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Hindi Awards 26th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. Chhaya Ganguly


15-10-2020/chhaya-ganguly.jpg   Chhaya Ganguly (Ganguli) is a well-known Indian playback singer. She earned the National Film Award for Best Playback Singer for the song from her first movie, "Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar”, at the 26th National Film Awards for the same song, she also got nominated for Filmfare's Best Female Vocalist Award at the 27th Filmfare Awards. She was born...
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

2. Sharada


sharada.png Noted South Indian actress Sharada, a three-time recipient of National Award, is a South Indian Actress. Initially, she has done many supporting roles in Telugu films, later on, she moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated as Urvashi Award....
Date of Birth: 25-06-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 25-06-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

3. K. Ravindranathan Nair


15-10-2020/k.-ravindranathan-nair.jpg   K Ravindranathan Nair is an Indian producer who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He was born in 1932 in Kollam, Kerala. Nair is a multi-talented producer, industrialist, and philanthropist who worked in more than 10 South Indian movies. He was born in a rich family who has a business in cashew production and export....
Date of Birth: 03-07-1933
Date of Death: 08-07-2023
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 03-07-1933
Date of Death: 08-07-2023
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Producer

4. B. D. Garga


15-10-2020/b.-d.-garga.jpg Bhagwan Das Garga was a director and filmmaker based in India. He has worked predominantly in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 14 November 1924 in Lehragaga, Punjab, India. He studied Cinematography at Xavier’s College, Bombay, India. He initiated his journey as a filmmaker in 1948 with the documentary film Storm over Kashmir. Some of the works he...
Date of Birth: 14-11-1924
Date of Death: 18-07-2011
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-11-1924
Date of Death: 18-07-2011
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

5. C. L. Kaul


15-10-2020/c.-l.-kaul.jpg Dr. C. L. Kaul was a Hindi editor and director based in India. He worked mostly in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 10 October 1936. He graduated with B. Sc. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He did his B. Pharm. from the L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, India in 1959. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy...
Date of Birth: 10-10-1936
Age: 88
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 10-10-1936
Age: 88
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

6. Arun Mukherjee


15-10-2020/arun-mukherjee.jpg Arun Mukherjee, also known as Arun Mukhopadhyay, is a national award-winning actor, and playwright from the Bengali industry. He started his career in films with ‘Kshudita Pashan’ in 1960. He aced the role of Ashoke in Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Kanchenjunga’ in 1962. His other notable films include ‘Palatak’ (1963), ‘Pratham Basanta’ (1971), ‘The Man With The Axe’ (1979), ‘Ekdin Pratidin’ (1980), ‘Sabuj Dwiper...
Date of Birth: 1937
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1937
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Actor

7. T. S. Ranga


15-10-2020/t.-s.-ranga.jpg T S Ranga is an Indian director who made award-winning films in Karnataka and Hindi film industries. He is the son of T.R. Shamanna, a famous politician, educationist, and social worker in Karnataka. Though he is from a family with a political background, he decided to choose cinema and theatre as his career. His first independent directorial film was Geejagana Goodu...
Date of Birth: 1949
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1949
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

8. Shimoga Subbanna


15-10-2020/shimoga-subbanna.jpg   Shimoga Subbanna is an Indian singer who worked for the Kannada film industry. He was born on 14th December 1938 in Nagara, Karnataka. For the film Kaadu Kudure, he received the national award for the song Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta. He is also an advocate and a notary public apart from being only a singer and a musician....
Date of Birth: 14-12-1938
Age: 86
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-12-1938
Age: 86
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills: Singer

9. Mrinal Sen


15-10-2020/mrinal-sen.jpg Mrinal Sen was a renowned and highly skilled Indian film director. Mrinal was born on 14 May 1923 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (currently in Bangladesh). Sen has directed various famous films like Raat Bhore, Neel Akasher Neechey, Baishey Shravana, Maitra Manisha, Ek Adhuri Kahani, Calcutta 71, Chorus, Mrigayaa, Kharij, Genesis, Antares, and the list continues. His core focus was...
Date of Birth: 14-05-1923
Date of Death: 30-12-2018
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-05-1923
Date of Death: 30-12-2018
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

10. G Aravindan


12-08-2020/g-aravindan.jpg G. Aravindan, full name Govindan Aravindan was an exceptional personality with many talents. Aravindan was a screenplay writer, painter, director, and cartoonist of Indian origin. He was born in Kottayam in present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1935. He was born to a family of artists, his father being M.N. Govindan Nair – a comedy writer. Aravindan went to University College in...
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Date of Death: 15-03-1991
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-01-1935
Date of Death: 15-03-1991
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

11. Raichand Boral


13-03-2017/raichand-boral.jpg Raichand Boral was an Indian composer who composed music primarily in Hindi and Bengali languages. He was considered by the experts in music as the father of Bollywood film music. He received awards twice in 1978. Firstly he won the dadasaheb Phalke award which is the highest award that a person belonging to the industry can receive and is given...
Date of Birth: 19-10-1903
Date of Death: 25-11-1981
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-10-1903
Date of Death: 25-11-1981
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Composer

12. Muzaffar Ali


06-03-2017/muzaffar-ali.jpg Muzaffar Ali is an Indian Film Director in the Hindi Film Industry. Ali was born on the 21st of October in the year 1994. He was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was born in a feudal Muslim family. His father was a Raja of Kotwara estate in Gola Gokaran Nath division of Lakhimpur Kheri district. His mother was from...
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

