What are some unknown facts about Silk Smitha?

 Top 5 unknown facts about Silk Smitha!

She literally set the South film industry on fire! Her bold, sexy avatar made Silk Smitha a household name. Her fame was envied by many during her time and her enigmatic life even made our for a superhit blockbuster Bollywood film, where actress Vidya Balan played her on reel. Silk Smitha was born on this day (December 2, 1960) and bid goodbye on September 23, 1996.

On her birth anniversary, we reveal some of the lesser known facts about her life. Take a look:

Name Game

Silk Smitha was her reel name, but do you know what's her real name? It is Vijayalakshmi. Hard to believe, no?

450 films old

The South sex symbol of the 80s, featured in as many as 450 films in her career. She worked in many language films including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi.

Make-up artist

You would be really amazed to know that this bold star started off as a touch-up artist for a lesser known actress, which gradually fetched her some roles.

Vandichakkaram path breaker

It was in 1979, that Vijaylakshmi turned into her reel name Silk Smitha. Tamil film 'Vandichakkaram' proved to be a path breaker for her. It was her character's name 'Silk' in the movie which made her famous overnight. And, director Vinu Chakravarthy renamed her Smitha, soon she became 'Silk Smitha'

Mysterious death

She was at the peak of her career and reportedly wanted to turn into producing films too, but what shook the industry was the sudden news of her death. On the fateful night of September 23, 1996, the South star was found dead in her apartment in Chennai. It was reported that she committed suicide.

Top 5 unknown facts about Silk Smitha!

What are the unknown facts about Bollywood industry?

 

• PK had a paanwala on set all day, every day. Aamir Khan had to eat upto 10-15 betel leaves to get the right colour around his lips.

• Dabanng 2 was the first sequel for Salman Khan in his 23 year career!

• Deepika Padukone was spotted by Farah Khan in a Himesh Reshammiya music video! That led to her dream debut in Om Shanti Om opposite Shah Rukh Khan.

• LOC Kargil and Mera Naam Joker are the two longest Bollywood films of all time with a running time of 4 hours and 25 minutes.

• Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai holds the Guinness World Record for most awards won by a movie - 92 awards!

• Dangal's script was first written with Irrfan Khan in mind. However, after the script was ready, it was directly offered to Aamir Khan, hence it never reached Irrfan Khan at all.

• In all of Red Chillies Entertainment's productions starring SRK in the lead, there is always a train sequence in the movie; Chennai Express, Swades, Ra.One, Happy New Year, Dilwale and, now, Fan, all have a train scene.
• 'Jodhaa-Akbar' was released in 29 countries in 2009 which is the largest Bollywood worldwide release to date.

• ‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse order, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The makers did not want to disturb the continuity of Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle.

• Indians buy 2.7 billion movie tickets annually, the highest in the world. But average ticket prices are among the lowest in the world so revenues are a fraction compared to Hollywood.

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• Around 14 million Indians go to the cinema every day, which equates to 1.4% of the entire population. Cinemagoers pay around a day's wage to watch a Bollywood film.
• 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' (The Brave Hearted Will Take Away The Bride) has run at a Mumbai cinema for around 1000 undeterred weeks. It is one of Bollywood's biggest films of all time.
• The longest ever kiss in a Bollywood film stands at four minutes. Devika Rani and her real-life husband Himanshu Rai shared the embrace in the 1933 film Karma. The movie is also credited as having Bollywood's first song in English.
• Shah Rukh Khan was the first choice for Anil Kapoor"s role in Slumdog Millionaire.

• Manthan (1976) by Shyam Benegal was technically produced by 5,00,000 farmers of Gujarat. This movie was funded by the largest number of individuals ever!
• Yaadein is a 1964 movie of 113 minutes and features Sunil Dutt as the only actor. It"s featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of fewest actors in a narrative film.
• Yaadein is a 1964 movie of 113 minutes and features Sunil Dutt as the only actor. It"s featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category of fewest actors in a narrative film.

• Yash Chopra refused 54 Manish Malhotra dresses before settling on one for Madhuri Dixit"s look in Dil Toh Pagal Hain.

• Sridevi was only 13 years of age when she played Rajnikanth"s step-mother in a Tamil film called Moondru Mudichu.

• And this one"s super cute! During the making of Sholay, Dharmendra would pay the light boys to make mistakes. Why, you ask? So he could hug Hema Malini again and again!

Source : Google

What are some unkown facts about Dawood Ibrahim?

Brother : His brother Noor Ibrahim Kaskar was also a film lyricist.

He wrote lyrics for Patthar Ke Phool , Sriman Ashique , Mehboob Mere Mehboob

Cops claim that he led a double life as a gangster and a secret bollywood lyricist.

Killed : Indian media claims that he was killed by infamous Rehman Balooch gang.

Pakistani media claims that he died of a fatal disease.

Brother : Mustaqueen Ali Parkar is his only siblings with no police record.

He stays abroad away from public scrutuny.

Girl Friend : Many crime novelists claim that Sujata Kaur was his real girlfriend.

Her parents married her off after they learnt about this love affair.

