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The World's Fastest Indian is a 2005 New Zealand biographical sports drama film based on the story of New Zealand speed bike racer Burt Munro and his highly modified 1920 Indian Scout motorcycle. [1] Munro set numerous land speed records for motorcycles with engines less than 1,000 cc at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah in the late 1950s and ...
Burt Munro was the subject of a 2005 film, The World's Fastest Indian, based on a composite of his Bonneville speed runs. This film depicts a determined old man who, despite facing many difficulties, travels from New Zealand to the USA to test run his motorcycle west of the Great Salt Lake.
While Indian films remain at the top of the domestic Indian box office, the market for Hollywood films has gradually been growing; [8] the market share of foreign films rose from 8% in 2014 up to 15% in 2015, [9] with Hollywood films representing 10% of the Indian market in 2016 [10] and 13% in 2017. [11]
The film had 66 scenes in total. It was shot in eight different sets erected in and near Raj Rajeshwari Hospital at Bengalooru-Mysooru Highway. [5] The film failed to make it into the Guinness Book Of World Records as the quickest film ever made, because they measure the time from the beginning of shooting to the release of the movie in ...
The films are made primarily in the Hindi-language. [138] It is often known as Bollywood and is one of the largest film producers in India as well as a major centre of film production worldwide. [139] [140] The following table lists the top 10 highest-grossing Hindi films produced in the Hindi film industry.
The success of a film is assessed by trade publications (such as Box Office Mojo and Variety) primarily by its theatrical box office earnings.Although several other revenue streams also generate revenue (such as theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights and merchandising), theatrical box office earnings take prominence, mostly because of the availability of the data ...
In 1957, the epic mythological film Mayabazar became the first Telugu film to gross over ₹ 1 crore. The 1992 film Gharana Mogudu, directed by K. Raghavendra Rao and starring Chiranjeevi was the first Telugu film to collect a share of ₹ 10 crore at the box office. In 2015, Baahubali: The Beginning became the first Telugu film to gross ₹ 500
The films are made primarily in the Tamil language. Chintamani (1937) and Haridas (1944) are landmark films from the early stages of Tamil cinema. Chintamani was the first major box office success, while Haridas is noted for its significant impact and long theatrical run, reflecting industry's development before its formal establishment post ...