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There are several unknown facts about our indian music & films, which
surprise us & we all are surely interested in stuff like that as music & films
is in our veins & we breathe it. Here are some surprising facts, which may
be new for the coming generation next : |
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In 1975 Yash Chopra's Deewaar swept all the FILMFARE awards
except for the lead actor Amitabh Bachchan.
Also surprisingly the biggest blockbuster hit Sholay won only one
Filmfare Award in 1975 and that too for Best Editing. |
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Pran refused to accept the Filmfare award in the Best Supporting Actor
category for the film “Beimaan” (available on Nupur Video),
but his reason was different. He thought that the background score of
Pakeezah was much better than the background score of Beimaan.
But Shankar-Jaikishan had won the award for Beimaan. |
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The Indian Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar refused to accept her
first Filmfare award because the Filmfare statuette was designed in the
shape of a woman and the woman had no clothes on. So Lataji had
reservations in accepting that nude statuette. Finally the award had to
be wrapped with a handkerchief to be granted to Lataji. |
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In 1992, “The Giant of India Cinema” SATYAJIT RAY was awarded the
Academy Award (OSCAR) for Lifetime Achievement in recognition of
his rare mastery of the art of motion pictures and for his profound
humanitarian outlook. Unfortunately, Ray had suffered another heart
attack and was confined to the hospital bed when the award was
announced. The academy award committee flew down to Calcutta to
hand over the coveted statuette to him.
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Crisis and dead-locks
when they occur,
have at least this advantage
– They force us to think. |
| - JAWAHAR LAL NEHRU - |
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You are only given a little
spark of madness.
You mustn’t lose it. |
| – ROBIN WILLIAMS - |
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Whether you think you can,
or think you can’t,
you are right |
| – HENRY FORD - |
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