13. R D Bansal


r/0/d/0/b/a/r-d-bansal.jpg R D Bansal is an Indian film producer, and his involvement in the industry is highly commendable. He worked with many notable actors and actresses and also showed his efforts and dedication to its best when it comes to producing a film....
Date of Birth: 1923
Date of Death: 11-12-2010
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1923
Date of Death: 11-12-2010
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer

14. Jaidev


j/a/i/d/e/v/jaidev.png Jaidev is a talented music composer in Bollywood. Hum Dono, Prem Parbhat, Reshma and Shera are some of his notable works. He gained the National Award for Ankahee, Gaman and Reshma Aur Shera. Born in Nairobi and grown in Ludhiana, Jaidev acted in few films as a child artiste. Due to unfortunate circumstances he had to quit acting. Jaidev has...
Date of Birth: 03-08-1918
Date of Death: 06-01-1987
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 03-08-1918
Date of Death: 06-01-1987
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Composer

15. Hitendra Ghosh


h/i/t/e/n/d/hitendra-ghosh.png Hitendra Ghosh is an Indian sound designer who works predominately in the Hindi film industry. He is best known for his works in movies such as Swades, Jungle, and Rang De Basanti. Hitendra Ghosh is a two-time winner of a national award for Best Audiography for the films Ek Pal (1985) and Game (2011) and won the National award for...
Date of Birth: 26-10-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 26-10-1950
Age: 74
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Sound Designer

16. Tarun Majumdar


07-01-2020/tarun-majumdar.jpg A legendary director who has created the most exceptional of films for more than decades, Tarun Majumdar is the most respected personality in the Indian film industry. He was born in Bengal, in the year 1931. This renowned directed is especially noted for his sharp representation of the Bengali culture and society. He has directed many hit films, many of...
Date of Birth: 1931
Date of Death: 04-07-2022
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1931
Date of Death: 04-07-2022
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

17. Satyajit Ray


satyajit-ray.png Biographies reveal bare details about the maverick filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Even today not much is known about this extraordinary filmmaker. But people still have a passion for doing research upon his classic films as he is an extraordinary filmmaker. Satyajit Ray was India’s first recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Academy Award (Honorary Oscar) in 1992. He is also a recipient...
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

18. T. S. Nagabharana


t.-s.-nagabharana.jpg T. S. Nagabharana is a very famous Indian Film director, producer, and screenwriter. His full name is Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana. He was born in the year 1953 in Bangalore, Mysore State in India. He is a very renowned personality in the Kannada film industry and one of the individuals that lead the way to parallel cinemas. He is one of...
Date of Birth: 23-01-1953
Age: 72
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 23-01-1953
Age: 72
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada

19. Romesh Sharma


romesh-sharma.jpg Romesh Sharma (original name Romesh Brij Sharma) is an actor, producer, writer, and director in Bollywood. He is a graduate from FTTI Pune, and he has acted in many prominent films with actresses like Jaya Bhaduri, Shabana Azmi, Simi Garewal in 1970’s. In the year 1979,  he has acted in a small role in Yash Chopra’s magnum opus ‘Kaala Patthar’ which had...
Date of Birth: 27-07-1947
Age: 77
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 27-07-1947
Age: 77
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

20. Buddhadev Dasgupta


16-08-2019/buddhadev-dasgupta.jpg Born in British India in a Vaidya family, Buddhadeb Dasgupta is a filmmaker, screenplay writer as well as an author. His father was a doctor, and he has eight siblings. At the age of 12, he shifted from his hometown Anara in Southern West Bengal to Calcutta for prospects of education....
Date of Birth: 11-02-1944
Age: 81
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 11-02-1944
Age: 81
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

21. Girish Karnad


10-06-2019/girish-karnad.jpg Born on 19th May 1938, Girish Raghunath Karnad is a multi-faceted artiste; he is not only an actor, but also a writer, director and playwright. He has mainly worked in South Indian films. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award during 1998; this award is the highest literary recognition in India. Girish Karnad has been working on plays for around 40...
Date of Birth: 19-05-1938
Date of Death: 10-06-2019
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-05-1938
Date of Death: 10-06-2019
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada

22. Shaji Karun


Shaji-Karun.jpg Shaji Neelakantan Karun was very famous Cinematographer and Film Director. He was born on 1st January 1952 in Kollam district (Kerala). In 1963, his family was moved to Thiruvananthapuram which is the capital of Kerala. Shaji Karun has completed his schooling from Palkkulangara Higher Secondary school and graduation from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He wanted to make his career in film...
Date of Birth: 01-01-1952
Date of Death: 28-04-2025
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 01-01-1952
Date of Death: 28-04-2025
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

23. Govind Nihalani


g/o/v/i/n/d/govind-nihalani.jpg Born on 19 August 1940, Govind Nihalani hails from Karachi. He is a multi-faceted personality; he is a director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and works for Hindi cinema. He is the proud winner of six National Awards and five awards at Filmfare. He had penned the script for a Hindi film Drohkaal in 1996, which was later modified by Kamal...
Date of Birth: 19-08-1940
Age: 84
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-08-1940
Age: 84
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director