Previously I have posted a few trivia about English films. Not only they are fascinating. Trivia from our own regional language films are also good to know. Here are some of them listed below. Happy reading..!!
Bala succeeded in shooting a
scene in the 2007 Ardha Kumbh Mela without anyone's knowledge for his film Naan
Kadavul.
Andha naal is the first
Tamil-language film without song sequences.
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| Antha naal (1954) |
The ring-tone in Abhishek's
mobile 'Aye Handsome' in the film Jhoom Bharabar Jhoom is voice of his wife and
actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan!!!
Some of the parade scenes in the
film Dil Se were shot during the celebrations of the 50th anniversary of
India's independence.
Most of the young actors who
appeared in the film Salaam Bombay! were actual street children.
The role of Shekar in the
Maniratnam film Bumbai was initially offered to Cameraman Rajiv Menon but he
turned it down. By the way, don't they look same? !!
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| Arvind Swamy |
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| Rajiv Menon |
The producers and director of the
film Kamasutra: A tale of love bribed the Indian authorities “protection money”
to avoid prosecution, when they became aware of the content of the film. Before
that the film was shot under a different name.
The slaughter house scenes in Gangs
of Wasseypur were actually shot in a slaughter house in Allahabad. The back
story of Sultan Qureshi is told as a fearsome butcher who at the age of 12
could slaughter and skin 1 buffalo in a single day. Similarly, Sultan in the
contemporary time scale of the film could cut 60 buffaloes in a day. Both of
these were developed on seeing a boy and man doing it.
When Aparajito won Golden Lion
award at Venice film festival, its director Satyajit Ray was utterly flabbergasted as he
felt that the film had some serious flaws. It is the first Indian film to win
the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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| Satyajit Ray - the legendary director |
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| From the film Aparajito |
Former France president Francois
Mitterrand personally went to Satyajit Ray’s home in Calcutta to present him
with the The Legion of Honor, the most prestigious award in France, instead of
inviting him to France for the award ceremony.
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| Ray and Francois Mitterand at the Award ceremony |
Prince Charles served as a
clapper boy for some of the scenes while on a visit to the set of Mangal Pandey
– The Rising.
Here are the links for my other trivia..
Trivia I
Trivia II
Academy Award Trivia
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