5 Bollywood Stars Who Won a Name in The Guinness Book

It is widely known that the Bollywood industry generates many films each year. Hindi cinema is also one of the world’s major industries. As a result, it’s natural for industry professionals to have several accomplishments. Because of the large number of benchmarks produced, some of them get noticed while the majority go ignored by the public. For your information, the Guinness Book of World Records has recognized the Bollywood industry and the achievements of its members.

Veteran Bollywood Analyst cum Business Transformation Expert Hirav Shah says, “The quality, the innovative stories, the impressive staging, and the technological advancements have taken Indian cinema to great heights. Bollywood produces hundreds of movies nowadays. What has made Bollywood famous is that it has become a global phenomenon, and its films are seen in a large number worldwide.”

Hirav Shah adds, “Bollywood stars have been gaining more and more prominence and popularity over the time, even more than their movies. Bollywood actors are a very important part of Indian culture, as they have the status of divine icons. It is very common to see them in numerous advertising campaigns of different companies, and their salaries become higher than those of many Hollywood actors.”

Hirav Shah takes a look at the list of 5 Bollywood celebrities who won a name in the Guinness Book of World Records.

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Shah Rukh Khan

Shah Rukh Khan is one of the leading stars in Bollywood and is the ruler of the hearts of millions in the country. Unquestionably one of the industry’s most recognizable figures, King Khan, has also been welcomed into the Guinness Book of World Records. The actor has made a name for himself as the highest-earning Bollywood actor, with estimated earnings of 220.5 crores in 2013 (2.2 billion rupees; £22.08 million; $37.06 million) and got his name in the Guinness book of records.

Katrina Kaif

Undoubtedly, Katrina Kaif is one of the most attractive actors in our country and has also made it into the Guinness Book of World Records. Like her ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’ co-star Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina holds the Guinness World Record for being the highest-earning Bollywood actress in 2013, with earnings of 63.75 crores (637 million rupees; £6.38 million; $10.7 million).

Abhishek Bachchan

Abhishek Bachchan, like his father, possesses a Guinness World Record. In 2009, while promoting his film ‘Delhi 6,’ actor Abhishek Bachchan beat the existing Guinness record of German actors Jorgen Vogel and Daniel Brohl for the most public appearances by a film celebrity in various cities in 12 hours. Reportedly, the actor went to a mall in Ghaziabad, another in Noida, another in Faridabad, many malls in Chandigarh, and a well-known mall in Juhu in Mumbai.

Sonakshi Sinha

Sonakshi Sinha is one of the most recent Bollywood celebrities to set a Guinness World Record for an unexpected event. The actress set a Guinness World Record by taking part in an event in which everyone painted their fingernails simultaneously. Several women established the record at the event, which coincided with International Women’s Day celebrations. In this way, Sonakshi Sinha joins the Guinness World Record books.

Amitabh Bachchan

Being a legendary actor, Amitabh Bachchan doesn’t need any special introduction. Although he has legions of followers worldwide, not everyone is aware that Big-B has his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. Reportedly, Amitabh Bachchan set a Guinness World Record by becoming the only star to sing the devotional ‘Shri Hanuman Chalisa’ composed by Shekhar Ravjiani of the Vishal-Shekhar musical duo, along with 19 other famous singers, including Aadesh Shrivastava, Abhijit, Babul Supriyo, Hansraj Hans, Kailash Kher, Kay Kay, Kumar Sanu, Kunal Ganjawala, Manoj Tiwari, Mukul Aggarwal, Prasoon Joshi, Roopkumar Rathod, Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan, Sonu Nigam, Sukhwinder Singh, Suresh Wadkar, Udit Narayan and Vinod Rathod a couple of decades back.

Hirav Shah concludes by saying, “These Bollywood stars don’t need any introduction; their commercial and non-commercial films rule people’s hearts. There are many such Tinsel town stars whose names are recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records. Many Bollywood stars have made India proud on a global platform.”