Shahrukh Khan is undoubtedly the biggest superstar of Bollywood movies. He started his journey as an actor in late 1990s with the movie “Deewana”; his co- stars were Rishi Kapoor and Divya Bharti, and people appreciated his work.

His career started along with other great stars, Salman Khan, Amir Khan, Govinda and Saif Ali Khan. S.R.K left all these stars behind with his work and popularity among the people. Films like “Dil to Pagal Hai”, “Dilwale Dulhaniya le Jayenge” made him the biggest super star; his fan following increased tremendously - not only in India but abroad as well. The biggest reason behind the recognition of Bollywood movies among other countries is Shahrukh Khan.

Shahrukh Khan was born into a middle class family, and wanted to become a sportsman but that didn’t eventuate. He was also doing theatre; from theaters he got a chance to work in a television serial called Fauji; Bollywood movie makers appreciated his work and gave him his first break in films.

The statue of Shahrukh Khan has recently been placed in famous Madam Tussad’s Museum in London, along with most famous people of the world.

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The Hindi film industry ‘Bollywood’ started its journey way back in 1913. It was inaugurated by the most renowned name in the Hindi film industry Mr. Dada Sahib Phalke. The first Hindi film released was Raja Harish Chandra in 1913 by Mr. Dada Sahib Phalke; it was a silent film without sound.

The first Hindi film with sound was released in 1931; the film was produced by Mr. Ardeshir Irani and the name of the film was “Alam Ara:” the film was a huge hit at that time, the love and support shown by mass audiences prompted film makers to produce more and more films with sound. Bollywood confronted turbulent times during the war, and India’s independence movements, though the films were still produced by the film makers and people were still interested in watching them.

The first colored Hindi movie was produced in late 1950s, although the majority of Bollywood movies were still black and white till mid 1960. One of the most successful directors and producers of this era was Mr. Prithviraj Kapoor; he launched his very own banner called R.K Kanners; all R.K banner movies were great hits. The legacy of Mr. Prithviraj Kapoor is still kept alive by his grandchildren.

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Bollywood is a huge Hindi film fraternity of India, located in one of the biggest and most popular cities of India, called Mumbai. It is known as one of the biggest film industries for producing huge numbers of films every year. Bollywood produces Hindi language films only; other regional languages such as Punjabi, Bengali, Bhojpuri etc have their own regional film industries.

Bollywood movies generally consist of drama, emotion, dance, love, romance, action and the biggest thing of them all: Music. The chances of a movie to become a hit on the silver screen doubles, if the movie has good quality music. Songs are considered as the media to reach audiences; directors spend huge amount of money for the music and songs of the film.

Bollywood movies used to be hero-oriented, and heroines had a very little to do in the movies, but now with the passage of time heroines are also getting the equal importance in the movie.

Bollywood movies are recognized all over the world, films like “Lagaan” starring Amir Khan being nominated in the Oscars, which is quite a big achievement for Bollywood. Movies on bold subjects are now getting produced in the Bollywood; people really appreciate these films.

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