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Waheeda Rahman has played both mother and lover to Amitabh Bachchan. She played his love interest in ‘ Adalat ’ (1976) and mother in ‘ Trishul ’ (1978). Aamir Khan's ‘Lagaan’ had the maximum number of British actors ever to be cast in a single movie in the history of Bollywood cinema. Sunil Dutt initially used to be an RJ for Radio Ceylon and wanted to interview his favorite actress Nargis. But he could not say a single word in front of her & the interview had to be cancelled. Years later, when he finally got a chance to work with her in ‘Mother India’ (1957), they fell in love and got married. Saif Ali Khan was the original choice for Shahrukh Khan’s role in ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’. In fact, it is harder to believe that Tom Cruise was also considered for the role of Raj Malhotra! ‘Rockstar’ was shot in reverse, with the climax being shot first. Reason: The film makers did not want to mess Ranbir Kapoor’s hairstyle. Anil Kapoor’s family lived in Raj ...

Mangosteen A fragrant tropical fruit about the size of a small orange, mangustaan’s leathery purple-maroon shell surrounds a moist, snow-white and sweet fleshy interior. Though it is the national fruit of Thailand, it is believed that the trees of this fruit used to flourish in southern India throughout the 18th century. Mellow and earthy, mangustaan is similar to mango in taste and is completely ripe only when its woody, leathery purple rind yields to the touch. Grown in: The Nilgiri hills, the southern districts of Tirunelvely and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. 2. Star fruit or Carambola The fruit has a waxy outer appearance and is extremely citric. It is so sour that you will wince once or twice with the first bite. My mouth just waters after seeing it or on hearing someone call it's name. It is largely grown in South India and in North India, especially in Delhi and Punjab, you can find sellers on streets selling it with some lime and ...

Las Vegas, Nevada is the modern day equivalent of Mammon. There are certainly other cities in different parts of the world that may try to compete with it, but it has a personality and reputation all its own. Here are 30 things you probably never knew about the famous Sin City. The disgraced baseball star, Pete Rose, can be found frequenting many of the Las Vegas casinos, ready to give his autograph and share a picture with you. These souvenirs are rumored to come with a price tag of about $99 to $199. The “Godfather” actor, James Caan, briefly got back into the limelight many years after the movie with a lead role in the show, Las Vegas . The recent heavyweight clash between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. was held in Las Vegas, specifically in the MGM Grand Garden Arena. A fun fact about this arena is that Barbara Streisand had inaugurated it in 1993 by performing live for the first time after almost three decades. Quite a few Vegas casinos claim to offer...

Just because you cut off the head of a snake doesn’t mean the snake is done. That chopped-off head can still bite and unleash a huge amount of venom. Want to make sure you never see a snake? Move to Ireland, Iceland, New Zealand or one of the poles, North or South. No snakes live in those places. Snake charmers have clocked 725 species of poisonous snakes. In that group, only 250 are lethal to humans with just one bite. Good to know. Big pythons and boa snakes have traces of back legs left over from millions of years of evolution when snakes started out as land lizards. As if we didn’t have enough to worry about. It can take a snake up to five days to digest its last meal. With bigger snakes like an anaconda, that digestion period is weeks rather than days, the same amount of time after an Italian Thanksgiving dinner. Trust me. The Mongoose is one of those rare animals that is immune to a snake’s venom. Go, Mongoose! Record holder for biggest variety of snake goes ...