Which Indian movies meet Hollywood standards?

 There is no standard as such to compare two movies from two different cinemas. If we(bollywood) make some bad movie, hollywood makes it too. Same goes for the good movies. The question should be rather: “Which bollywood are so good that they inspired hollywood movies?”. Here goes the list.

• Fear (1996) inspired by Darr (1993)

• A Common Man (2013) inspired by A Wednesday (2008)

• Delivery Man (2013) inspired by Vicky Donor (2012)

• Win a date with Tad Hamilton (2004) inspired by Rangeela(1995)

• Leap Year (2010) inspired by Jab We Met (2007)

Which actors have seriously regretted turning down roles in iconic Hollywood films?

 When an actor reaches a point in their career where they have the opportunity to choose between several job offers, they run the risk of turning down the next big project.

Here are a few examples:

Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role of Ennis Del Mar in "Brokeback Mountain," but thankfully he turned it down. As we now know, Heath Ledger got the part and was later nominated for an Oscar for his performance. Can you imagine "Brokeback" without Ledger?

That one must sting. Gwyneth Paltrow turned down the role of Rose in "Titanic" and never revealed her reasons. I can understand her. Then Kate Winslet came along and formed one of the most iconic on-screen duos in cinematic history with Leonardo DiCaprio. The film became a massive hit and garnered 11 of their 14 Oscar nominations. I'm glad Leo didn't turn down that film too...

Matt Damon had to turn down the lead role in "Avatar" because he was still filming the Bourne movies. Damon stated that he really wanted to play Jake Sully in Avatar but it was impossible due to scheduling conflicts. Avatar went on to become one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

What is the difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies?

 Hollywood dialogue :

You're the first boy I ever kissed Jake and I want you to be the last.

Bollywood dialogue :

Isi gaal pe pappi degi tere challe ko. (She'll kiss this very cheek of mine).

Titanic - Hollywood tragedy.

Gareebo ki tragedy. (Tum Mile movie Disaster)

Hollywood's defence mode

Bollywood's defence :

Hollywood's Mind numbing sci-fi thriller

Gareebo ka time travel : (Action Replay movie-time travel)

Here's an epic war saga that went unnoticed and unappreciated

And here is a guy who just walks in snow for 150 minutes and people liked because of “art” and “Oscar”.

Why does it cost millions to make a Hollywood film?

 On a big picture it is because we make EVERYTHING that you see. It might be an entire world made of plywood and minimal stick framing, but there is a lot of it and it’s all custom. Every costume is hand built. Robin Williams robot costume got an academy award or nod.

The six roof ribs each have hundreds of man-hours worth of work.

Everything in the room is custom built including the room. This is probably the largest single enclosed set I ever worked on. For 7 weeks, I hammered away just making the blank segments of the 180′ diameter perimeter wall- a twenty foot tall truncated conical shape that is totally undetectable. That was an extremely wasteful design detail, but the Hollywood designer said “Make it So”, Disney opened the checkbook, and this one million dollar Bicentennial Man set was ordered up and built for about 5 minutes of screen time.

Alcatraz TV pilot

Working ON Alcatraz is very expensive so they usually fake it in Hollywood. Or Canada! I’m standing in an Alcatraz set, on Alcatraz, next to real Alcatraz bars and cells. The set was built in Vancouver and trucked all the way south to San Francisco for a 4 day shoot at the National Park (the whole island is the park). I was just one of about a sozen carpenters- we all got a couple thousand for the work.

Carpenters are the low pay folks on set. That’s why I specialize in effects props:

The ‘escape props’ I created for a shoot in 1991 are still on display in the “MGM cells” at Alcatraz. (power drill, paper mache vent cover, hand tools)

In house Google ad that totally did NOT rip off JJ Abrams Star Trek set… (yeah, it did) Just a little plastic model… $7,500.

Toyota Prius “jet pack” $4,000

It’s all custom. Lights and camera equipment cost millions and millions of dollars too. And because everything is so high stakes, everyone above the carpenters gets paid eye watering chunks of change.

Does height matter in Hollywood?

 During Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart had to stand on wooden boxes just to appear taller than Ingrid Bergman. It proves a persistent Hollywood truth: height is just a malleable prop.

For leading men, there is a pervasive illusion that every action star is well over six feet tall. In reality, the camera favors proportion over sheer size. Actors with slightly larger heads and broader shoulders often register as massive on screen, regardless of their actual vertical measurement. Sylvester Stallone, Mark Wahlberg, and Tom Cruise all hover around or below average height, yet they have dominated the action genre for decades. Directors use low-angle shots, forced perspective, and specialized footwear to enhance their stature. When an actor is exceptionally tall, it can actually create framing problems. A massive height discrepancy between two actors requires the camera to pull back, which can disrupt the intimacy of close-up dialogue scenes.

To solve this, production crews rely on a simple piece of equipment: the apple box. During the run of The X-Files, the crew built custom ramps and boxes—affectionately dubbed "Scully boxes"—so the 5-foot-3 Gillian Anderson could comfortably share the frame with the 6-foot David Duchovny.

