What is the most shocking rumour anyone has heard about Bollywood?

 1.Shah Rukh Khan - Salman Khan :

Their brotherly love soured at Katrina Kaif's birthday party in 2008, where a heated argument turned their friendship into a rivalry. Their relations have since been turbulent, though they seem to be on better terms now

2. Shakti Kapoor Sting Operation :

In 2005, India TV carried out a sting operation on Shakti Kapoor, where he was caught on camera offering work to an undercover reporter in exchange for sexual favors. The incident exposed the seedy underbelly of the casting couch in Bollywood.

3. Tanushree Dutta - Nana Patekar Incident :

In 2018, Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment during a 2008 film shoot, marking the advent of the #MeToo movement in Bollywood.

4. Akshay Kumar :

Akshay too has expressed his mistrust in award shows, mentioning that he was once told he would win an award if he performed at the ceremony

5. Hrithik Roshan - Sussanne Khan - Barbara Mori : The industry was left reeling when rumors of Hrithik Roshan's alleged affair with his "Kites" co-star Barbara Mori started making the rounds in 2010. This reportedly led to a temporary separation between Hrithik and his wife Sussanne Khan. The couple later reconciled, only to eventually divorce in 2014.

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What are the strangest or most mind-blowing facts about some famous Bollywood movies?

 ‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The film makers did not want to mess Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.

Lata Mangeshkar's song ‘Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum’ from ‘Do Aankhen Barah Haath’ (1957) which was an original composition by Vasant Desai, was adapted by a Pakistani school as the school anthem.

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.

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.

Saif Ali Khan was the original choice for Shahrukh Khan’s role in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. Even Tom Cruise was considered for the role of Raj Malhotra (SRK’s role in the film).

Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin's great-grandfather Maurice Koechlin, was the Chief engineer for the construction of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, and also the iconic Statue of Liberty.

Rajnikanth never said "Enna Rascala! "

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Who is the most illitrate person in Bollywood?

 1. Ranbir Kapoor: This Bollywood celebrity, who is known for his looks and style isn’t even a graduate. After scoring as low as 54% in his 10th grade, he declared that he was no longer interested in studying and started directing films.

2. Akshay Kumar: Popularly known as the khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar completed his schooling from Don Bosco High school in Mumbai. He entered into Guru Nanak college but before he could become a graduate, he went to Singapore to pursue martial arts.

3. Katrina Kaif: This glamorous hottie of Bollywood wasn’t able to complete her education as she entered in the modelling industry at a very tender age.

4. Deepika Padukone: This style diva of Bollywood has not even done her graduation. After completing her schooling from Mt. Carmel, Bangalore, she took admission in IGNOU for higher studies but modelling assignments never allowed her to concentrate on studies.

5. Salman Khan: The ‘bhai’ of Bollywood who studied at St. Stanislaus high school in the financial capital, Mumbai, couldn’t complete his college because of some personal reasons.

6. Kajol Devgn: She is considered as one of the most talented and good-looking actress of Bollywood but unfortunately she couldn’t complete her schooling because she entered in the film industry at the age of 17.

7. Priyanka Chopra: Winner of the Miss world 2000 pageant, Piggy Chopps failed to complete her graduation. She always had a dream of becoming a criminal psychologist, but several movie offers and modelling assignments came into her way.

8. Aamir Khan: Mr. perfectionist of Bollywood was not interested in studies from the very beginning. He somehow passed his 12th grade but after that he was very dedicated towards making a career in Bollywood.

9. Sridevi: This beautiful actress entered the glamorous world of Bollywood as a child artist. Since then, she was never interested in studies and it’s said that she hardly passed her 10th grade.

10. Karishma Kapoor: Known for sensuous and alluring looks , Karishma never completed her schooling. She dropped out of school to make her debut in Bollywood at an early age of 16.

11. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: This B-Town beauty queen was not at all interested in studies and always had an average score in her tests. She was a college dropout too. She went to Jai Hind college for hardly an year but then she received many modelling offers and had to leave her education incomplete.

12. Kareena Kapoor Khan: Right from her childhood, this glam gal wanted to come in the limelight. After studying commerce for two years at year Mithibai college, Mumbai, she developed an interest in law. But she left her education in the sophomore year to focus on modelling.

What are the best examples of clever product placements in Bollywood movies?

