Which is the most ridiculous story of a Bollywood movie ever?

 When they throw a Khan, a Roshan and The Bachchan at us, no one really gives a damn to the plot, just in case if one does, they bring in Ms. Lata Mangeshkar with lines like,“meri saason mein tu hai samaayaa” (you reside in my soul ) and that is how Bollywood makes ‘logic’ look like the 5th gear in a Maruti 800!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the movie you all love :

Kabhi khushi….kabhi ghum

Amitabh Bachchan a.k.a Yash Raichand happens to own a godforsaken mansion with acres of land suffused in green grass at some place near ‘chandini chowk’ with an entire helipad of his own! I don’t really remember spotting one at the ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’ in Delhi.

Can you blame him for being mad at his ‘adopted’ son for randomly marrying a poorly educated girl from chandini chowk? Should you?

Rahul, hailing from a country where aunties recognize you after 20 years (No problem if they saw you as a fetus or a zygote the last time), doesn’t recognize his own doggone brother, who somehow transformed from what looked like ‘a premature Bappi Lehri’ to ‘a Bradley Cooper’ . I know movies are about things being unreal but you cannot make fun of puberty just like that!

Not to forget, Rahul lets this Bradley Cooper stay at his home when he clearly knows that his wife’s sister dresses a little too provocatively.

Not so smart Rahul, you are adopted indeed!

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What are some of the best Bollywood movie posters you have seen and why?

 This one deserves a special mention.

PARINDA:

At first instance you will not find anything special in it. Ever thought why the movie was named Parinda? I watched it when the film released and that time I was under the impression that as it had a scene where Anil Kapoor's friends Anupam Kher is killed in Kabootar Khana (a circle point in Mumbai) surrounded by pigeons, it's named Parinda as it was a very important scene in

aspect to the storyline. But one day I just looked at the cassette cover and noticed something. The pigeon shown in the poster is set as target. Pigeon being a symbol of peace, the idea behind it was to show that peace is at target and that's Parinda was all about. Sheer excellence of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and his team to represent the subject of the film.

AASHIQUI :

This poster played an important part in the success of the film. It generated curiosity about the faces covered by the jacket. The music was a smash hit before the release of the film.

Revealing the faces of Rahul Roy and Anu Agarwal would not have given the buzz to the movie to such great extent. Both had normal looks and therefore covering their faces and generating curiosity was a good move indeed.

MOHABBATEIN:

The poster gives us a clear idea about the fight between the antagonist and the protagonist and between them, as the name suggests, tender love is ready to blossom.

HEROINE:

Kareena Kapoor as Heroine but the poster could have been much better if the tags behind “EXPOSED" and “CAUGHT" were not repeated. Some other related tags like “GLAMOUR", “SCANDALS”, “FAME" etc would have covered the entire concept.

DEVDAS:

We all are familiar about the tragic story of Devdas. On one side there is Paro who was Shahrukh's childhood love and on the other side there is Chandramukhi who loved Devdas. Between them is Devdas who finds the “bottle" that ruins his life.

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Which Bollywood movie used Hollywood actors?

 Ohhh, very interesting question. May be there are many movies in which Hollywood actor has acted but I will tell you here some of them.

We’ve often seen Bollywood actors venturing into Hollywood. From Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Anupam Kher, Anil Kapoor, Om Puri to recently Pankaj Tripathi and Randeep Hooda in Extraction; all these actors have proved their mettle in Hollywood and represented India at a global level. However, this is two-way road and just like Indian actors, there are a lot of Hollywood and foreign actors who have tried their hands in Bollywood.

1. Denise Richards – Kambakkht Ishq

This 2009 film directed by Sabbir Khan may have failed to impress Bollywood fans, but it did succeed in bringing together many prominent names from Hollywood and Denise Richards was one of them. The Wild Things and The World Is Not Enough actress romanced Akshay Kumar in the movie and sacrificed her love for Akshay Kumar’s happiness. The film revolves around a Hollywood stuntman and medical student who start off on a wrong note and strongly dislike each other, but eventually falling in love. The movie also starred actor Brandon Routh as himself in the film.

