What are the top ten Bollywood films that were box office hits, but that have a lot of mistakes in them?

 

What are the top ten Bollywood films that were box office hits, but that have a lot of mistakes in them?

Rustom (2016)- made a mockery of the Nanavati case by completly changing the fact. In reality, Nanavati did k*ll the man for having affair with his wife, but because it was Akshay Kumar in a uniform they forced a deshbhakti wala angle to prove his innocence. In reality, even though the jury voted in his favour the judicial system refused to accept it and he was found guilty. The film is full of procedural errors (Akshay Kumar wearing his uniform during civil trials) and factual errors (in reality his wife herself confessed the affair, the deceased sister was shown in the film as vamp but in reality she was the one who ascended the letter of pardon for Nanavati to Vijaylaxmi Pandit).

Marykom (2015): The mistakes in this film are too many to count. They have shown father of Marykom unsupportive of her career when in reality he was the one who got her admitted to Sports Authority of India. The film show Marykom fighting an underground boxing to save her calf and there she met her future husband. In reality, she never did undrrground fight, the calf was sold to fund the coaching of Marykom at SAI and she got to know abut it much later. Also she met her husband at Hisar when her belongings were stolen and he delievered her passport for her to attend boxing tournament as he was studying at Delhi University at that time. Also her son was not having an operation during her World Championship games it happemed during Asian games that too the game was over way before the operation started and her sponsors funded tickets for her to come back to Chandigarh hospital before the operation started.

Gadar: The film gets the background of the period wrong. It takes the tragic story of Boota Singh and turns it into a mass masala film. In real life Boota singh’s wife was pregnant whenthey were running from the armed people. She gave birth to her child in a ditch and died while Boota singh stood guard. Also in the film Sakina’s family is singing Que Sera Sera in 1940s when that particular version of the song came out in 1956.

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag: This films invent and propogates the myth that Milkha lost the race because he turned his back and saw the partition memories and lost. In reality he was never in contention to win the race. Also he is seen singing Nanha Munha Rahi Hun in 1950s when the song was released in 1962.

Sholay: The buggest hit of Indian cinema has many illogical scenes including the water tanker scene because even though there is no electricity in thr village they have a water tanker.

Amar Akbar Anthony : Again so many illogical scenes like three people dispensing blood at the same time, Amitabh’s wounds shifting places, no one recognising the three brothers even though they are literally singing out loud their names!! Vinod khanna is able to remember and locate exactly where he hid his toy pistol 20 years ago and finds it in good condition!!

Om Shanti Om: The film is based in late 70s but show Mithun Chakraborty dancing in his trademark Disco Dancer style in the premiere of Shanti Priya movie, Sooraj Badjatya is seen copying the dialogues of Om which he will later use in Maine Pyar kiya, and Govinda is shown as a waiter all the events which didnt and couldnt happen in the 70s. Also the speech of Om in his first birth for award acceptance is different from his later speech. He gets the order of his servants wrong in the second half.

Hungama: in the beginning of the film, the lawyer of Presh Rawal tells him the story of Anandilal Kathpitiya, and asks him why he sent his son and daughter to foreign land, and Paresh also refer to them in plural, but later the film establishes that he only has one son. So where did the daughter go?

Disco Dancer: The film shows that the enemies of Jimmy attach a high voltage wire to his electric guitar to k*ll him, but his mother gets to know about it and she takes the guitar in her hand and d*es. Does an electric guitar really has that much voltage to kill someone? Not according to any available reports. And he develops Guitar Phobia?? (Scientists are yet to diagnose such a phobia!!)

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai: How was the girl able to read the first seven letters and what was written in those letters? How come Anjali never married when she must around or above 30 years old? How was Farida Jalal, Srk and Salman allowed to stay in the summer camp when no other parents were allowed?

What are some lesser-known stories about the making of classic Bollywood films that shaped the industry?

 The making of Bollywood’s greatest classics frequently crossed the line into pure madness, featuring stars shackled in real iron chains and live bullets fired on set.

