What’s your favorite movie based on true events?

 1. Schindler's List

because it shows the reality of the Holocaust without filtering or dramatizing it too much, it feels disturbingly real…Also I love that how only one single colored in the whole scene was represented to highlight this girl who's trying to hide…

In the last scene after saving more than 1,100 people, Oskar Schindler breaks down crying and says one of the most heartbreaking lines

2. Society of the Snow

• More than the movie, the real event completely blew my mind. They literally survived for three months. They had nothing to eat, so they survived by eating the flesh of their fellow passengers who had died. If I were in that situation, I would honestly have given up.

3. 12 years a Slave

It’s a biopic based on the autobiography of Solomon Northup. The movie shows the brutality of slavery in a slow, uncomfortable way that feels real

4. SANJU

(see people have different opinions about whitewashing the character of Sanjay Dutt , Why I liked the movie is because of Ranbir Kapoor's acting ).

I've watched some biopics in India. Not mentioning Cuz people have already mentioned. Also , no biopic is 100% accurate

But I would love To mention DASRATH MANJHI for sure.

Rest MAJOR I have watched. And I haven't watched URI , shershah , So. :)..

True events means not only biopics may be some events too but I've watched rn or I have forgot.

What are some common illogical scenes that occur in Indian movies?

 I generally expect filmmakers to make mistakes in commercial films where logic is the last thing to consider. But when you are making a historical film you need to be very thoughtful of what you are showing-

Milkha Singh Singing “Nanha Munna Rahi Hun” in late 1950’s when the film Son of India was released in 1962 which has this song. So Milkha Singh went in the future to sing the song. Also Milkha Singh is shown haing an eight pack abs. No video or photo of Milkha Singh will corroborate this. Abs was not the body ideal of the 20th century as it is in 21st century. Also Milkha Singh was never really winning the race in the 1960 Rome Olympics. The whole story of him slowing down due to partition horror was fiction. Milkha Singh himself admitted that it was a tactical error for him to slow down. But he didn't lost by a split second. He lost by a margin of 0.1 second.

Similarly, Gadar shows the young Sakina singing “Key Sera Sera” in 1940’s when the song was composed in that particular version in 1956. Not to mention the mess it made of the original Boota Singh story converting a tragic story into a mass masala action saga.

The worst injustice done to a historical or biopic film is perhaps Marykom which invents fake stories that never happened in real life. Mary Kom never fought in the underground boxing ring to save her cow. In fact her cow and calf was sold to sponsor her sports training. Also she was initially admitted for athletics but the trials were far away and the authorities there asked her if she would like to join boxing as they were starting with boxing training at tha time..she didn't meet her future husband in Manipur but rather in Delhi where he was studying in Delhi University and he helped her get her passport after a third stole her bags on train. Fourthly, she didn't had any child undergoing operation during her World Championship fight. Infact it happened during Asian games but their sponsors gave her the ticket to return back to India soon after her game before the operation started. So all that drama shown in the film never happened . Most importantly, Marykom’s father was the biggest aupprter of her sports and he was the one who got her admitted to sports authority of India for better training. It is an insult to show him like that. It shows how Marykom could allow armtwisting narratives for money which is highly unfortunate.

And then there are blatant PR exercises in the garb of biopic movies which are made with the sole purpose of whitewashing the image of the people involved. And the honourable mention goes to Azhar which invents fake scorecards and game scenarios which never existed to justify Azharuddin in the match fixing scandal and putting blame on other players.

Sanju was another film which Hirani made to whitewash the image of his friend Sanjay Dutt. Imagine glorifying a man who was a d””g addict, womaniser, involved in the possession of illegal arms and yet is celebrated like a hero!! It takes guts to make a movie like this (sarcasm invented)

Even Rustom shamelessly manipulates the story of a naval officer k**ling the love of his wife to an act of patriotism. The original Nanavati case had no such angle and eventually he did get punished for his crime as the court set aside the verdict of the jury which out of emotional appeal of a soldier declared him innocent. Also as far as I know, you are not allowed to wear your uniform while standing in a civil trial. Rustom doesn't takes cinematic liberties, it twists the tale to justify the nationalist image of Akshay Kumar and our heroes can never be wrong.

Our Akshay Kumar similarly made a historical blunder of a film Kesari 2 which is based on a case that never happened. Even while claiming that the film was based on Shanakran Nair’s life the film invents a case and invents new characters. Firstly there was no trail in court for Jallianwala Bagh. Shanakran Nair faced a case by Michael O Dwyer the governer of Punjab during Jallianwala Bagh because Shanakran Nair accused him of gross injustices committed during the mass**re in his book Gandhi and Anarchy. Now this case was fought in 1924 in London. Brigadier General Dyer was not involved in this case at all as shown in the film. Shanakran Nair was 67 years old at that time and he didn't fight the case himself. All the counsels shown in the film are fake. The characters of Madhavan and Ananya Pandey didn't exist in real life. They had the shameless audacity to change the surnames of our revolutionaries like Khudiram Bose to Singh (why?) Shanakran Nair lost the case and had to pay a hefty fine. So the film is a wish fulfilment fiction to provide cinematic justice to one of the greatest tragedies of Indian history.

Similarly, the characters of Airlift were changed to make Akshay Kumar the saviour. In real life multiple men were involved in the rescue mission during the Gulf War but those characters were merged into one Akshay Kumar. The Ministry of External Affairs criticised the film for its misrepresentation of events negating the major role played by the government officials in the airlift process and making it about one person.

Finally the film Maharaj starring Junaid Khan totally misrepresents the Maharaja libel case by inventing fake characters like the lover of Karsandas (that too two heroines). The Maharaja libel case was not about the s**ual practices exercised by the Pushtmarg sect but rather a case filed against the inflammatory articles written by Karsandas against the sector calling it heretical and corrupt. No girl committed su**ide and Karsandas had no such fiance. In fact he was a married man during this time. Also no women have testimony in the court regarding this case because the case was not about their explo**ation. Eventually the case closed with court criticising Karsandas for using a private matter to create sensation but also offered him compensation of 11000. So it was a mixed result not what is shown in the film.

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! "

Source: Google images and MenXP

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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