2. Clive Standen – Namastey London

Clive Standen is known for his performances in movies and TV shows like Vikings, Taken, Everest, Vault, Doctor Who and Robin Hood to name a few. In 2007, Clive featured in the 2007 Bollywood film Namastey London alongside Katrina Kaif and Akshay Kumar. Clive played the character to Charlie Brown, Katrina Kaif’s boyfriend whom she left at the altar after she realised that she’s actually in love with Akshay Kumar.

3. Sylvester Stallone – Kambakkht Ishq

Sylvester Stallone is one of the finest Hollywood actors who has given us some really remarkable movies such as Rocky, Creed, Rambo, Rocky Balboa, The Expendables and Assassins to name a few. But, did you know that the 73-year-old action legend once acted in a Bollywood movie alongside India’s action star, Akshay Kumar. In case you don’t know, here’s a small hint – try remembering the guy who saved Kareena Kapoor Khan from goons in Kambakkht Ishq!

4.Will Smith – Student of the Year 2

Will Smith, who is known for movies like Pursuit of Happyness, Hitch, Hancock, Men in Black and Bad Boys to name a few; turned his Desi mode on for Student of the Year 2. Karan Johar roped in Will Smith for a special dance performance in the 2019 movie featuring Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria and Ananya Panday. During the trailer launch, Karan Johar had said that dancing to a Bollywood song was “one of the main things on Will Smith’s Bucket List”.

5. Christopher B. Duncan – My Name Is Khan

Christopher B. Duncan, who has been a part of movies and TV shows like The First Family, American Soul, The Jamie Foxx Show, and Johnson Family Vacation; played a small but key role in Shah Rukh Khan’s My Name Is Khan. He played the role of President-elect Barack Obama, who met Shah Rukh Khan in the end and told him the dialogue that brought tears in the eyes of audience - “Your name is Khan and you are not a terrorist.”

6. Paul Blackthorne – Lagaan

“Teen guna lagaan dena padega”, how can we forget this iconic dialogue that changed the lives of the farmers of Champaner, when they accepted the offer to play cricket with the British officers. The man behind this dialogue who also faced the embarrassing defeat was Captain Andrew Russell. Paul Blackthorne played the role of Captain Russell. He’s also known for his performances in Justice League: Doom, Dumb and Dumber To, A Christmas Carol, The American Journey, the Dresden Files and Arrow.

7. Toby Stephens – Mangal Pandey: The Rising

Toby Stephens played Captain William Gordon, who formed a friendship with Mangal Pandey (played by Aamir Khan). The film is a biographical historical drama on the life of Mangal Pandey, an Indian sepoy who played a significant role in sparking the Indian rebellion of 1857. Directed by Ketan Mehta, the film also starred Rani Mukherji, Ameesha Patel and Kirron Kher among others. Toby is also known for his performance in films like Die Another Day, The Great Gatsby, The Machine, and 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi.

8. Mish Boyko – Queen

Kangana Ranaut played a shy under-confident girl in Vikas Bahl’s Queen, who decided to go alone on her honeymoon to Paris and Amsterdam, after her fiancé breaks up with her a day before their wedding. When she travels to Amsterdam, she meets Oleksander from Russia, a name she can’t pronounce correctly. Well, the role of Oleksander was played by Mish Boyko who is also known for his performances in Dracula Untold and Risen to name a few.

9. Rebecca Breeds – Bhaag Milkha Bhaag

Rebecca Breeds who danced with Farhan Akhtar on Slow Motion Angreza played the role of Stella in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. Apart from her stint in Bollywood, Rebecca has also acted in TV shows like Pretty Little Liars, The Originals, Molly and Blue Water High to name a few.

10. Sarah Thompson – Raajneeti

Sarah Thompson is known for her performances in Cruel Intentions 2, Broken Windows, Brooklyn’s Finest, and Babysitter Wanted. In 2010, she played Sarah Jean Collins and girlfriend of Samar Pratap (played by Ranbir Kapoor) in Raajneeti. Directed by Prakash Jha, the film also starred Ajay Devgn, Katrina Kaif, Nana Patekar, Arjun Rampal and Manoj Bajpayee.