Director K. Asif spent over a decade making Mughal-e-Azam (1960), a film so expensive that a single song sequence nearly bankrupted the production. For the legendary number "Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya," Asif built a replica of the Sheesh Mahal (Palace of Mirrors) using imported Belgian glass. The set cost 1.5 million rupees at a time when an entire feature film could be made for a million. Asif also refused to use fake props on his lead actress. For scenes where the courtesan Anarkali is imprisoned, Madhubala wore actual heavy iron chains that tore the skin on her wrists, leaving scars that lasted the rest of her life.

Kamal Amrohi’s Pakeezah (1972) required an agonizing 14 years to complete, surviving the industry's shift from black-and-white to color film, the introduction of Cinemascope, and the divorce of Amrohi and his lead actress, Meena Kumari. By the time filming resumed in 1969, Kumari was dying of liver cirrhosis. She was so physically frail that she could not complete many of the rigorous classical dance sequences. Amrohi used a body double, Padma Khanna, shooting her from behind or in extreme wide shots, while Kumari managed the facial expressions from a seated position. She died exactly one month after the film's theatrical release.

The industry-defining "curry western" Sholay (1975) nearly ended in tragedy during its climax. Frustrated by repeated retakes while firing blanks, actor Dharmendra allegedly fired a gun loaded with live ammunition. The bullet narrowly missed his co-star Amitabh Bachchan. The film's iconic villain, Gabbar Singh, also came close to a different fate. Amjad Khan was cast only after Danny Denzongpa turned down the role, and scriptwriters initially lobbied to drop Khan during filming because they felt his voice lacked the necessary menace.

A theatrical poster for the 1960 Bollywood film Mughal-e-Azam. Photo by Deepesh Salgia is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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1960 ರಿಂದ 1980 ರವರೆಗಿನ ದಿನಗಳು ಕನ್ನಡ ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ಮಾಧ್ಯಮಕ್ಕೆ ಸುವರ್ಣ ದಿನಗಳು. ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಯಶಸ್ವಿ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿ ನಟರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಡಾಕ್ಟರ್ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ್ ಅವರ 150ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಯಾಗಿ ಅತ್ಯದ್ಭುತವಾದ ಜನಮನ್ನಣೆಯನ್ನು ಗಳಿಸಿದವು .ಇವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನೂರಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಟಿಸಿದವರು ಲೀಲಾವತಿ, ಜಯಂತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಭಾರತಿ ‌.ಈ ಮೂವರಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಎಂದರೆ ನಲವತ್ತಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದವರು ಅಭಿನಯ ಶಾರದೆ ಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಾದ ಜಯಂತಿ.

ಜಯಂತಿಯವರ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹೆಸರು ಕಮಲಕುಮಾರಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ್ದು ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿಯ ತೆಲುಗು ಕುಟುಂಬದಲ್ಲಿ. (ಜನವರಿ 6 1945 -ಜುಲೈ 26 2021).ತಾಯಿಯೊಡನೆ ಚಿಕ್ಕವಯಸ್ಸಿನಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಆಗಿನ ಮದ್ರಾಸ್ (ಈಗಿನ ಚೆನ್ನೈ)ಗೆ ವಲಸೆ ಹೋದವರು ಆರಂಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಗದೇಕ ವೀರನ ಕಥೆ ಹಾಗೂ ಕೆಲವು ತೆಲುಗು ಮತ್ತು ತಮಿಳು ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸಣ್ಣಪುಟ್ಟ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡರು .

ಆ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀಲಾವತಿ ,ತಮಿಳಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿ ಸರೋಜಾದೇವಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಛಾಪನ್ನು ಮೂಡಿಸಿದ್ದರು.ಕಮಲಕುಮಾರಿ ಅವರ ಕೊಂಚ ಸ್ಥೂಲದೇಹ ಅವರಿಗೆ ನಾಯಕಿ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಗೆ ತೊಡಕಾದ ಸಂದರ್ಭ. ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಪೇಕೆಟಿ ಶಿವರಾಂ ಅವರ ಕಾರಣದಿಂದಾಗಿ ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಚಿಕ್ಕಪುಟ್ಟ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳುತಮಿಳು-ತೆಲುಗಿನಲ್ಲಿ ದೊರೆತರೂ ನಿಜವಾಗಿ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಬ್ರೇಕ್ ದೊರತದ್ದು 1963 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಜೇನುಗೂಡು ಸಿನಿಮಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದಾಗ .ಅದೇ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಿಭಕ್ತ ಕುಟುಂಬಗಳ ವಿಘಟನಾ ಪರ್ವವನ್ನು ಒಡಮೂಡಿಸುವ ಚಂದವಳ್ಳಿಯ ತೋಟ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ಬ್ರೇಕ್ ಅನ್ನು ನೀಡಿತು. ಆಗಿನ ಪ್ರಮುಖ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಎಂ ಆರ್ ವಿಠಲ್ ವೈ ಆರ್ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ, ಶೇಷಗಿರಿರಾವ್, ಟಿವಿ ಸಿಂಗ್ ಟಾಗೋರ್, ಸಿದ್ದಲಿಂಗಯ್ಯ ದೊರೆ-ಭಗವಾನ್ ರವರ ನೆಚ್ಚಿನ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಅವರ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವರು ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡರು‌.

ಅದೇ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ತಮಿಳಿನ ಖ್ಯಾತ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರಾದ ಕೆ ಬಾಲಚಂದರ್ರವರ ಎದಿರ್ ನಿಳಲ್( ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಂಧಿ ನಗರ ಚಿತ್ರವಾಗಿ ಮೂಡಿಬಂತು ) ಹಾಸ್ಯನಟ ತಾಯಿ ನಾಗೇಶ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಅರೆಹುಚ್ಚಿ ಪಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಗಮನ ಸೆಳೆದ ಜಯಂತಿ ಅವರಿಗೆಹೆಸರನ್ನು ತಂದು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಲ್ಲದೇ ಮುಂದೆ ಅದೇ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕರ ಇರು ಕೋಡುಗಳು( ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಎರಡು ರೇಖೆಗಳು) ಮತ್ತು ಭಾಮ ವಿಜಯ ಮುಂತಾದ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶ ದೊರೆಯಿತು.ಮುಂದೆ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಇತರೆ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅವಕಾಶ ದೊರೆತರೂ ಅವರು ನೆಲೆನಿಂತದ್ದು ಮುಂದೆ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ.

ಬೆಟ್ಟದ ಹುಲಿ 1965 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಂಡ ಅಪಾರ ಯಶಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಸಾಧಿಸಿದ ಚಿತ್ರ. ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಪರಿಸರ ಮುಖ್ಯವೋ ಇಲ್ಲಾ ಜೀನ್ಸ್ ಮುಖ್ಯವೋ ಎಂಬುದರ ಎಳೆಯನ್ನಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡು ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಸೆಂಟಿಮೆಂಟ್, ಸಾಹಸ ,ಶೃಂಗಾರ ,ಸೆಂಟಿಮೆಂಟ್,ಕುತೂಹಲ, ಹಾಸ್ಯ,ಮಧುರ ಸಂಗೀತ ಹದವಾಗಿ ಬೆರೆತ ಸಿನಿಮಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯಂತಿಯವರ ಬೀಡುಬೀಸಾದ ಅಭಿನಯ ಚಿತ್ರರಸಿಕರ ಗಮನಸೆಳೆದಿದ್ದೇ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿ ಮುಂದಿನ ಮೂರು ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಷಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಗೊಂಡ ಅರ್ಧಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಆಕೆ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದರು.ಅವರ ದೈಹಿಕ ಸ್ಥೂಲತೆಯನ್ನು ಮೈ ಮರೆಸುವಂತೆ ಅವರ ಸಹಜ ಅಭಿನಯ ಸಹನಟ -ನಟಿ ರೊಂದಿಗಿನ ಸೌಹಾರ್ದತೆ ,ಸದಾ ಆನಂದದ ಮನೋಭಾವ,ವೃತ್ತಿಪರತೆ ಮತಗಳನ್ನು ಅಭ್ಯಸಿಸಿ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಂತೆ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸುವ ಅವರ ಶೈಲಿ ಅವರನ್ನು ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಾಲ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಇಟ್ಟ ನಾಯಕಿಯನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿತು.

