1.Waheeda Rahman played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan. She played the love interest of Big B in ‘Adalat’ (1976) and mother in ‘Trishul’ (1978).
2.Fatima Begum was India's 1st female film director in 1926.
3..Ranbir Kapoor who shares his name to grandfather wants to study at the Lee Strasberg Institute because it was the alma mater of his favourite actor Al Pacino.
4.In 'Rang De Basanti', Rakeysh Mehra shot all the songs with none of the actors lip syncing in them.
5. 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.
6.Because the cinema industry was still considered a low profession in the 40s, music director Naushad was introduced by his parents to his bride as a tailor. And ironically, the music that played in his ‘baraat’ was from ‘Rattan’ (1944) – that had been composed by him
7.Sunil Dutt initially used to be an RJ for Radio Ceylon and wanted to interview his favorite actress Nargis, but it had to be cancelled when he could not say a single word to her. Later, when he worked with her in ‘Mother India’ (1957), they fell in love and got married.
8.LOC: Kargil is not the world's longest film. But it is the longest film made in India.
9. Hrithik’s actual surname is Nagrath & not Roshan!10.Our Mr. Perfectionist, Aamir Khan comes from the pedigree of a very famous revolutionary & eminent writer, none other than, Maulana Abul Kalam Azaad.
11.Rajnikanth never said "Enna Rascala!"
12.The song ‘Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Saathiyon’ in the film by the same name is the longest Hindi film song. The length of this iconic song is 20 minutes and the song is featured in 3 installments in the film.
13.Devika Rani was the first actress with a degree in film-making.
14. Ila Arun and Alka Yagnik shared the best female playback award for ‘Choli Ke Peeche’ in ‘Khalnayak.’ This was the time when two playback singers shared an award in the history of Bollywood awards.
PS: This song is protested by 42 political parties of India
15.Raj Kapoor’s ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was the first Hindi movie to have not one but two intervals!
16. Aamir Khan's ‘Lagaan’ had the maximum number of British actors ever to be cast in a single movie in the history of Bollywood cinema.
17.‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse order, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The makers did not want to disturb the continuity of Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.
18.Dev Anand picked up his movie titles and story lines from newspaper headlines and stories.
19.The first foreigner to attain cult status in Bollywood was Australian-born Nadia, also known as the ‘Fearless Nadia’ or ‘The Hunterwali’ (the woman with the whip).
20 .20 new actresses, from Dimple Kapadia to Divya Bharti, made their debuts opposite Rishi Kapoor.