Is the tiger in the song "Maa Shero Wali" from the movie "Mard" real?

 The entire Nirupa Roy sequence in the song Maa Sheronwali from the movie Mard is a combination of real tiger and stuffed tiger shots along with mixing techniques and camera angles.

Professional trainers are always present during the shoot. It is very clear that a real tiger was used during the shoot.

There are frames where Nirupa Roy and the tiger are shown together. This was mostly done in 80s Bollywood movies with the help of split screen or matte shot. Shooting two separate shots and making them appear as if they were in the same frame at the same time.

The scenes where the tiger is shown pouncing on the goons are shot using a stuffed tiger.

The scene where the tiger is pulling the flowing end panel of Nirupa Roy’s saree is a long shot which might have shot using a body double.

The Verma Brothers are credited with the Thrills & Fights (Pappu Verma being one of them).

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What made Rajesh Khanna so enthusiastic about playing the role of Anand that he started shooting immediately?

 Rajesh Khanna was moved by the scrip t of Anand when Hrishikesh Mukerjee narrated it.He was touched by the char acter, “ Anand" who was celebrating his life although he was in the last stage of Cancer.He said,he will not charge a sing le fill but requested to give the distributi on right of the movie in Bombay.Rajesh Khanna was so obsessed with Anand t hat he started shooting just a week aft er hearing the story.But at the same tim e he had no dates as he had a long list of movies in his hand.Rajesh Khanna u sed to reach the set of Anand during lunch break and shoot for 60-75,minut es.The movie Anand was Super hit o nly because of Super Star Rajesh Khan na.There is no one in Bollywood who could play this character.Rajesh Khann a was not the initial choice of the direc tor but Dharmendra,Kishore Kumar,Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor were approa ched.When Kishore Kumar denied to pl ay Anand even comedian Mehmood wa s approached but he was busy.Dharmen dra was interested in playing Anand but he was ultimately replaced by Rajesh Kh anna who is the first Superstar Of Boll ywood.Rajesh Khanna did justice to ch aracter Anand who lived in his last leg of his life journey by spreading love an d lived his life to the fullest.This movie had a positive impact on Cancer Patien ts and Society as a whole.Rajesh Khan na died in 2012 and he was suffering fr Om Cancer and this was a rare coincid ence.Anand will always be alive in the heart of each and every Indian.

Why do some people say The Human Centipede is a bad movie?

 It's rubbish.

The premise of the movie is inherently absurd; a mad scientist who wants to join three people together to create a single digestive system.

To do this, he kidnaps three people, slashes their tendons so they can't walk and sews the mouths of the second two people of the three to the anus of the person in front.

The idea being that when the first person defecates, this shoots into the person behind's mouth and so on down the line.

The biggest problem with this obviously intended to shock premise is that there is not a set of sutures in the world that would secure a person's mouth to another person's arse, certainly not in conditions like this where one's life was at stake. In reality, the persons in position two and three in the centipede would simply rip themselves free of the sutures and then proceed to beat the mad scientist to a richly deserved death. You would worry about bleeding and the like later; nobody is going to simply stay there on all fours and take a mouthful of runny shit, it's just not realistic. You would get your face away from that person's arse regardless of how painful tearing the sutures was.

It's a bit like understanding why necrosis makes zombie apocalypse stuff impossible; at that point you can no longer suspend your disbelief enough to find it scary. Gross, sure; scary, no.

Stuff like this is made purely for shock value. It has no artistic merit whatsoever, and doesn't even work as a horror film because nothing is left to your imagination. Which is always where the true horror is.

What are the special clauses of Bollywood celebrities before signing up for any movie?

 A Non Disclosure Agreement form has to be signed which has all the details about the project. Personal clauses are discussed and can be added. This is done in order to create transparency so that no issues are created further. However some of the clauses are based on personal level which the actors might change as per the situation. It’s just like being on the safe side at the start of the project.

Like, Not be able to shoot for a certain period of time due to stage shows or some other commitments.

SRK has a phobia of riding horses right from Baazigar and so he makes it sure that this clause is added.

Reports state that Aamir signed Dhoom 3 with a clause that it will be the last part of the series.

