By Rima Bhatia and Stacey Yount
So you think you know Bollywood? The glamour, the gossip and all the secrets? Do you consider yourself a Bollywood expert? Well, to test our research skills to find some of the most hidden and obscure facts, we have put together a list to test your Bolly-knowledge.
So settle down with a warm drink and read away… and don’t forget to comment how many facts you knew… and which fact blew your mind!
The first short film from India was 1898’s Hiralal Sen’s The Flower of Persia.
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra is known as The first full length feature film from India. The black and white film released on May 3, 1913 in Mumbai. It was only 40 minutes long.
Ram Chandra Gopal “Dadasaheb” Torne’s Shree Pundalik was the very first film; it was shown in Mumbai on 18 May 1912. However, it was processed overseas and is only 22 minutes.
So you think you know Bollywood? The glamour, the gossip and all the secrets? Do you consider yourself a Bollywood expert? Well, to test our research skills to find some of the most hidden and obscure facts, we have put together a list to test your Bolly-knowledge.
So settle down with a warm drink and read away… and don’t forget to comment how many facts you knew… and which fact blew your mind!
The first short film from India was 1898’s Hiralal Sen’s The Flower of Persia.
Dadasaheb Phalke’s Raja Harishchandra is known as The first full length feature film from India. The black and white film released on May 3, 1913 in Mumbai. It was only 40 minutes long.
Ram Chandra Gopal “Dadasaheb” Torne’s Shree Pundalik was the very first film; it was shown in Mumbai on 18 May 1912. However, it was processed overseas and is only 22 minutes.
- 3/28/2020
- by BollySpice Team
- Bollyspice
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