Paramour : former Intelligence officers claimed that he shared a close relationship with Mandakini.

But, this former Indian actress has refuted these allegations.

Media also linked him with Anita Ayoob , a Pakistani model- actress..

Media claims that she was promoted by Dawood Ibrahim.

Father : Ironically, his father Ibrahim Kaskar , a former Mumbai cop, led a decent life.

He stayed away from crime and had no legal cases against him.

Moral : “Don't compromise yourself - you're all you have.” : John Grisham, (The Rainmaker)

Pic Credits : Google Images / Web

What are some unknown facts about Kaikeyi (Ramayana)?

Rajkumari Kaikeyi

The most interesting fact people actually don't know is that Kaikeyi was actually Bactrian because Valmiki Ramayana mentions Kaikeya Kingdom existed beyond Sudama Mountain in Bahlika (Balkha in modern day Afghanistan) region.

In Mahajanpada era, Kaikeya shrank to a small region in modern day Pakistani Punjab.

Kaikeyi was very beautiful and she was beloved wife of Dashrath. Her influence was so much so that Mata Kaushalya said to Shri Ram that even servants of Kaikeyi had more importance than her who was seniormost Queen.

Kaikeyi although had no problem with Shri Ram being the new King, she couldn't tolerate when Manthara said Kaushalya would behave with her exactly how Kaikeyi behaves with her and every other queen of Dashrath. Kaikeyi was not abusive or disrespectful but she had a sense of haughty proud and superiority complex and she got very insecure with Manthara’s words that she decided to use her boons to exile Shri Ram.

Kaikeyi was a warrior princess and she was an excellent warrior and even saved Dashrath's life once in a war due to which she got her boons. Her father's name was Ashwapati (Lord of Horses) which makes sense the region she came from was Bahlika (Balkha).

Source- Valmiki Ramayana

What are some unknown facts about Pooja Hegde?

Pooja Hegde in hindi is an uprising Indian film actress as well as a model who mainly appears in Hindi and Telugu movies.

A former beauty pageant participant, Pooja was crowned as the second runner-up at the 2010 Miss Universe India competition, Prior going on to make her first acting debut in Mysskin’s Tamil superstar movie Mugamoodi.

She afterward appeared in Telugu movies Mukunda and Oka Laila Kosam, whilst signing on to appear as the leading actress in the movie Mohenjo Daro alongside Hritik Roshan.

Pooja Hegde was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra India on 13th October 1990. Her parents Latha Hegde and Manjunath Hegde are from Mangalore, Karnataka.

Her Mom mother tongue is Tulu, though she is also fluent in Marathi, Hindi, and English. She attended M.M.K College. She frequently sought to enter in intercollege competitions, partaking in fashion shows and dance.

Pooja Hegde also competed in Miss India competition 2009, though it was rejected in the first round regardless of winning the honor of Miss India Talented 2009.

She re-applied the next year and was appeared as second runner-up in the 2010 Miss Universe India competition, whilst also being crowned 2010 Miss India South Glamorous Hair in the secondary competition.

Pooja made her first acting debut with the movie Mugamoodi alongside Jiiva, depicting the female leading character of Shakthi, a frivolous girl who encourages the male lead to change his viewpoint on society.

The film received diversified to negative reviews from criticizers, hindering its progress, and the movie ended up becoming an astounding commercial failure.

Her second movie release, the Telugu movie Oka Laila Kosam, featured her alongside Naga Chaitanya. She was acclaimed for her remarkable performance in the movie. In the same year, she shot the nomination for the Best Actress at 62nd Southern Filmfare Awards.

In July 2014, Pooja Hegde agreed on the terms to make her first Bollywood appearance opposite Hrithik Roshan in Hindi in Ashutosh Gowariker’s forthcoming period movie Mohenjo Daro, set alongside the framework of Indus Valley civilization.

She was chosen after Gowariker’s wife had speckled her in a commercial ad and called her for the audition, which she completed successfully.

By means of her commitment to movie, she publicized that she would take an interval from starring in regional Indian films until or unless her Hindi film’s release and declined an opportunity to work in a movie directed by Mani Ratnam.

What are some lesser known facts about Amarnath Temple?

 The journey to the Amarnath cave temple is considered as the most difficult one.

The lesser known facts about Amarnath temple are ::

• The Amarnath shrine is located in the Himalayan region of South Kashmir which is about 141 km from Srinagar and is situated at an altitude of 3,888 meters (12,756 feet).

The story behind the Amarnath Jyothirlinga,

• One day on mount Kailash, Goddess Parvathi asked Shiva “ Hey Lord ! Why do you always wear the Munda_mala, Garland of skulls around your neck, Whose skulls are these Mahadev “?

Then the Mahadev says “ my dear, whenever you take avatar ( birth in the form of a human), then one kapala gets added to this Garland”.

Parvathi further says “ Swamy ( Lord), why is it that I'm being born again and again, but you are never born again “?

Shiva says “ That is the secret of the immorality, the secret of life and death dear. I can't tell you in this place, let's go to a spot where there are no living beings, and there I would reveal the secret to you. Saying this God Shiva, Parvathi and His family started their journey to the Amarnath cave.