Salman as usual mentions no kissing scenes in his movie as he is uncomfortable doing them.

Sunny Leone too after giving hits said no for kissing scenes.

Akshay Kumar has a clause that the actor would not shoot on Sunday’s as he feels that spending time with family is also important.

Hrithik during Mohenjo-Daro demanded overtime charges extra other than his regular fees for extra work in case the film is delayed.

There can be a number of clauses like not sharing frame with a particular actor in the film, or not be able to be a part of promotion of film. This is done to avoid problems and an actor can overcome it as per the situation or a sort of adjustment.

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What fact completely ruins a movie?

 Bombs with countdown timers. You are building a bomb. Why make it more complicated by adding a time display. You want it to go bang. What is the purpose of the display?

And cutting red and green wires. Why are you building it with colour-coded wires. Easy maintenance is not a requirement for bombs. Unnecessary complication. Just use one reel of wire, all the same colour. Less components to buy.

A real electronic timer.

Which actors and actresses have had their reputations ruined by a movie?

 I would argue Natalie Portman in Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones, although it was more of a setback than anything else that she later recovered from. Portman played as Padme Amidala, who was Queen of the planet Naboo in Episode 1 and later became a Senator for Episode 2.

The film was panned by critics. I think that although there are some parts that could have been better, it was better than many critics said. *

14. Because Mike Nichols Shaped Generations of New York Actors, From Robert Redford to Julia Roberts

Portman: Star Wars had come out around the time of Seagull, and everyone thought I was a horrible actress. I was in the biggest-grossing movie of the decade, and no director wanted to work with me. Mike wrote a letter to Anthony Minghella and said, “Put her in Cold Mountain, I vouch for her.” And then Anthony passed me on to Tom Tykwer, who passed me on to the Wachowskis. I worked with Milos Forman a few years later. He said, “Mike saved me. He wrote a letter so that I could get asylum in the U.S.” He did that for 50 people, and it doesn’t make any one of us feel less special.

Portman’s career would later recover and she would go as far as to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in the film Black Swan, along with many other awards, but because Star Wars Episode 2 was not well received by critics, it represented a temporary setback.

What are some of the mistakes in famous movies that go unnoticed by audiences?

 Movie-Bahubali 2

Actually there are two mistakes I found in this movie.I saw you here.

First one is this…

Now everyone remember this scene?

This was the scene when in the full house Devsena was chained and brought in front of king Bhallaldev For her trial and sentence. In this scene, Bahubali was saying to Devsena that he who puts his hand on women his throat should be cut instead of his hand.

While saying that, Amarendra Baahubali took out his sword and cut the head of the army general and his headless body falls down on the floor.If you observe the scene properly, you cannot find a trace the blood in the scene.

This was the biggest mistake of this scene. Incidentally, this particular scene is considered one of the best scene in the movie and it won the heart of millions. Most of us didn't notice this particular mistake just because we all were engrossed in the story.

And another is this……

Anybody has hardly noticed that the place where Devsena was chained and kept there was no tree around. And, going by the look of the place and its cleanliness, it is hard to imagine from where the stray woods are coming into picture.

What fact completely ruins a movie?

 Typically in movies you see heroes breaking through glass mirrors or windows like this, more so in action flicks.

Only never even try such stunts in real life. Because what you see in movies is a special kind of glass called “Breakaway Glass”, or rather Sugar glass, a brittle transparent form of sugar thaat looks like glass. Though of late sugar glass has given way to a liquid plastic, made from a type of thermoplastic resin poured into silicon moulds to harden.

In real life if you try to break through a glass window, the result is more likely to be like this.

And unless you have some kind of super power, there is every chance of your hands or feet getting cut badly by one of the shards or edges, which also bears the weight of the glass. And you are more likely to land up in a hospital bed. Even worse those heavy shards of glass can act like a guillotine too at times on your neck,

The other scenario is that the glass does not shatter but rather stays cracked, and you decided to force your way through, again you could end up with a whole lot of cuts all over.

The windows you see in real life are made of regular glass that is quite thick, and needs a whole lot of pressure to shatter, even if the glass does not cut you, the impact could cause serious fractures.