ಆಗಿನ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಆಧುನಿಕ ವಿಚಾರಧಾರೆಯ ಮಿಸ್ ಲೀಲಾವತಿ ಅಭಿನಯ ಮೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಗೆ ಪಾತ್ರವಾದ ದ್ದಲ್ಲದೆ ಆ ಬಾರಿಯ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಂದುಕೊಟ್ಟಿತು. ಹಾಲಿವುಡ್ನ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ಬಾಂಡ್ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಪ್ರೇರಿತರಾಗಿ ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಮಾದರಿಯ ಜೇಡರ ಬಲೆ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ತಯಾರಾದಾಗ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್ ಬಾಂಡ್ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಮಾದಕ ನಾಯಕನಟಿಯರ ಹುಡುಕಾಟದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾಗ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ದೊರೆ ಭಗವಾನ್ ರವರ ದೃಷ್ಟಿ ಹರಿದದ್ದು ಜಯಂತಿಯಡೆಗೆ .ಹಾಡಿನ ಸಂದರ್ಭವೊಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ್ ಹಾಗೂ ಜಯಂತಿ ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಈಜುಡುಗೆ ಧರಿಸಿ ನರ್ತಿಸಿದ ಹಾಡೊಂದು ಅಪಾರವಾಗಿ ಗಮನಸೆಳೆದಿದ್ದೆ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಮುಂದೆ ಆ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಸರಣಿ ಸಿನಿಮಾಗಳು ತಯಾರಾದಾಗ ಅವುಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಟಿಸಿದ ಮುಂದೆ ಪ್ರಖ್ಯಾತ ನಟರಾಗಿ ಹೆಸರು ಮಾಡಿದ ಲಕ್ಷ್ಮಿ ಮತ್ತು ರೇಖಾ ಅದೇ ರೀತಿ ಹುಡುಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕಾಯಿತು.

ಚಿತ್ರರಂಗದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾಯಕ ನಟರಾಗಿ ದೀರ್ಘವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸ ಬಹುದಾದರೂ ನಾಯಕ ನಟಿಯರಿಗೆ ಅವಧಿ ಐದರಿಂದ ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳು ಮಾತ್ರ. 1958 ರಲ್ಲಿ ಬೆಳಕಿಗೆ ಬಂದ ಲೀಲಾವತಿ 1968ರಲ್ಲಿ ಪೋಷಕ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದರೆ ಆರತಿ, ಭಾರತಿ ,ಕಲ್ಪನಾ, ಮಂಜುಳಾಎಂಟು ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಕಾಲ ನಾಯಕ ನಟಿಯರಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದರೆ ಜಯಂತಿ ಸುಮಾರು 1963 ರಿಂದ 1978ರ ಅವಧಿಯವರೆಗೂ ನಾಯಕಿ ನಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಮುಂದುವರೆದದ್ದು ವಿಶೇಷ ಅಷ್ಟೇ ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಅವರ ಅಭಿನಯ ಸಾಮರ್ಥ್ಯ ತಮ್ಮ ಗ್ಲಾಮರನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದೆ ಕಾರಣವೆನ್ನಬಹುದು.

