6 Facts We Bet You Didn’t Know About Our Indian Film Industry

Bollywood is more than what the world perceives of. When we talk about cinema, all that comes to our minds is acting, cinematography, sound effects, editing among other things. But Bollywood is a lot more than that. Indian film industry is all about costume dramas, catchy yet quirky songs, masala entertainer and more, right?

Being one of the largest film industries across the world, Bollywood has also set several world records and there are other crazy facts too that leave you stunned.

1. The Kapoors make the largest screen family of Bollywood

The Kapoor family is ruling the Bollywood industry for many years, it’s true that not only the industry is ruled by celebrities but also their families. Prithviraj Kapoor creates his own path in the entertainment field, and he worked so hard to make it easy for his family to start off their career with utmost ease. Not only that, he passed on his knowledge of the acting world upon his three sons – Raj, Shammi and Shashi Kapoor among other relatives. For this achievement, they also have a set a Guinness World Record.

 2. Jagdish Raj Khurana was the most differentiate actor ever

While SRK is called the King of Romance and his serious roles such as in Fan fail at the box office, but one thing that nobody knows that there exists an actor who played the same role in 144 films precisely, he also holds a Guinness World Record too.

Yes, we are talking about the legend Jagdish Raj Khurana the actor who holds the record for being the most differentiate actor in the world. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. He is known for his immense role in the movies

3. Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai has won the most number of awards ever in Bollywood

One of the biggest hits given by Hrithik Roshan in his entire life time holds the record of most number of awards ever won by any movie. This was the debut film of hrithik Roshan directed and produced by his father Rakesh Roshan. This movie gets the award of  Beyond your expectations, the number is 102, and also added to the Limca books of record.

4. Bollywood movie that spent 20 years in the making

Its shocking to hear that but its true there is a movie in Bollywood who holds this record. Mughal-e-Azam, the film that took 14 years to complete, but it is Love and God movie from the same director. Love And God (Qais Aur Laila) took 20 long years in the making and after crossing several problems that came in between that include the deaths of Guru Dutt in (1964) and director K. Asif in (1971), the incomplete movie was finally released in 1986.

5. Most number of  Bollywood songs recorded in a single day by any singer

The most beautiful voice of Bollywood industry who is none other than Kumar Sanu who holds the record of most number of a song recorded in a single day that is of 28 songs a day. Yes, the singer has a set a Guinness record for the same.

The singer was touted to be the next big thing after the death of Kishore Kumar.

6. 10 National Award winners came together for one Bollywood film and it was one of a kind

The most famous and super hit movie of the year 2015 holds a unique record that seems unbreakable.  As many as 10 National Awards winners worked in a single Bollywood film and looked like there was too much awesomeness at one place. The movie in talks is Drishyam, that stoked flames of curiosity before its release and won many hearts by the whole storyline directed by Nishikant Kamat.