Whose phone numbers are shared in Indian Movies?

Many of the Indian movies contain dialogues which include phone number (of valid number of digits) shared with another character as per requirement in that movie.

I want to know, Whose number they use to share? Do they use random public number?

For example: In Maroon, Police is sharing his mobile number to main character.

Question: Whose number actually these people are sharing in movies?.

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Best Answer

There are a few options here.

Whenever you see a (US) phone number starting with 555, it doesn't exist. There's a convention in filmmaking where 555 is used for fictional phone numbers.
Sometimes, the production company uses a real phone number, and when you call it, you get to hear an easter egg (e.g. as if you were listening to the voicemail of the actual character)
There are cases of movies using phone numers that went to real people. This has commonly ended in lawsuits because the owners of the phone number get harassed by callers. This is the driving force behind the convention of using 555 for fictional numbers.

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What phone numbers are used in movies?

When movies and TV shows began using phone numbers more frequently in their plot lines, people who actually owned those numbers started to complain that they were getting too many prank phone calls. So the phone companies reserved 555-0100 through to 555-0199 for fictional use.

Which is the No 1 movie in India?

Global gross figuresRankPeakFilm11Dangal21Baahubali 2: The Conclusion33K.G.F: Chapter 2 *43RRR *46 more rows

Which is biggest film industry in India?

As of 2020, the combined revenue of all other language film industries has surpassed that of the Hindi film industry, and in 2021, Telugu cinema became the largest film industry of India in terms of box-office.

Who is called face of Indian cinema?

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