ಶರಪಂಜರ ಹಾಗೂ ಯಾವ ಜನ್ಮದ ಮೈತ್ರಿ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಮಾನಸಿಕ ರೋಗಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲ್ಪನ ,ಸಂಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಸವಾಲ್, ಸೀತಾರಾಮ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಮಂಜುಳಾರ ವರ ಗಂಡುಬೀರಿಯ ಪಾತ್ರ ಶುಭ ಮಂಗಳ ಆರತಿ ಭಾವನಾತ್ಮಕ ಪಾತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಮಾಂತರವಾಗಿ ಜಯಂತಿ ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್ ಗಂಡು,ಶ್ರೀಮಂತನಮಗಳು, ಮಾಂಗಲ್ಯ ಭಾಗ್ಯ ,ಬಾಳು ಬೆಳಗಿತು( ಕಮಲದ ಹೂವಿಂದ ಕೆನ್ನೆಯ ಮಾಡಿದನು ಜಯಂತಿಯ ರೂಪವನ್ನು ವರ್ಣಿಸಿ ಬರೆದ ಗೀತೆಎಂದು ಹೆಸರಾಗಿತ್ತು ), ಕಸ್ತೂರಿ ನಿವಾಸ ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಾಣಬಹುದು.

ಯಾವುದನ್ನು ಅತಿರೇಕಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋಗದೆ ಸಹಜವಾಗಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸುವುದು ಅವರ ಕಲೆ. ಎಡಕಲ್ಲು ಗುಡ್ಡದಮೇಲೆ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಋಣಾತ್ಮಕ ಪತ್ರವು ಕೊನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನೋಡುಗರ ಸಹಾನುಭೂತಿ ಪಡೆಯುವಲ್ಲಿ ಜಯಂತಿಯವರ ಮೇರು ಅಭಿನಯವು ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿದೆ .ಅದೇ ಚಿತ್ರದ ವಿರಹ ನೂರು ನೂರು ತರಹ ಗೀತೆಗೆ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಭಾವಾಭಿನಯ ಆಕೆಯನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಬೇರಾರಿಗೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲವೇನೋ ಎನಿಸುವಂತಿದೆ ನಾಗರಹಾವು ಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿಕ್ಕ ಪಾತ್ರವಾದರೂ ಒನಕೆ ಓಬವ್ವನ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡಿನ ವೀರರಮಣಿಯ ಗೀತೆಯ ನಟನೆ ಬಹುಕಾಲ ನೆನಪಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಉಳಿಯುವಂತದ್ದು.

ಆ ಕಾಲದ ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಮುಖನಟರಾದ ಎಂಜಿಆರ್, ಎನ್ಟಿಆರ್, ಜೆಮಿನಿ ಗಣೇಶನ್ ಮುಂತಾಗಿ ಬಹುತೇಕ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ನಟರ ನಾಯಕಿಯಾಗಿ ಸುಮಾರು ಐನ್ನೂರಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದ ಹೆಗ್ಗಳಿಕೆ ಅವರದು .ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜಕುಮಾರ್, ಉದಯಕುಮಾರ್ ರಂತಹ ನಟರ ಜೊತೆಗಲ್ಲದೆ ಮುಂದಿನ ತಲೆಮಾರಿನ ವಿಷ್ಣುವರ್ಧನ್ ,ಅಂಬರೀಶ್ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆಗೆ ನಾಯಕ ನಟಿಯಾಗಿ ಅವರು ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.

70ರ ದಶಕದಲ್ಲಿ ದ್ವಿಪಾತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿದ ಜಯ-ವಿಜಯ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಶೂಟಿಂಗ್ ಹಳೆಕೋಟೆ ಮತ್ತು ಮಾವಿನಕೆರೆ ಕೆರೆಯ ಸುತ್ತಮುತ್ತ ನಡೆದಿತ್ತು. ಆ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಲ ಕಿಡಿಗೇಡಿಗಳು ಅವರು ತಂಗಿದ್ದ ಐಬಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಕಿರುಕುಳ ನೀಡಿದಾಗ ಅದನ್ನು ದಿಟ್ಟತನದಿಂದ ಎದುರಿಸಿದ್ದ ಆಗ ಸುದ್ದಿಯಾಗಿತ್ತು.

ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕ ಪೇಕೆಟಿ ಶಿವರಾಮ್ ರವರನ್ನು ವರಿಸಿದ ಜಯಂತಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣಕುಮಾರ್ ಗೆ ಜನ್ಮ ನೀಡಿದರು .ಮುಂದೆ ಪೇಕೆಟಿ ಶಿವರಾಮ್ ರವರಿಂದ ದೂರವಾದ ನಂತರ ಬಂಡಾರು ಗಿರಿಬಾಬು ಜೊತೆಗೆ ಧರ್ಮ ದಾರಿ ತಪ್ಪಿತು ಮತ್ತು ವಜ್ರದ ಜಲಪಾತ ಚಿತ್ರ ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿ ಕೈಸುಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡರು. ನಂತರ ಅವರಿಗಿಂತ ಕಿರಿಯ ನಟ ರಾಜಶೇಖರ್ರವರನ್ನು ನಟರಾಗಿಸಿ ವಿಜಯ್ ಮತ್ತು ಏನ್ ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಅಳಿಯಂದ್ರೆ ನಿರ್ಮಾಣ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ದೇಶನ ಮಾಡಿದರೂ ಆ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳು ಕೂಡ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲ.ಆದರೆ ಅವರೊಂದಿಗಿನ ಒಡನಾಟ ಆ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ಚಿತ್ರ ಪುರವಣಿಗಳ ಗಾಸಿಪ್ ಪುಟಗಳಿಗೆ ಆಹಾರವಾಗಿತ್ತು .

500ಕ್ಕೂ ಹೆಚ್ಚು ಚಿತ್ರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಭಿನಯಿಸಿ ಒಂದು ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಐದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿಗಳನ್ನು ತನ್ನ ಮುಡಿಗೇರಿಸಿಕೊಂಡ ಜಯಂತಿ ತಾವು ನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿದ ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ ಪಾತ್ರಗಳಿಂದಾಗಿ ಜನಮಾನಸದಲ್ಲಿ ಸದಾ ಹಸಿರಾಗಿಯೇ ಉಳಿಯುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಸಂದರ್ಶನ ಒಂದರಲ್ಲಿ ಯಶಸ್ಸಿನ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುತ್ತಾ" ನಾನು ಸತ್ತಾಗ ಒಬ್ಬ ಅಭಿಮಾನಿಯ ಕಣ್ಣಲ್ಲಿ ನೀರು ಕಾಣಿಸಿದರೆ , ವಿಷಾದ ಮೂಡಿದರೆ ಅದುವೇ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಯಶಸ್ಸು"ಎಂದಿದ್ದರು. ಇಂದು ಅವರ ಐದನೇ ವರ್ಷದ ನೆನಪಿನ ವರ್ಷಾಚರಣೆ.

Name 10 best movies of Mahesh Babu where you admire him as performer or actor not the star?

 Here are my top 10 best performances of Maheshbabu

In Descending order

10. Nani

Looks simple but believability of child innocence without making it go overboard that too in comical was not so easy

9. Athadu

As a hit man trying to escape from a murder conspiracy and same tine bound to a family. Great subtle acting.

8. Okkadu

Okkadu vs Ghilli is never ending debate but to me Okkadu is that class action movie with mass elements. It establishes Mahesh as mass action hero with class and it capitulate him to Tier 1 hero.

7. Pokiri

If Okkadu establishes him as class action hero. Pokiri makes him very close to masses . Puri gets unique side of Mahesh.

