You all know about Bollywood. You all know, how much popular it is, what's going on inside it, how it's works etc. So today in this post, you'll get to know some top 10 facts of Bollywood you aren't aware till now.
The first ever silent movie of Bollywood
Firstly, the movies used to come without voice or silent short movies. The first Indian full length silent movie was Raja Harishchandra released on April 21, 1913, produced and directed by DadaSaheb Phalke. The film took 6 months 27 days with a reel length of 1100m (approx four reels) and complied into a film of 40 minutes.
The first sound movie of Bollywood
The first Indian sound film was Alam Ara released on March 14, 1931. The movie was produced by Imperial Movietone and directed by Ardeshir Irani with a running time of 124 mins. The movie was released in Hindi and Urdu language with a budget 390 Million INR ($5.4 million) and collected 2.89 Billion INR ($40 million).
The first sound and colored movie of Bollywood
The first Indian sound and colored movie was Kisan Kanya released on 1937 with a run time of 137 mins, produced by Ardeshir Irani and directed by Moti B. Gidwani in Hindi Language.
Most songs recorded in 24 hours and in lifetime
Kumar Sanu, a Bollywood singer recorded maximum 28 songs in a day and holding a Guinness World Record for recording maximum number of songs in a day while Asha Bhonsale has recorded 11000 lifetime songs in 20 languages and her name is also written with the golden words in the book of Guinness World Records for singing maximum number of songs.
Record of most dressed wore in single movie
Heroine, a bollywood movie released on September 21, 2012 starring Kareena Kapoor wore 130 dress for her single film that so huge!!
Longest movie of Bollywood
The longest movie of the Bollywood is Gangs of Wasseypur and it's length was 319 minutes and the movie was released on August 8, 2012 produced and directed by Anurag Kashyap, Sunil Bohra and Anurag Kashyap respectively.
World Record: Largest Poster for movie Promotion
The movie Baahubali created a world record by making the world's largest poster(50,000 sq feet) on June 27, 2015 which was later destroyed by another Bollywood movie, MSG The warrior Lion Heart on September 9, 2015 by making world's largest poster (64,256.36 sq feet).
Record: World's largest film industry
The Bollywood industry is the largest film industry in the world with the production of 1986 films annually leaving Hollywood far behind. According to certain news outlets, in terms of ticket sales in 2001, Indian cinema sold an estimated 3.6 billion tickets annually across the globe, compared to Hollywood's 2.6 billion tickets sold.
Highest-grossing Indian film
Pk, the Bollywood movie released on December 19, 2014 produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra,Rajkumar Hirani and Rajkumar Hirani respectively.
PK has become the first Bollywood film to earn ₹1 billion (US$14 million) net from online bookings. PK grossed ₹175 crore (US$28 million) worldwide in its first week. It became the highest-grossing Indian film, in both domestic as well as international markets.
