Bolly Book (The Big Book of Hindi Movie Trivia)

Contents Iss ilaakes mein naye aaye ho, sahab? ix Title Track Lights, Popcorn, Action: 12 Opening Credits 2 Pehli Mulaqat: 5 Famous First Meetings 7 Starting Small: 13 Low-Profile Debuts 11 Rishtey Naatey 16 Cine-Maa: 15 Mothers 16 The Baap of All Lists: 11 Fathers 20 Phoolon Ka, Taaron Ka, 12 Brother-Sister Pairs 24 Salaamat Rahe: 16 Friends 27 The Truth about Cats and Dogs: 10 Filmi Pets 32 Heartbreak Hotel: 13 Unlucky Star Children 36 Naya Daur: 9 Father and Sones Playing Fathers and Sons 41 Spiritual Ancestors: 5 Sets of Characters Who Grew into Each Other 45 Indian Idols Christian Brothers: 12 Depictions of Christianity 50 Jo Bole So Nihaal: 12 Depictions of Sikhs 54 Bawas in Bollywood: 9 Depictions of Parsis 58 Crossing the Vindhyas: 14 Depictions of South Indians 62 The Big Bong Theory: 11 Depictions of Bengalis 67 East, West, North, South: 8 Regional Superstars 72 Superman Kryptonite: 10 Superheroes 78 Independence Day: 10 Freedom Fighters 83 Unifored Ladies: 10 Women Police Officers 88 Men of Mystery: 008 Spies 92 Rakshak: 10 Bodyguards 97 Heavenly Bodies: 10 Unusual Gods 101 Not-so-scary Movies: 10 Ghosts in Non-horror Movies 105 Here, There, Everywhere Class Acts: 12 Star Teachers 110 In the Classroom: 10 Blackboards 115 Author, Author! 7 Men of Letters 119 Canvas on Celluloid: 10 Artists 122 Alpha Plus: 11 mbas 127 Kanoon Ka Haath: 13 Lawyers 131 Focused Peole: 12 Photographers 136 Roof over the Head: 10 Homes Bought or Rented 140 Eat to Live, Live to Eat: 11 Roles of Food 144 Never Up To Any Good Chor, Chor: 10 Thieves 150 Killer Kaun? 13 Clues to Identify Killers 155 Evil Eve: 10 Lady Villains 159 Jab Tak Suraj Chand Rahega: 10 Politicians 163 DawaaYa Dua: 8 Kinds of Diseases 167 All That Connects Us Stop Press: 10 Filmi Newspapers 172 Idiot Box: 9 TV Channels 176 Lifeline of the Nation: 10 Trains You Shouldn't Miss 181 Taking Flight: 10 Aircraft and Pilots 186 Vrroom, Vrroom: 10 Cars 190 One for the Road: 12 Road Movies 195 Hello, Hello: 10 Uses of Phones 199 Howzzat: 10 Cricketinng Movies 204 Beyond the Boundary: 10 Sports 209 Geet Sangeet All Together, Now: 9 Musical Medleys 216 Waak Engliss, Taak Engliss, 16 Lessons in English 220 Lines: 9 Poems 223 Sitar Aur Guitar: 12 Stringed Instruments 230 Undivided Attention Inked: 10 Tattoos 236 After a Bath: 9 Towel Scenes 240 Hot! Hot!! Hot!!! 10 Stars in Swimsuits 244 Half-Time Half-time Hero (in)es: 6 Appearances at the Interval Point 250 Face-off: 11 Lgendary Confrontations 253 Acting Talent Three's Crowd: 13 Actors Who Played Three Roles or More 258 Show Stealers: 6 Roles That Became Bigger than the Movie 263 Pride of India: 14 Miss Indias 267 Baar Baar, Lagataar: 16 Stars with Hat-tricks at Filmfare Awards 272 Yo Yo: 10 Famous Casting Flip-flops 276 Inspirations and Tributes Inspiration+Perspiration: 6 'Lifted' Plots 282 Reboot: 8 Decades of Reincarnation 285 The Great Indian Movie: 8 Movies Inspired by Epics 289 An Offer You Can't Rafuse: 6 Remakes of The Godfather or Parts Thereof 293 Hats Off: 7 Tributes by Film-makers 296 The Greatest Film Ever Made: 10 Tributes to Sholay 299 Coming Soon: 7 Cliches That Are About to Happen 303 Location, Location, Location Office, Office: 10 Corporate Settings 308 Oh, Calcutta: 12 Movies Set in Kolkata 313 Uttam Pradesh: 10 UP Towns in Movies 318 Yen Dollar Pound Lira: 10 Movies in Foreign Cities 323 Here and There :7 Filmi Places 327 Of Advertising and Marketing Hype and Buzz: 10 Markrting Campaings 332 Marketing in Bollywood: 10 Brand Placements 336 Ad Space: 10 Advertising Campaigns 341 Utterly Butterly Bollywood: 35 Amul Ads 345 Dream Factories: 10 Production House Mascots 350 Very Interesting Names Lamboo-ji Aur Tingoo-ji: 10 Movie Titles of Extraordinary Length 356 What's in a Name? 10 Stars Appearing on Screen with Their Real Names 359 Name's in a What? 17 High-Profile Names 363 19 Star Nicknames 366 Excitement Of Movies Imagining Things: 11 Greatest Movies to Not Have Been Made 370 Geet Gaata Chal: 24 Songs That Became Movies 375 Meta: 10 Films within Films 378 Inside Job: 11 Films Watched Inside Films 383 Outrage!!! 10 Movies That Offended People 387 Yes? No? Maybe? Acting Talent: 10 Directors Who Have Acted 392 Music Makers: 10 Singing Stars 397 Under Cover: 11 Songs in Disguise 401 Life's Drag: 10 Drag Appearances 406 LGTB: 14 Instances of Alternative Sexuality 410 Transformers: 10 Characters Who Changed Beyond Recognition 414 Framed: 10 People Seen in Pictures 418 Who Kaun Tha? 8 Characters That Didn't Exist 422 Qs Cutie: 19 Early Films of Aamir Khan 426 Nishabd: 10 Silent Scenes of Amitabh Bachahan 432 On Endings Picture Abhi Baaki Hai: 16 Unusual 'The End's 438 End Mein Twist? 10 Last Scene Cameos 442 Unendings Given Up for Dead: 10 People Who Came Back for More 448 Bahut Shukriya, Badi Maharbani...' 453 Images Courtesy and Copyright 454 Index 456