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BOLLYWOOD FACTS
Shah Rukh said that he wouldn’t mind over-charging for endorsements and stage shows but would prefer under-charging film producers because he owes his stardom to them
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Bollywood tours are offered in India where tourists can visit sets and see celebrities homes from the outside
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Odeon cinema created ODEON Bollywood and promise to showcase the best Indian films throughout the year
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The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's most prestigious cinema award for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema given yearly by the Indian government
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Indian films are screen in over 90 countries
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Indian produced 1,288 feature films in 2009
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Music right count for 4-5% of a film’s revenue in India
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In the first Indian film, women were played by male actors
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The first chain of Indian cinemas was owed by an entrepreneur from Calcutta who oversaw the production of 10 films each yeah and then distributed them throughout India
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Indra Sabha’ and ‘Devi Devyani’ released in the 30s were among India’s first musicals
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'Sant Tukaram' was the first Indian film to be screened at an international film festival at the Venice Film Festival in 1937. It was then judged one of the three best films of the year in the World
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Half of India’s cinemas were found in South India in 1940
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S.K. Patil, head of the commission, defined Indian cinema as a 'combination of art, industry, and showmanship'
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The Indian government set up a Films Division in 1948 which became one of the largest documentary film producers in the world. It produced over 200 short documentaries each year all released in 18 languages
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Satyajit Ray's had a huge impact on cinematography around the world. He recreated the effect of daylight on-set with bounce lighting as well as photo-negative flash-backs
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Chetna (1970) caused controversy as it showed a hard-drinking, hard-talking prostitute. The actress, Rehana Sultan, revealed in a later interview that the film permanently damaged her image and career
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Hollywood musicals from the 20s influenced Bollywood films
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In the 30s, Indian films were filmed similarly in different languages and were known as multilinguals
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Shilpa Shetty, who was the victim of racism on 'Celebrity Big Brother' in 2007, has been in 40 Bollywood films and also won 'Big Brother'
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Aandhi (1975) was banned by the then-prime minister Indira Gandhi as it was rumoured to be loosely based on her life. The producers added a scene where Aarti (supposedly Gandhi) tells her father that Indira Gandhi is her idol and she wants to serve the country like her, to show that the film does not depict her life. The film was approved by later government and premiered on national television.
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Fox Star Studios is an Indian-based production and distribution company and a joint venture between Twentieth Century Fox and STAR which are owned by Rupert Murdoch.
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Bollywood actors are now prominent in Hollywood. the most famous are Aziz Ansari in 'Get Him to the Greek' and Freida Pinto in 'Slumdog Millionaire'
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Bollywood has an estimated viewership of 3 billion a year which overtook Hollywood in 2004 with an estimated 2.6 billion viewers
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North America generates 25% of Bollywood's overseas box office revenue
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Indian films weren't released in the West until the 1950s
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Kylie Minogue had a cameo in Bollywood film 'Blue' in 2009
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Jodhaa-Akbar' was released in 29 countries in 2009 which is the largest Bollywood worldwide release to date
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3.6 billion Bollywood tickets were sold worldwide in 2009, compared to 2.6 billion tickets for Hollywood films
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Bollywood's audience reach is growing at a rate of about 15%
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