On the way to the cave, God Shiva left all his family members in the middle and reached with only Parvathi to the cave.

• The Place where Shiva left His mount Nandi, came to be known as Pahalgam or Bailgam ( bail means bull in Hindi). This place is 100 kms away from Srinagar.
• From a distance of 16 kms from Bailgav, Shiva renounced Moon at a place called Chandravad.
• After few miles, Shiva left His ornament Vasuki, the cobra king at a place called Sheshnaag ( this place is a combination of seven Hills present there) .
• Later Shiva gave up Lord Ganesh at a place called Mahaguna and later gave up the Holy River Ganga from His hair, at a place called Panchatarini.
• Shiva kept His trishul outside, at the entrance of the cave.
• After leaving them all, Shiva and Parvathi entered into the Amarnath cave.
• After entering into the cave, Shiva made a huge sound with His damru, hearing to that sound, all the birds present in the cave flew away.

• Then Shiva told the secret of life and death and immortality to goddess Parvathi. Shiva did not observe that, in the corner of the cave, two pigeon eggs were present and they hatched and two baby pigeons were born, so this two pigeons heard the entire story.
• Shiva says “ Since these two pigeons have heard the secret, they will be immortal and whoever sees this birds gets the highest virtue, from today on wards, we two will be in this pigeon form “.

• Few people who went to the Amarnath cave, reported to have seen the pigeons.
• Shiva manifested himself into the Ice linga in the cave to bless His devotees.
• It's a popular belief that, Sage Kashyapa created many water streams ( rivers) in the mountains surrounding this cave.

• And it was sage Bhrigu, who visited this cave first and made it popular to others.
• This temple is open only in the summers, that too for a period of 45 days ( July and August month).
• When summer starts, the ice starts to melt and the iced water forms into a Linga.

• It is said that, during many foreign invasions, people stopped visiting this temple from 12 th to 15th century.
• In 15 th Century, one day a person named Bhuta malik went to graze his goats and yaks in the mountain. Then a Sadhu came and handed him a bag of coal pieces. But when Bhuta malik went home and opened the bag, he saw full gold coins in place of coal. He was very happy and he went in search of that Sadhu to thank him, in the process he finds this cave and again people started to worship the Iced Linga.

Source :: Amarnath story in Hindu dharmam channel, Shiva purana and devon ke dev mahadev hindi series.

What are some of the unknown facts about Nawazuddin Siddiqui?

 Nawazuddin Siddiqui is undoubtedly the greatest talent in Indian Cinema who was hidden from us for 11 long years. He did junior artist roles in big movies like Sarfarosh, Munnabhai MBBS, Shool, Black Friday and New York. He entered the big leagues in Gangs of Wasseypur and later proved his mettle in both small and big blockbuster films. After his recent release, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, his own stardom has rivaled that of Salman Khan.

Here are 13 interesting facts about our favorite powerhouse actor:

1. He hails from small town of Budhana:

He was born in Budhana, Muzaffarnagar, U.P. His father was a farmer and he has nine siblings.

2. He married Anjali at a very young age:

He got married to Anjali Siddiqui who stayed in his native village while he struggled to get acting jobs. They both stay together now and have a lovely daughter and son.

3. He had no theater in his hometown:

The nearest theater was 45 kilometers away!

4. He worked as a watchman and a chemist:

After his graduation, he worked as a chemist in a petrochemical company for a short while. Then, he moved to Delhi to work as a watchman.

5. He joined a theater group while working as a watchman:

He didn’t let his passion for acting die during working as a watchman and joined a theater group in Delhi.

6. He saw only 5 films before coming to Mumbai:

Nawaz usually practiced imaginary scenes in front of the mirror because he barely saw any movies.

7. His acting idol is Ashish Vidyarthi:

As a talented, unconventional hero, his idol is also just as unconventional in the hugely underrated powerhouse performer Ashish Vidyarthi.

8. He wears the same suit at Cannes:

In an interview, he claimed that he owns just the one suit and keeps repeating it at Cannes Film Festival since no one realized it’s the same one.

9. His scene in New York made everyone on set including Irrfan khan cry:

During a scene in the movie New York, where he played a wrongly accused and tortured man recalling his torture, his gut-wrenching performance was the talk of the set. When acclaimed actor Irrfan Khan saw the scene after hearing so much, he couldn’t help being overwhelmed with emotion.

10. His first kiss was on-screen:

Nawaz confessed that he never kissed his wife and his first kiss was with his Ms. Lovely co-star Niharika Singh.

11. He was smartly dressed in suits for the first time in Kahaani:

S. Sujoy Ghosh had enough conviction in Nawaz as an actor that he put him in suave suits for Kahaani which he carried off brilliantly.

12. He is an introvert and loner:

His friends claim that he is usually silent and doesn’t talk much and generally sits silently.

13.His dream role is that of Salim:

Nawaz’s dream role is that of Salim in Mughal-e-Azam. We think he can pull off any role including this one.