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Waheeda Rahman has played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan

Kamal Haasan has received the highest number of Filmfare awards for the Best Actor category

Dimple Kapadia was just 16 when she was introduced in Bobby (1973).

India cinema overtook America as the world's largest film producer and the term 'Bollywood' was coined.

Actor Dilip Kumar, known as the Tragedy King, was offered the role of Sherif Ali in Lawrence of Arabia.

FilmFare Awards is something every star secretly covets but making it to the nominations is a big deal

Two Bollywood songs Ye Mera Dil and Ae Nujawan Hai Sub inspired by song 'Don't Phunk with My Heart'

Dhanush was not always called by the same name. His real name is Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja

Many famous Indian actors are honoured with an autograph, tile or statue in Mumbai

The high grossing Bollywood film of all time in 2014 is comedy film PK. It grossed around $100 million

DDLJ has run at a Mumbai cinema for around 1000 undeterred weeks

The first Filmfare Award ceremony was held on March 21, 1954

Walk of the Stars in Bandra, Mumbai, honours Bollywood film stars

DDLJ is one of Bollywood's biggest films of all time