Bollywood Trivia

Being the diehard Bollywood fan that I am, and considering that I am the most happening party animal in Mumbai (read awake on a Saturday night and forget clubbing - not even talking on the phone to anyone, or even chatting online with anyone - my life rocks!! :-):-)) I have been surfing the net for some Bollywood trivia and here are some of the ones I found interesting:

After JAANAM and ARTH, Mahesh Bhatt acquired a reputation of making films inspired from his personal life. But not many know that the story of AASHIQUI (Rahul Roy, Anu Aggarwal) was inspired from Mahesh Bhatt’s real life too (Mahesh Bhatt and his first wife Kiran).

Danny Denzongpa was the original choice for playing Gabbar’s role in SHOLAY but due to date hassles, he opted out.

The original title of K.C Bokadia’s AAJ KA ARJUN [Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Pradha] was KAUN SUNE FARIYAAD.

The original title of director Ramesh Talwar’s Rishi Kapoor-Sanjay Dutt Madhuri Dixit starrer was KAMBAKHT. It was later changed to SAHIBAAN.

Not many are aware, the first choice of Rajkumar Hirani for the role of ‘Circuit’ in MUNNABHAI M.B.B.S was theatre actor Makrand Deshpande. Since, Deshpande was busy with his own film, Hirani opted for Arshad Warsi.

Before entering films, Dilip Kumar used to sell fruits on Bombay’s Mohammed Ali Road

The film PAKEEZAH took 17 long years to complete and since Meena Kumari could not match her steps to one of the dance numbers because of age, Director Kamal Amrohi had to bring in Padma Khanna, and made her to dance to the number with her face covered with Ghunghat.