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The unknown Khan of Bollywood who vanished into thin air

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There were some tough guys who played villain’s henchman and minor roles in old movies. They were known for their intimidating muscular bodies and look who would indulge in fight scenes with heroes. They were twice the size of their opponent heroes but were get beaten by them as per the movie  script. Some of the names if you remember are Ram Shetty, Bob Christo, Manik Irani aka Billa, Mahesh Anand, Gavin Packard and Mukesh Rishi etc. The last actor is still acting in movies.Here are their pictures . Ram Shetty Bob Christo Manik Irani aka Billa Mahesh Anand Gavin Packard Mukesh Rishi Audiences remember those baddies for their physical  fitness & sturdy torso . There was one actor who also played goons but the poor fellow was left unrecognized and vanished into thin air. Do you remember this guy from the 1990’s action movies?  Do you remember his name? Do you even know his name?

Some facts about The Dark Knight Movie

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Some facts about “The Dark Knight” Movie ·        Perhaps the greatest superhero film of all time (most audiences favourite Batman movie till date), becoming quite easily one of the darkest movie to ever make over $1 billion at the worldwide box office.   ·        Heath Ledger actually designed the look of The Joker himself, using make up he'd bought from a local shop. ·        Despite having a great experience on “ Batman Begins” , Katie Holmes decided against taking on the role of Rachel Dawes again because she wanted to star alongside Diane Keaton and Queen Latifah in crime comedy “ Mad Money” .   ·        The mayor of Batman (a city in Turkey) tried to sue Warner Bros and Christopher Nolan for using the name Batman in the film.  ·        Before Aaron Eckhart was cast as Harvey Dent, other actors who  were almost cast include Ryan Phillippe, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon and Hugh Jackman. ·        Within two days of release, it was already ranked as the greatest film of a

Veeram : The "Macbeth" of Kerala

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Veeram : The "Macbeth" of Kerala             Veeram  ( Valour) is a 2016 Indian epic historical drama film written and directed by Jayaraj. It is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, and is the fifth installment in Jayaraj's Navarasa series. The film, which also takes inspirations from the Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) of North Malabar region in Kerala tells the story of Chandu Chekavar (Kunal Kapoor), an infamous warrior in the 13th century North Malabar. Some facts about the Veeram The film premiered at the   BRICS   Film Festival on 2 September 2016 in  New Delhi  . Veeram is simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi,   and in English with the same title. Veeram  also had its screening at the India Panorama Category of 47th International Film Festival of India 2016 in Goa. The big budget movie which was screened with a housefull audience. The film will in fact be a trilingual 

The luckiest of the lucky actors

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Orlando Bloom is luckiest of the lucky actors when it comes to girls. He has not only successful movies in his resume but in personal life he has dated hottest girls . A lucky actor as well as a lucky b*****d. Orlando Bloom is an English actor best known for his roles like Legolas from LOTR & Hobbit trilogy movies , Prince Paris in historical war movie Troy & Will Turner in Pirates of the Caribbean movies . Bloom dated actress Kate Bosworth in 2003 until they split in 2006 . He also dated Australian supermodel Miranda Kerr in 2007 & married in 2010 . They have a son together . In 2013 they got divorced . In early 2014 he dated French beauty Nora Arnezeder who is a French actress & singer . They were spotted together in bars & beaches . There is reportedly no information when did they broke up . Orlando Bloom was spotted with a stunning Katy Perry at 73rd Golden Globe Awards since then they started dating . No doubt Orlando has enjoye

Unknown facts about Baahubali

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Prabhas and Anushka Shetty in movie poster 1. It took 5  years hard work went into the movie making. Rajamouli and his crew worked for almost 5 years for the completion of the movie which will be released in two parts. 2. Baahubali has entered Guinness Book of World Records by making the largest poster ever. 3. Prabhas didn’t do any movie in this period of  5 years.He also postponed his marriage. 4. A total of 800 plus  technicians worked on Art, Design and Visual Effects. 5 . Karan Johar joined his hands with Rajamouli to  promote the hindi version.   Prabhas is playing double role in Bahubali duology . 6 . The movies are made on a massive budget of 250 crores. 7. It is the only film that has been featured on BBC documentary on 100 years of Indian cinema even before its release. 8.   Prabhas & Rana Consumed 40 boiled egg white everyday. 9 . There is one thing common between the recent release ‘Jurassic World’ and ‘Bahubali’ – bot

A Few Unknown facts about "Sholay"

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The rise of western genre in Bollywood  "Sholay"(1975)  is one of the earliest films which had the Western genre . Apparently it was inspired from Hollywood movies like "The Magnificent Seven" (1960)  & Japanese movie "Seven Samurai"(1954).  Initially, it received negative critical reviews and a tepid commercial response, but favorable word-of-mouth publicity helped it to become a box office success. It broke records for continuous showings in many theatres across India, and ran for more than   five years   at Mumbai's Minerva theatre .  ‘Sholay’ was also about two gunslingers fending off the village against bandits and Sergio Leone’s film had pretty much the same rub as well.  As I've already said  ‘Sholay’ was inspired by  many  classic Western film. The main plot is about mercenaries defending a village against bandits who raid it for provisions- it is also inspired from some cowboys movies of actor Client Eastwood. Unknown fact