfall
scenes filmed her semi nude, thus putting the film into the soft porn category.
Sparsh (1980)
Cast: Naseeruddin
Shah, Shabana Azmi, Sudha Chopra
Genre:
Drama
Naseeruddin
Shah studied the behavioural characteristics of blind people before taking up the
role of the principal of a blind school in the film. For his amazing performance,
he bagged the National Award for Best Actor.
Ardh Satya (1983)
Cast: Om
Puri, Smita Patil, Shafi Inamdar
Genre:
Drama
Based on a short
story 'Surya' by D.A. Panvalkar, the film got seven awards in its kitty.
Shakti (1982)
Cast: Amitabh
Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Smita Patil, Rakhee, Amrish
Genre:
Crime, Family, Action/Adventure
For the first
time, legendary actors Dilip Kumar and Amitabh Bachchan shared the same frame in
the movie.
Kalyug (1981)
Cast: Shashi
Kapoor, Raj Babbar, Rekha, Amrish Puri, Supriya Pathak
Genre:
Romance, Drama
The film was
nominated for the Golden Prize at the Moscow International Film Festival.
Khubsoorat (Old) (1980)
Cast: Ashok
Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Shashikala
Genre:
Comedy, Family
For her brilliant
comic timing, Rekha won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for her role as Manju
Dayal in the film.
Junoon (1978)
Cast: Sashi
Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Nafisa Ali, Tom Alter
Genre:
Drama, Historical/Patriotic
Junoon was the
official Indian entry at the XIth International Film Festival, Moscow and several
others.
Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978)
Cast: Nutan,
Vinod Khanna, Vijay Anand, Asha Parekh
Genre:
Drama, Family
Nutan was nominated
as both Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress this year for her incredible performances
in this film. She won for Best Actress.
Bhumika: The Role (1977)
Cast: Smita
Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, Anant Nag, Amol Palekar, Lalit M Bijlani, Freni M Variava
Genre:
Drama
The film was
invited to Carthage Film Festival 1978, Chicago Film Festival, where it was awarded
the Golden Plaque 1978, and in 1986 it was invited to Festival of Images, Algeria.
Mausam (1975)
Cast: Sharmila
Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, Om Shivpuri
Genre:
Romance, Drama
This dramatic
love story is loosely based on the novel 'The Judas Tree' by A.J. Cronin.
Rajnigandha (1974)
Cast: Vidya
Sinha, Amol Palekar, Dinesh Thakur
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Actor Amol Palekar
and the Director Basu Chatterjee gave Bollywood a few hit movies like Rajnigandha
(1974), Chhoti Si Baat (1977) and Chitchor (1977).
Be-Imaan (1972)
Cast: Manoj
Kumar, Pran, Rakhi, Premnath
Genre:
Drama, Family
Filmfare Best
Movie- Actor (Manoj Kumar)-Director (Sohanlal Kanwar)-Music Director (Shankar Jaikishan)-Male
Playback (Mukesh)-Lyricist (Verma Malil)-Supporting Actor Award (Pran)- all goes
to the film- Be-Imaan
Anand (1971)
Cast:
Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Johnny Walker
Genre:
Drama, Family
The film was
originally supposed to star famous Bollywood actors Kishore Kumar and Mehmood in
the lead roles. Even Shashi Kapoor was approached for the role of Anand.
Bandini (1963)
Cast:
Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Nutan, Bela Bose
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Family
Director Bimal
Roy won eleven Filmfare awards in his career, eight for Best Director, the last
one for Bandini and the first one for "Do Bigha Zameen."
Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai (1960)
Cast:
Raj Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Pran, Lalita Pawar
Genre:
Romance, Drama, Crime, Family
The Urdu poet
Shahryar, who penned the hit songs of the movie, also wrote the lyrics of Umrao
Jaan.
Mughal-E-Azam (Col) (1960)
Cast: Prithviraj
Kapoor, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar
Genre:
Drama, War
Pyar Kiya to
Darna Kya, the most famous dance sequence takes place in the Sheesh Mahal (Palace
of Mirrors) of the Amber Fort of Jaipur.
Sujata (1959)
Cast:
Nutan, Sunil Dutt, Shashikala
Genre:
Drama, Sports/Health
At the Cannes
Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Golden Palm in 1960.
Madhumati (1958)
Cast: Dilip
Kumar, Vyjayanthimala, Johnny Walker
Genre:
Romance, Musical
One of the biggest
commercial hits of director Bimal Roy, this film was edited by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
Jagriti (1954)
Cast: Abhi
Bhattacharya, Pranoti Ghosh, Kanu Roy
Genre:
Drama, Family
Pakistani film
"Baidari" was the complete copy of the film. Even the songs were copied
by replacing "Hindustan" by "Pakistan".
Boot Polish (1954)
Cast: Ratan
Kumar, Chand Burke, Baby Naaz, Raj Kapoor
Genre:
Drama, Family
Raj Kapoor made
a tiny appearance in the film as a man asleep in a train.
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