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Considered one of the classic romantic comedies of all time in #Bollywood history, #Padosan starred a series of stars.

#HindiCinema #IndianActors #Legendary #History
For the first movie of his own production, Mehmood wanted #KishoreKumar to play the role of one of the leads, Vidyapati. However, Kishore was not interested in acting and only wanted to sing.
#Mehmood followed him for one month and was convinced after spending a whole night in front of Kishore's house asking him to do the role.

Later while filming the #MeriBindoo song, the choreographer was not present. So Kishore Kumar stepped in and briefed the cast on the lyrics.
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#FilmyFriday #JohnnyLever #Cinema #Legend
Born John Rao Prakash Rao Janumala, Johnny grew up in the narrow lanes of Dharavi, Mumbai.
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His father worked as an operator in Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) and earned barely enough to sustain the family, which comprised Johnny along with three sisters and two brothers.
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Owing to financial problems, Johnny had to leave school when he was in Class 7 and take up odd jobs. From selling pens and dancing on the streets of Mumbai to mimicking Bollywood actors, Johnny did it all.
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Loved the spectacular costumes of #PonniyinSelvan1? Costume designer Eka Lakhani is the brain behind it.
@ekalakhani

β€œEveryone has their own imagination of the characters,” says Eka, adding that the design team made sketches of each character. Image
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As a reference, they used the old drawings by artist Maniam for the weekly magazine Kalki.
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Eka points out that while these drawings portray the royal characters during their public appearances, they had to imagine how #Kundavai, #Nandini or #Vanathy would look in their private chambers.
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#FilmyFriday #DidYouKnow #Cinema

Cult classic 'Sholay' was one of those rare Indian movies where the character of the villain Gabbar Singh was one of the biggest highlights, even during the casting process. (1/5) Image
In fact, lead stars of the film Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan, and Sanjeev Kumar all were vying to play the role and were willing to give up on their hero image. (2/5)
But director Ramesh Sippy found his Gabbar in Amjad Khan, who was roped in after Danny Denzongpa quit due to his commitment to Feroz Khan's film Dharmatma. (3/5)
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Today I want to make a collection of some great films everyone must watch. Reply to this tweet with *only* one film you recommend strongly.

And also RT to make this a huge collection. :) #FilmyFriday
Thanks everyone for making this one of the best collection of films. I'm going to dive into them as 2019 progresses. πŸ’“ #FilmyFriday
This blew up so productively. πŸ™πŸŒŸπŸŽˆ
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