Today, let us know about those Guinness World Records, that is held by Bollywood Films or Personalities.
1 . A movie with the most number of awards - (Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai)
The debut movie of the superstar Hrithik Roshan and Amisha Patel, not only granted huge success to them, but also found a way to enter the Guinness world records book, as a movie to receive the highest number of awards. In total, 'Kaho Naa... Praar Hai', has won 92 awards including in the category of Best Debut Male, Female, Best Director, Best Music, Best Film and so on.
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2 . Music history's most recorded artist - Asha Bhosle
Though, when she started her career, Asha Bhosle was known as Lata Mangeshkar's sister, but her talent brought her an individual identity and also landed her in the Guinness book of world records. Asha ji has more than 11,000 songs recorded in her voice(including solo, duet and chorus) and that too in over 20 languages. And hence she has become the most recorded artist ever. Very interesting, right.
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3 . The most prolific Bollywood lyricist - Sameer Anjaan
Here comes another man, who has made us feel proud by entering the Guinness world records book, for being the most prolific lyricist. Sameer Anjaan, has written over 4000 songs. An interesting fact about Sameer is that, in his songs he uses such words which are very simple and easily understandable.
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4 . Maximum number of songs recorded in a single day - Kumar Sanu
The 90's popular singer, Kumar Sanu, has also made his way to the Guinness World records, by recording 28 songs in a single day, which is the most by any singer in the world. That means, not even an hour for each song. Hats off to him and his dedication towards singing, which resulted him being recognized by the Guinness team.
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5 . Creating the world's largest poster - Baahubali: The Beginning
The movie 'Baahubali : The Beginning', not only tasted huge success but also got it's name registered in the Guinness World records for creating the largest poster, which measured more than 50,000 sq. ft. This record was achieved by Global Media Company Pvt. Ltd. This huge poster was created on 27th June, 2015, just days before the movie released.
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6 . Having the fewest Actors in a narrative film - Yaadein(1964)
Just one actor, in the whole movie. Hard to believe, but it's true. The movie Yaadein(1964), had just Sunil Dutt in the whole film which had a running time of about 140 minutes, which was written and directed by the actor himself. Though, this movie was not so well received by the audience but Dutt's efforts and risk paid off, when this movie entered the Guinness world records.
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7 . Highest box office collection for a Bollywood film - PK(2014)
The movie 'PK', has entered the Guinness book, for being highest grossing Indian film worldwide. It became the most successful and loved films, of all times. It's global collection crossed about $135 million dollars, or we can more than 830 crores, which is the most for any Bollywood movie.
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