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1. Meena Kumari - Hindi


28-03-2017/meena-kumari---hindi.jpg Meena Kumari was known as the tragedy queen of Hindi cinema for her superb performances in tragic roles, in film after film during her active career. Unfortunately, her personal life was also a series of tragedies that ultimately resulted in her virtually taking her own life due to excessive and reckless drinking. She died at a relatively young age when she was approaching 40. At that time she had acted in almost a hundred films in an active career of 30 years, which included her appearances even as a child artiste. Many of her films are mentioned in revered tones even after almost half a century has passed after her death.   Meena Kumari was not born with that name, her real name being Mah...
Meena Kumari was known as the tragedy queen of Hindi cinema for her superb performances in tragic roles, in film after film during her active career. Unfortunately, her personal life was also a series of tragedies that ultimately resulted in her virtually taking her own life due to excessive and reckless drinking. She died at a relatively young age when she was approaching 40. At that time she had acted in almost a hundred films in an active career of 30 years, which included her appearances even as a child artiste. Many of her films are mentioned in revered tones even after almost half a century has passed after her death.   Meena Kumari was not born with that name, her real name being Mah...
Date of Birth: 01-08-1932
Date of Death: 31-03-1972
Age: 91
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 01-08-1932
Date of Death: 31-03-1972
Age: 91
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Lata Mangeshkar


15-05-2017/lata-mangeshkar.png Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Date of Birth: 28-09-1929
Date of Death: 06-02-2022
Age: 94
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 28-09-1929
Date of Death: 06-02-2022
Age: 94
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

3. Shashikala


Shashikala.jpg Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal is a Hindi and Marathi actress who has been a part of over 200 Hindi films and 50 Marathi ones. Shashikala belonged to an affluent Marathi family in Solapur, Maharashtra. She faced hard times when her father faced financial problems in her childhood and was then asked by her family to look for roles in movies as she was the best looking amongst her siblings. For a lot of time, she just kept wandering from one place to another, in search of decent work to provide for her family. Her comfortable time started only when she came across Noor Jehan, whose husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, who gave her a small role in a qawwali sequence in his film Zeena...
Shashikala Om Prakash Saigal is a Hindi and Marathi actress who has been a part of over 200 Hindi films and 50 Marathi ones. Shashikala belonged to an affluent Marathi family in Solapur, Maharashtra. She faced hard times when her father faced financial problems in her childhood and was then asked by her family to look for roles in movies as she was the best looking amongst her siblings. For a lot of time, she just kept wandering from one place to another, in search of decent work to provide for her family. Her comfortable time started only when she came across Noor Jehan, whose husband Shaukat Hussain Rizvi, who gave her a small role in a qawwali sequence in his film Zeena...
Date of Birth: 04-08-1932
Date of Death: 04-04-2021
Age: 91
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 04-08-1932
Date of Death: 04-04-2021
Age: 91
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:

4. Mahendra Kapoor


06-02-2017/mahendra-kapoor.jpg Mahendra Kapoor was a playback singer in 1960’s, and he became popular for singing songs for music composers like O P Nayyar and Ravi. He was inspired by singers like Mohammed Rafi and even Mohammed Rafi congratulated him many times for the quality of his voice; Rafi found Mahendra’s voice a bit classical. Overall, the singer has sung  2,500 songs in various Indian languages. He was noticed for singing in every movie of B.R.Chopra and their association continued till the release of NIkkah.  The singer shot to fame and popularity with songs such as 'Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi Ban Jayen Hum Dono' (Gumrah), and 'Neele Gagan Ke Tale' (Ha...
Mahendra Kapoor was a playback singer in 1960’s, and he became popular for singing songs for music composers like O P Nayyar and Ravi. He was inspired by singers like Mohammed Rafi and even Mohammed Rafi congratulated him many times for the quality of his voice; Rafi found Mahendra’s voice a bit classical. Overall, the singer has sung  2,500 songs in various Indian languages. He was noticed for singing in every movie of B.R.Chopra and their association continued till the release of NIkkah.  The singer shot to fame and popularity with songs such as 'Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi Ban Jayen Hum Dono' (Gumrah), and 'Neele Gagan Ke Tale' (Ha...
Date of Birth: 09-01-1934
Date of Death: 27-09-2008
Age: 90
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer
Date of Birth: 09-01-1934
Date of Death: 27-09-2008
Age: 90
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

5. Mehmood Ali


mehmood-ali.jpg Mehmood Ali is one of our greatest comedian actors, who had acted in over 300 Hindi films. Born on 29 September 1932, his memorable films include Kunwara Baap, where he acted with versatile actress Manorama from Tamil film. The story had a message on polio vaccination and was essayed on the backdrop of a newly born son who was rescued by Mehmood, and when the boy develops polio, Manorama and Mehmood takes full care to bring up this destitute-cum-polio-affected boy in the film.  This was Manorama’s only Hindi film, and the film was directed by Mehmood whose son was also a victim of polio in real life. After acting in small roles in few films like ‘Pyaasa&rs...
Mehmood Ali is one of our greatest comedian actors, who had acted in over 300 Hindi films. Born on 29 September 1932, his memorable films include Kunwara Baap, where he acted with versatile actress Manorama from Tamil film. The story had a message on polio vaccination and was essayed on the backdrop of a newly born son who was rescued by Mehmood, and when the boy develops polio, Manorama and Mehmood takes full care to bring up this destitute-cum-polio-affected boy in the film.  This was Manorama’s only Hindi film, and the film was directed by Mehmood whose son was also a victim of polio in real life. After acting in small roles in few films like ‘Pyaasa&rs...
Date of Birth: 29-09-1932
Date of Death: 23-07-2004
Age: 91
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor
Date of Birth: 29-09-1932
Date of Death: 23-07-2004
Age: 91
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

6. Ashok Kumar - Old


03-05-2017/ashok-kumar---old.jpg One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like Ashok Kumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. Ashok Kumar really was witness to a very important evolutionary phase of the Indian film industry, and has spread across generations his genius as an actor. From very unpretentious beginnings, having been born as Kumudlal Ganguly in a Bengali family living outside Bengal, he seemed destined to take up a legal profession, having completed his law course from the prestigious...
One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like Ashok Kumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. Ashok Kumar really was witness to a very important evolutionary phase of the Indian film industry, and has spread across generations his genius as an actor. From very unpretentious beginnings, having been born as Kumudlal Ganguly in a Bengali family living outside Bengal, he seemed destined to take up a legal profession, having completed his law course from the prestigious...
Date of Birth: 13-10-1911
Date of Death: 10-12-2001
Age: 112
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 13-10-1911
Date of Death: 10-12-2001
Age: 112
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor