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unusual facts about Hindi cinema


Travancore Sisters

Travancore Sisters refers to the trio of Padmini, Lalitha and Ragini who were actors, dancers and performers in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi films.


East India Film Company

Started in 1932 in Calcutta by R. L. Khemka, it went on to be a pioneer in producing films across four regional film industries, namely Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu in the decade after its founding, till then production companies were restricted regionally.

Maganlal Dresswala

This led to historical and mythological films which were the rage in Bollywood (Hindi cinema), working for noted films like Vijay Bhatt's Ram Rajya (1943), K. Asif's Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and Anarkali (1953).

Srabanti Chatterjee

She married Rajib Biswas, an Assistant Director of Hindi films such as Yugpurush (1998) and Ghulam-E-Mustafa (1997).

The Inner and Outer World of Shah Rukh Khan

The Inner and Outer World of Shahrukh Khan is the release title for a pair of documentaries about Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan, both directed by the London-based writer and producer/director Nasreen Munni Kabir, an authority on Hindi cinema.


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Armaan Kirmani

Armaan made his Hindi Cinema (Bollywood) debut in Nikhil Advani's Patiala House (2011) alongside veteran actors Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia and Akshay Kumar.

Bhavana Balsavar

Her uncle Viju Khote (brother of her mother) is also a well-known actor in Hindi cinema.