However, height expectations historically placed a different burden on female actors. For decades, traditional casting dictated that women should not tower over their male romantic leads. Actresses like Sigourney Weaver and Geena Davis, both hitting the six-foot mark, have noted that their height initially cost them roles, as some leading men refused to work alongside women who were taller than them. Fortunately, the industry has become slightly more flexible over time. Today, tall actresses frequently share the screen with shorter male co-stars without the production resorting to trick photography or trenches to hide the difference.

Ultimately, casting directors are far more concerned with an actor's screen presence, charisma, and facial geometry than the tape measure. In Hollywood, physical height is just a starting point; the camera, the framing, and a few wooden boxes handle the rest.

What is the difference between Bollywood and Hollywood movies?

 Just for fun don't take it seriously

Hollywood: Aliens attack only America

Asteroids fall on America

The world is about to end- saved by Americans

The whole world revolve around America

Asteroids will be falling on America only- President will break protocols and will perform stunts and action to save the country. Scientists will perform all kind of experiments and will observe the monitor every minute to see what is happening. But at the end of the day the world will be saved by our inexperienced hero who has no knowledge about science, asteroids or about anything. In the end, Hero and his love interest will k**s while the world is still damaged by the asteroid!!

Bollywood -

Bollywood: Asteroid attack- Hero will enter with a song, then will save the heroine from goons, then they fall in love, song some songs.

Asteroid attack- slow motion, camera on hero, then heroine, then supporting actor, then background artist, everyone giving their reaction shot (while Dhoom Tana na plays in the background). Out hero chants Hanuman Chalisa, God enters the body of our hero giving him invincible powers. He takes the asteroid out of space and destroys it.

Then he returns to his area, everyone claps for him. He goes to his girlfriend to sing another song. The End.

Now on a serious note

1. Bollywood films use music and songs way more than Hollywood. Hollywood use songs mostly in the background or if they are musical. Indian films have music and even dance mostly inherent to the narrative.
2. In Hollywood Sci-fi, animation and fantasy are commercially viable genre. Even their animated features have a budget of 100–300 million dollars which translates into more than thousand crores rupees. In Bollywood the animation and Sci-fi genre are not as developed. Our highest grossing animation film is Mahavtar Narasimha with collections of 300 crores rupees but by and large we hardly see animation films, even films like interstellar or inception cannot be conceived in Bollywood because it will lack the commercial elements to make its successful and niche subjects are hardly Blockbusters in Bollywood.
3. The market- despite having much larger population Hollywood has a wider exhibition with more theatres, more wider overseas reach and more revenue. India has only 12000 theatres with sizeable amount of theatres in the South where Hindi films do limited business. Our ticket prices are also way cheaper than Hollywood. So our revenue is expanding but it is not comparable to Hollywood
4. Hollywood is an actual place in America which became associated with film production in early 1910’s due to availablity of land, and cheap cost of production. By 1920’s Hollywood emerged as a town around which Hollywood studios established their offices. Bollywood is not a place but is basically a derivative of Bombay and Hollywood because Bombay was the centre of Hindi cinema so it got identified as Bollywood a term many people don't find amusing. Also the regional languages have their own wood- Kollywood for Tamil, Tollywood for Telugu, Sandalwood for Kannada, Tollygunj for Bengali, Bhojwood for Bhojpuri etc.
5. American Cinema organise Academy awards also known as Oscar which has huge reputation all over the world with almost every country vying for it. Indian awards don't have the reputation. We have National Film awards which are given by Indian government and we have Filmfare awards which is the most significant awards for Bollywood film but our award shows don't have the same reputation as Hollywood.

What Hollywood actor/actress refuses to do love scenes with his/her co-star? How so?

 One of the most famous ones is Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte:

Julia Roberts called Nick Nolte “disgusting” and Nolte responded by saying that Roberts was “not a nice person.”

They clashed so much on the set that the director had to use body doubles for the love scenes, though, the director did get them to do a kiss on screen.

Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt

Brad initially refused to do a love scene with Cate to appease Angelina, Brad’s girlfriend at the time. The director David Fincher stepped in and eventually got him to do the scene.

Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams

Gosling hated McAdams so much he demanded that she be fired from the movie because they “lacked chemistry.” Director Nick Cassavetes refused to fire her and forced them to work it out. Ironically, the two ended up dating for several years after the movie.

Harrison Ford and Sean Young

These two could not stand each other. It got so bad that their love scenes were described by the crew as “hate scenes.”

Tom Cruise and Thandie Newton

On Mission Impossible 2, Thandie Newton was not a fan of Cruise’s kissing style and found it very off-putting.

Speaking to Elle, Thandie described her reluctance for the scenes: “Kissing Tom Cruise was slightly icky and sort of wet.”

Which Hollywood actors/actresses look stunning without makeup?

 Hollywood Actors and Actresses (mostly Actresses) who I believe look stunning without makeup include:

Kate Beckinsale

Jessica Biel

Laverne Cox

Penelope Cruz

Salma Hayek

Audrey Hepburn

Stana Katic

Adam Lambert

Jared Leto

Jennifer Lopez

Marisol Nichols

Keke Palmer

RuPaul

Yara Shahidi

Gwen Stefani

Bella Thorne

Ariel Winter

Zendaya

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Sources: What 70 celebrities look like without a lick of makeup

18 Photos of Makeup-Wearing Male Celebs Without Their Makeup On

Images of Audrey Hepburn and Stana Katic taken from Pinterest