Cinema Titbits

Actress first

Lata and Asha- Once an ActressIn the beginning of their careers, the melody queens- Lata mangeshkar and Asha bholse, acted together in a film "Badi Maa" (1945).

Animated film in 1970

In 1970, a film was produced without a camera. Amazed! Barcelona artist Jose Antonio sistiaga’s exceptional 75 minute animated film – Scope, Colour, Muda .It was single handedly produced by him. He painted frame by frame directly on the film stock .

CM’s from the world of Cinema

Tamil Nadu is probably the only region in the world where 5 chief ministers have come from the film field. C.N. Annadurai and M.karunanidi were script writers.M.G. Ramachandran and his wife V.N Janaki were actors. Miss Jayalalitha was an actress too.

Oscar awards facts

In 1930, the Academy Awards were held twice: on 3 April and on 5 November. No ceremony was held in 1933. The very first person to receive an Academy Award didn't attend the first Academy Awards ceremony. Emil Jannings, the winner for Best Actor in the 1927-28 Academy Awards, had decided to go back to his home in Germany before the ceremony. Before he left for his trip, Jannings was handed the very first Academy Award.

The Longest kiss

The longest kiss in a movie is in "Andy Warhol's Kiss". Rufus Collins and Naomi Levine kissed for the entire 50 minutes of the movie.

Downloading music –an old technology

So you think downloading music from the Internet is a really cool modern thing? Not so. Music was transmitted down phone lines way back in 1876. Elisha Gray transmitted music over a telephone line in 1876 - the same year the telephone was patented Alexander Graham Bell.