6. Gunturkaram

Yes Guntur kaaram was good especially on how subtly but perfectly he portrayed abandonment and its trauma.

5. Business man

Mahesh only “Anti hero” role . I love dialogues and its intensity

4. Murari

Murari is another memorable role where Mahesh gave in to krishna Vamsis eccentric world .

3 . 1 Neokkadine

This is very nuanced psychological thriller . Mahesh has given one of his best acting performance. He holds interval scene with purely his performace shows his acting calibre.

2. Khaleja

Not biased this is top performing movie of Mahesh. Climax acting and dialogues and subtle expressions at its best.

1. Nijam

Best perfomance of Mahesh Babu is undoubtedly Nijam. It was brutally grounded and very good performance.

Whats your list ?

Do you feel that Shah Rukh Khan's films in the 90s were way better than his recent flicks?

 I think SRK did his best movies in the 2000’s. The 1990s was a phase of the becoming of SRK with lots of hits and misses. 2010s onwards he either didn't try at all or tried too hard with mediocre content.

In the 90s he did Very Good films- Baazigar, Darr, Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, DDLJ.

Some popular films which were great then but may not have aged that well today- Kuch Kuch Hota hai, Dil to Pagal hai, Karan Arjun, Pardes, Deewana.

Then he had films which were feel good films not great but good enough to put smile on your face- Raju Ban gaya gentleman, Chamatkar, Yes Boss

And films which remained underrated and didn't receive the appreciation it deserved- Anjaam, Dil Se, Chahhat, Badshah, Maya Memsaab

And then his bad and atrocious films- Dil Aashna hai (bad), King Uncle (loved it as a child but not as an adult plus SRK was barely there), Guddu (Trash), Zamana Deewana (utter trash), O Darling ye hai India (utterly bad film which tried to act way too smart), Trimurti (Big budget trash), Ram Jaane (not bad as a film but SRK was so over the top in the film), English Babu desi mem (very bad), Koyla (not a bad film but too excessive in violence, not an easy watch), Duplicate (could have been fun but a mess). Not including his cameos in Army (which was also bad) and Dushman Duniya ka (very very bad)

In the 2000s he had a much better filmography. His great to very good films will include- Swades, Devdas, Kal Ho na Ho, Veer Zaara, Chak De India

His Good to decent films without the same recall value include- Kabhi Khushi kabhi Gam, Mohabbatein, Main Hun Na, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Don (good film would have received much more love without the comparison with the original), Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, Chalte Chalte, Om Shanti Om (a really entertaining film except the plot heavily copied from Madhumati especially the climax)

His underrated films will include- Phir bhi Dil hai Hindustani (more relevant in today's condition of journalism), Ashoka and Paheli (also his cameos in Hey Raam, Saathiya and Luck by Chance)

His not so good, bad and atrocious films will include- Josh (the film was quite decent just SRK doesn't suit in gunda type roles), One 2 ka 4 (could have been fun but a mess), Hum Tumhare hai Sanam (SRK was very good, but the film would have been better had it not been delayed for 6 years), Ye Lamhe Judai Ke (a cash grab scheme to take advantage of SRK's stardom)

In 2010s SRK had a decline in his career. In this phase he only had one great to very good film- My Name is Khan.

His Good to decent films will include- Don 2, Raees, Dear Zindagi (I personally liked it)

Most of his films in 2010s were mediocre not bad but also not good- Jab Tak hai Jaan, Chennai Express, Ra.One (graphics were great screenplay was pathetic), Fan (underrated, went overboard in the second half otherwise SRK's best performance in years)

And the bad to utter trash- Happy New Year (what nonsense was that), Dilwale (the same question repeated), Zero (confused film ended up nowhere while trying to be everything), Jab Harry Met Sejal (except great music nothing worked for the film)

In 2020s he had 3 releases and while none of them was great, Jawan was still the better one followed by Pathaan and Dunki. I don't except King to be anything but fan service movie.

So I would prefer the early 2000s SRK

Why do Hindi films often have only two main characters, the hero and the villain?

