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... that in the 2008 Bollywood film Krazzy 4, actor Hrithik Roshan (pictured) performed an "item number" for the first time?
... that Kaash was the last Hindi film in which Kishore Kumar did playback singing?
... that the 1955 Hindi film Vachan marked composer Ravi's debut as a film music director?

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... that the film English Vinglish marks the comeback of actress Sridevi (pictured) after a 14-year sabbatical?
... that Vyjayanthimala, who played Chandramukhi in the 1955 film Devdas, declined the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress because she thought that her role was not a supporting one?
... that Master Vithal, the hero of India's first talkie Alam Ara and many silent stunt films, was known as the "Douglas Fairbanks of India"?

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... that Ranveer Singh (pictured) had to stay at Delhi University and prepare for his role as Bittoo Sharma of Delhi in his debut film Band Baaja Baaraat?
... that Dear Friend Hitler, an Indian film, centres on letters written from Mahatma Gandhi to Adolf Hitler?
... that due to the popularity of the item numbers "Munni Badnaam Hui" and "Sheila Ki Jawani", the actresses Malaika Arora Khan and Katrina Kaif were pitted against each other in what was called the Munni vs Sheila debate?

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... that Amitabh Bachchan (pictured) is the most frequent winner since 2000 at the National Film Award for Best Actor (India), winning two awards?
... that the East India Film Company, formed in 1932, was a pioneer in the production of films in Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu?
... that the 2003 Bollywood comedy drama Freaky Chakra, directed by V. K. Prakash, was the only Hindi film for which Ouseppachan composed the music?

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... that Naseeruddin Shah (pictured) could not bag the title role in Gandhi, but later had opportunities to portray the Mahatma in a play and in a film?
... that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan severely injured his back while filming the blockbuster hit Kal Ho Naa Ho?
... that Gangavataran was the first sound film, and the last film, to be directed by Dadasaheb Phalke?

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... that Katrina Kaif (pictured) considers the item number "Sheila Ki Jawani" to be one of her raunchiest ever?
... that the Krrish series is regarded as the first science fiction / superhero film series of Indian cinema?
... that the name of the 1983 Bollywood film Log Kya Kahenge (What Will People Think?) refers to a social yardstick in India and the expectations surrounding women and marriage?

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... that Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray (pictured) made his last documentary in 1987 on his father, as a tribute to celebrate the centenary of his birth?
... that for the 1975 Bollywood classic film Sholay, M. S. Shinde edited 300,000 feet (91,000 m) of reel down to 18,000 feet (5,500 m)?
... that the tragic end of Raj Kapoor's film Aah (1953) was changed to a happy one after the film's release?

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... that while the heroine of India's first full length film was a man, Mohini Bhasmasur (lead actress Kamlabai Gokhale pictured) was the first Indian film to feature actresses?
...that director Asit Sen received his first and only Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 1970 film Safar, which was not nominated for the Best Film award?
... that some historians believe that presumed reels of India's first feature film Raja Harishchandra (1913) are actually of its remake Satyavadi Raja Harishchandra (1917)?

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... that Mithun Chakraborty (pictured) won the National Film Award in the Best Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Ramakrishna in the 1998 film Swami Vivekananda?
... that advertised as a "Photographed Play", Satyawadi Raja Harishchandra (1917) is India's first remake feature film?
... that produced by Sudhakar Bokade, the incomplete Bollywood film Kalinga was actor Dilip Kumar's first directorial venture?

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... that the film Boss marked actor Ronit Roy's (pictured) first role as an antagonist and second consecutive one as that of a police officer after Shootout at Wadala?
... that among the six costumes worn by Kareena Kapoor in the film Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, the one in the song "Tooh" was the most elaborate?
... that Imtiaz Ali Taj was a 20th-century Urdu dramatist who wrote Anarkali, the romance behind the 1960 Indian feature film Mughal-e-Azam?

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... that Preity Zinta (pictured) essayed the role of a prostitute hired as a surrogate mother in the 2001 film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke?
... that Kajol became first woman to win the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role for her performance in Gupt: The Hidden Truth (1997)?
... that Madhuri Dixit holds the record for the most nominations (14) for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress?

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