Would you have share some rare picture collection from history?

 I am from Mumbai, so here are some old, or rare, or both from Mumbai and India…. I have added some recent pictures in some cases, for the contrast.

The best of Hindi film industry pose with the then Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi

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Liberty Cinema

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The Braborne Stadium, in 1950… .and today, the HQ of BCCI

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Chowpaty Beach

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Apollo Pier before construction of the Gateway of India (1905)

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The Bombay Police

Chor Bazaar, Bambay

The Marine Drive…. also called the Queen’s Necklace - 1870 (above) and today

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The B.E.S.T (Bombay Electricity & Suburban Transport) Tram service

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Cotton Merchants, near Cotton Exchange building, Bombay

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The Victoria Terminus Station building… today known as Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus

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The Taj Mahal was given a Steel cage protection

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This is my Late Mother iin Lonavala, Maharashtra

The station as it is today…

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S O M E . . . REAL RARITIES…

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Driving Licence 1943 (war Time)

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Cash Memo for a Masala Dosa and a cup of coffee - Rs. 2.16

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Kashmiri Gate, Delhi… in 1857

and today…

Martyr Shahid Chandrashekhar Azad, after he was killed by the British

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India Gate, New Delhi - 1952

and today…

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Two Nobel Laureates - Albert Einstein and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore

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Two sons of the last Mughal ruler, Bahadur Shah Zafar

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Bahadur Shah Zafar, before being sent to Burma (for exile)

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Maharaja (of Jammu & Kashmir) Hari Singh with India’s Home Minister Sardar V. Patel after the accession treaty was signed making Kashmir Indian territory.

INDIAN ACTORS WHO GAVE 100 CRORES COLLECTIONS WORLDWIDE ON DAY 1

 Prabhas 🏆 — 6 movies

• Baahubali 2 — ₹214 crores
• Saaho — ₹125 crores
• Adipurush — ₹140 crores
• Salaar — ₹167 crores
• Kalki — ₹176 crores
• Rajasaab — ₹106 crores

Jr. NTR — 2 movies

• RRR — ₹223 crores
• Devara — ₹157 crores

Ram Charan — 2 movies

• RRR — ₹223 crores
• Peddi — ₹136 crores

Vijay — 2 movies

• Leo — ₹148 crores
• GOAT — ₹104 crores

SRK — 2 movies [only Bollywood actor to have that 👏]

• Pathaan — ₹101 crores
• Jawan — ₹125 crores

Allu Arjun — 1 movie

• Pushpa 2 — ₹280 crores

Rajinikanth — 1 movie

• Coolie — ₹151 crores

Pawan Kalyan — 1 movie

• OG — ₹153 crores

Yash — 1 movie

• KGF 2 — ₹162 crores

Ranbir Kapooe — 1 movie

• Animal — ₹116 crores

Ranveer Singh — 1 movie

• Dhurandhar 2 - ₹102.5 crores

Rebelwood leads the list with 6 movies 🔥

By end of Salaar 2 — Prabhas would have 10 movies which has grossed 100+ crores on day 1 worldwide

• Baahubali 2
• Saaho
• Adipurush
• Salaar
• Kalki
• Rajasaab
• Fauzi
• Spirit
• Kalki 2
• Salaar 2

Rebelwood would overtake Bollywood by 2029 🔥🔥.

“Could Sholay have earned ₹2000 crore if it were released today?”

 Sholay if rereleased would have earned 10–15 crores (as it does on every re release including the latest 3D version). But if Sholay was made as a 2026 film and released it would have shattered the box office records for sure.

Sholay earned way more than 2000 crores in current value. To give a reference of the magnitude of its success, before Sholay the biggest grossing film of India was Mughal E Aazam which collected 5 crores. Sholay collected 15 crores in its original run (30 crores gross) and further 14 crores in its rerun (28 crores gross). Sholay and HAHK are the only two movies to triple the existing industry hit in Hindi Films (Disco Dancer and Dangal if you include overseas). This was also the film led the trade reviewers to change their verdict of the film 4 times

Now would the film earn 2000 crores in today's time. Let's see-

The Factors in Favour of the film- Sholay released during emergency when political conditions were hostile and this was a year when Violence and Angry characters became the normal reflecting the prevalent socio-political conditions. In the recent times there is no emergency politically but the cult of violence has emerged greatly in the past few years with ultra violence replacing the soft films. Sholay would have benefited from the increasing taste for violent films. However Sholay would not have got a U certificate in today's time.

Another thing is length. 3+ hours movies are becoming big Blockbusters in the past few years with Animal, Dhurandhar etc. also like the above mentioned movies, Sholay is also technically well made with great production values and good music.

Lastly the word of mouth.. Sholay grew massively with word of mouth and that would lead the film to gain sizeable business week after week.

What may go against the film-

Inspirations - In 1975 there was hardly any way to know the inspiration of a film or scene but today a film can be brutally trolled for copying so many movies that Sholay does (Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven, A Fistful of Dollars etc) and this would have impacted the excellent word of mouth that Sholay enjoyed.

Critics- Sholay received mixed to negative reviews in its original run and purely on narrative point of view the film would have received mixed reviews with critics calling it hypermasculine cinema or criticised the lack of emotions in the film or its unoriginality. Critics reviews do not always matter but it does impact the hype of a film.

Most probably Sholay will be able to earn 2000 crores for its Masala movie genre, violence, music and repeat value.

A Collection of Amazing Photographs📸

 2. When Humanity Tried to Ride Zebras: A Forgotten 1890—1940 Experiment That Failed Spectacularly

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3. A nanobot picks up a lazy sperm by the tail and inseminates an egg with it

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4. Snake covered in ticks

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5. A man dressed in traditional attire for a festival celebration in Himachal Pradesh, India.

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6. A man in Afghanistan is condemned to death for being a supporter of the communist regime. He would later be shot and beheaded 1980.

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7. Astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy captured a perfectly timed shot of a skydiver descending in clean alignment with the Sun.

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8. ASMLIs latest chipmaking machine, weighs as much as two Airbus A320s and costs $380 million

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9. By complete accident a guy captured a plane crossing in front of our sun. He was able to figure out exactly which flight it was and got connected with the pilot, who was thrilled.

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10. Volcanic Lightning (Sakurajima Volcano - Japan)

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11. Pool of cave water completely isolated for hundreds of thousands of years

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12. This crystal is grown from scrap copper and vinegar. It's called copper acetate, and it took 7 months to grow. The crystal formed naturally, and is not cut or polished.

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13. Exotic, beautiful, and rare Patagonian crater agate only found in Argentina!

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14. Mosquito biting a snake

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15. A charging Rhino is the most intemidating thing ever

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16. Mars on the left, Earth on the right.

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17. Chuck E got arrested at my local Chuck E Cheese

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18. This caterpillar eating a leaf but all I can see is Squidward's interpretive dance

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19. Pyramid shaped hills nearby Visoko, Bosnia

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20. South Korea sent a fully-kitted out player for the Olympic shooting. Turkey sent an 51 yr old guy with no specialized lenses, eye cover or ear protection and got the silver medal.

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Sources: reddit.com, imgur.com