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Test your knowledge of Bollywood awards, records and industry milestones!
1. Which Aamir Khan film set records in China making it the highest-grossing Indian film there?
💡 Dangal (2016) earned over ₹1,200 crore in China alone — making it by far the highest-grossing Indian film in China and one of the top-grossing foreign films there ever.
2. Which film holds the record for running the longest at a single cinema — Mumbai's Maratha Mandir?
💡 DDLJ ran continuously at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir cinema from October 1995 for over 25 years — the longest theatrical run of any film in cinema history.
3. Who has hosted the Filmfare Awards the most number of times?
💡 Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar have co-hosted the Filmfare Awards multiple times — making their chemistry as hosts legendary in Indian award show history.
4. Who has won the maximum number of Filmfare Awards for Best Actor?
💡 Dilip Kumar has won the most Filmfare Awards for Best Actor with 8 wins — followed by Shah Rukh Khan who has also won 8 Filmfare Best Actor awards.
5. Which film received India's first Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film?
💡 Salaam Bombay! (1988) directed by Mira Nair was India's first film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film — it lost to Pelle the Conqueror.
6. Which Bollywood director has won the most National Film Awards for Best Direction?
💡 Bimal Roy won 3 National Film Awards for Best Direction — for Do Bigha Zamin (1953), Madhumati (1958), and Sujata (1959) — making him one of Indian cinema's greatest directors.
7. What is the highest domestic box office collection ever achieved by a Bollywood film?
💡 Dangal (2016) by Aamir Khan holds the record for the highest-grossing Bollywood film in China and one of the highest domestic collections — earning over ₹2,000 crore worldwide.
8. Which actress has won the most National Film Awards for Best Actress?
💡 Shabana Azmi has won 5 National Film Awards for Best Actress — the most by any actress — for Ankur, Arth, Paar, God Mother, and Mr. and Mrs. Iyer.
9. Which Bollywood film was the first to cross ₹1000 crore at the worldwide box office?
💡 3 Idiots (2009) starring Aamir Khan was the first Bollywood film to cross ₹200 crore domestically. Dhoom 3 (2013) was among the first to approach ₹500 crore worldwide.
10. Which was the first Bollywood film to use computer-generated imagery (CGI) extensively?
💡 Koi Mil Gaya (2003) directed by Rakesh Roshan and starring Hrithik Roshan was a pioneering use of CGI in Bollywood — featuring the alien character Jadoo.
11. Which film held the record for the most expensive Bollywood production before modern blockbusters?
💡 Bang Bang (2014) starring Hrithik Roshan was one of Bollywood's most expensive productions at approximately ₹150 crore budget — a high-octane action remake of Knight and Day.
12. Who won the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — India's highest film honor — in 2019?
💡 Amitabh Bachchan received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — India's highest cinematic honor — in 2019 for his lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
13. Which Bollywood star has the most Instagram followers among all actors?
💡 Among Bollywood actors, Deepika Padukone consistently ranks among the most followed with over 80 million followers on Instagram — surpassed only by Virat Kohli overall in India.
14. Which film won the most Filmfare Awards in a single night?
💡 Devdas (2002) directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali won 10 Filmfare Awards — including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Actress — the most won by a single film.
15. Which Bollywood film directed by Shoojit Sircar stars Irrfan Khan as a cancer patient?
💡 Shoojit Sircar directed October (2018) with Varun Dhawan, and Piku (2015). Irrfan Khan starred in The Lunchbox (2013) directed by Ritesh Batra — which was not by Sircar.