 When a single megastar secures a film's funding, producers do not dilute their screen time with an ensemble cast. They clear the stage for one righteous hero and one towering villain.

While modern Bollywood has diversified into morally gray character studies, this strict binary dominated the industry for half a century, driven by a highly calibrated formula of modern economics and ancient storytelling traditions.

The deepest root of this binary lies in Indian mythology. Storytelling in the subcontinent is heavily influenced by the great epics, particularly the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.

A 17th-century Udaipur painting depicting the armies of Rama clashing with the forces of Ravana, a mythological blueprint for good versus evil. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

The Ramayana provides the ultimate template for pure Good versus pure Evil, embodied by the duty-bound Lord Rama and the tyrannical demon king Ravana. For generations, audiences engaged with stories not to uncover moral ambiguity, but to witness a ritualistic reenactment of righteousness destroying wickedness. The classic Hindi film hero and villain were modern, secular translations of this mythological dynamic, satisfying a deep-seated cultural expectation for absolute moral clarity.

Beyond cultural traditions, the binary was enforced by the economics of the "star system." By the 1970s, the Hindi film industry was largely financed around the pulling power of single megastars like Amitabh Bachchan. To make the protagonist's inevitable triumph feel earned rather than easy, writers had to create antagonists of equal or greater magnitude—towering figures like Gabbar Singh, Mogambo, or Shakaal. The narrative space was intentionally hollowed out to give these two titans room to clash.

This dichotomy also provided profound socio-economic catharsis. In the post-independence decades, particularly during the turbulent 1970s and 1980s, working-class audiences faced systemic corruption, poverty, and institutional failure. They felt powerless against sprawling, faceless bureaucracy. The hero-villain structure condensed all of society's complex ills into a single, punchable face—a smuggler, a corrupt politician, or a cruel landlord. By reducing systemic oppression to one villain, the films allowed a singular hero to defeat the system with his bare hands, offering a visceral thrill that complex, multi-character realism could never provide.

What are some major mistakes of Bollywood films?

 Om Shanti Om (2007)

Om Shanti Om is a period reincarnation movie which continuously refers to the 70s in the first half even though most of the cinematic references don't match with the time period depicted in the film. The second half of the film deals with 2007 after 30 years, so it is safe to conclude that the film in the first half takes place in the year 1977–78. So the film starts with the shooting of Om Shanti Om of the film Karz going on. Now Karz was launched in the year 1978 on October 24th which means the film should be based in that year only.

But then in the very next scene, they show Govinda as a waiter struggling for films. Even though Govinda did started struggling at the age of 14–15 (he was not accepted for being to young). He went back and watched Saturday Night Fever, started dancing and recorded his VHS tapes all in the 80s. he actually started seriously hunting for films in the 80s only. Similarly the film shows Mithun Chakraborty in the premier of Dreamy Girl doing his signature dancing step. But Mithun started discovery dancing in the 80s only which became his signature style in 82.

Thirdly the film shows a young Sooraj Badjatya taking notes of the dialogue No sorry no thank you implying that he got the dialogue for his film Maine Pyar Kiya from there. But again Sooraj Badjatya was merely 13–14 years old in 1977–78 and character again seems to be from 80s and not 70s.

Fourth thing Om Prakash Makhija’s mother told him that she has was considered for the role of Madhubala in Mughal E Aazam but she was pregnant with him in the womb so she couldn't do the film. Now Madhubala was cast in Mughal E Aazam around 1952, when the film was started from scratch with a new cast and producer. So by this logic Om Prakash Makhija should have been 24–25 years old at max, but he was playing a 30 year old man which made no sense again.

What also didn't made sense was why Shreyas Talpade never got married even after so many decades? Why did the aatma of shantipriya waited 30 years to take revenge? In Madhumati the revenge process took immediately but in this film they waited for Om Kapoor to be reborn, become a big star and remember his previous birth at the age of 30 and then come for revenge.