 1. Make My Trip in Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani

Make My Trip was the official partner of the movie.

In one of the scene, we could see Make My Trip logo and the brand is promoted intelligently as per the movie theme.

2. Nike in Yuvraaj

Yuvraaj might be a good story and one of the underappreciated films in Salman Khan’s filmography.

However, Nike socks are pretty weirdly shown in most of the scenes as Anil Kapoor was seen showing his socks in almost every scene he featured in the movie.

3. Mountain Dew in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Hrithik Roshan has been associated with the Mountain Dew brand for years, and he promoted the brand in a very unique way whenever he got the chance.

In the movie, they cheer with Mountain Dew bottles before going to Sky Diving with the product tagline.

4. Parle G in Abra Ka Dabra

Abra Ka Dabra is the Indian version of Harry Potter and sponsors took it too far as they are involved in the storyline. Camlin Pencils and Parle G were promoted in most of the scene.

They gave a scholarship to the kid and later everyone was eating Parle G in the movie.

5. Maruti in Mere Dad Ki Maruti

As the title suggests, the whole story focused on the importance of the characters having an obsession with the Maruti car. They even include the brand in the movie title.

This is certainly the different level of product placement in the movie.

6. Dominos in Phir Hera Pheri

The comedy scene is nothing but to make people understand the great scheme launched by Dominos that Pizza would be free if it wouldn’t get delivered within 30 min of the order.

Paresh Rawal also said the delivery guy came in just 20 minutes.

7. Coke in Taal

Taal movie has a good romantic scene set as a Coke commercial when Akshaye Khanna and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan were hovering around Coke bottles and talking.

Later, Anil Kapoor also said something like drink Coke and get easy.

8. Pass Pass in Yaadein

It looks like Hrithik was promoting everything with his movies. There was a whole scene in the movie Yaadein where a girl approached Hrithik saying ‘Pass Pass’ and Hrithik repeated the line, and then another girl in the movie also promoted the product.

9. Black Dog in Shahenshah

Black Dog is a famous whiskey in India, and Amrish Puri promoted this in a pretty weird way with a dialogue.

10. McDonald in Chak De India

Remember the iconic scene where Shah Rukh Khan takes all the girls to McDonald before resigning from the coach position.

11. Tide in Chup Chup Ke

Chup Chup Ke is famous for his hilarious comic scenes and outstanding performances by the actors.

However, you might have noticed that Tide surf was placed throughout the scenes that looked like the best product placement ever.

12. Fanta in Always Kabhi Kabhi

Kabhi Kabhi was produced by Red Chilies Entertainment starring a bunch of newcomers in the lead roles. The movie has shown product placement in every way possible for Fanta. It looked like they were shooting long Fanta commercials with a story in it.

13. Nokia Lumia in Chennai Express

Remember one of the funniest scenes in the movie where Shah Rukh rant the features of the phone including the price to show them how good looking his smartphone was.

The scene stands out the best advertisement for Nokia. We wonder if they hadn’t used the clip to use it as their brand advertisement.

14. Bournvita in Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish

No doubt, Bournvita has increased its sales after the success of Koi… Mil Gaya. Hrithik Roshan often demands Bournvita as an energy drink in the movie.

And there were many scenes when it looks like actress Rekha is shooting a commercial for Bournvita.

15. Saffola oil in Ki & Ka

Ki & Ka movie stars Arjun Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor in the lead roles. Arjun played the role of househusband.

In one of the scene, he is seen carrying a bottle of Saffola while preparing food in the kitchen.

16. Castrol GTX in Golmaal

Golmaal is the first movie of the Golmaal series.

One of the scenes captures a car race and the event was promoted by Castrol.

17. Chevrolet and Castrol GTX in Tara Rum Pum

Tara Rum Pum movie is based on the story of a struggling fast car driver.

Going by the story of the movie similar products were promoted which includes Chevrolet and Castrol.

18. Pizza hut in Main Hoon Na

In the movie, Main Hoon Na SRK is seen enjoying a pizza in the famous Pizza Hut restaurant.

19. Royal Enfield in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag & Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

Royal Enfield was promoted within both of the movies and the product perfectly suited their characters.

21. Tata Tea & Ford in Baghban

First, the brand Tata Tea was promoted when Hema Malini in the movie is preparing Tea.

Also in one of the scenes we could see Amitabh Bachchan at the showroom of Ford.

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