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1. Jaya Bachchan


14-08-2019/jaya-bachchan.jpg Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian artiste, who is also a politician. A noteworthy point is that, she is a former student of the Film and Television Institute of India. She is married to the legend of Bollywood, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Her daughter-in-law is the former Miss World and Bollywood heartthrob Aishwarya Rai.    Jaya Bachchan entered into the film industry with the film Mahanagar when she was a teenager. Later, her first film as an adult was Guddi, which won her the acclaim which she deserved. This film was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and lat...
Born on 9th April 1948 Jaya Bachchan is an Indian artiste, who is also a politician. A noteworthy point is that, she is a former student of the Film and Television Institute of India. She is married to the legend of Bollywood, Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. Her daughter-in-law is the former Miss World and Bollywood heartthrob Aishwarya Rai.    Jaya Bachchan entered into the film industry with the film Mahanagar when she was a teenager. Later, her first film as an adult was Guddi, which won her the acclaim which she deserved. This film was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and lat...
Date of Birth: 09-04-1948
Age: 76
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 09-04-1948
Age: 76
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actress

2. Prema Karanth


prema-karanth.png Prema was a famous theatre personality, who was known to be the first woman director of films in the Kannada language. B. V. Karanth was her husband. She was the film-maker of Phaniyamma, which was the first movie directed by a woman, based on M. K. Indira's novel. M. K. Indira was a famous Indian novelist in the Kannada language. She was born in the year 1936 to a poor family in Bhadravathi, an industrial city of Karnataka state in India. Her father died at a very early age. Kamalamma, her mother, was suffering from tuberculosis. Because of this, she was never given a chance even to touch her mother. In the early years of her life, till the death of her mother, she lived at Sidlaghatta, a town in the Chi...
Prema was a famous theatre personality, who was known to be the first woman director of films in the Kannada language. B. V. Karanth was her husband. She was the film-maker of Phaniyamma, which was the first movie directed by a woman, based on M. K. Indira's novel. M. K. Indira was a famous Indian novelist in the Kannada language. She was born in the year 1936 to a poor family in Bhadravathi, an industrial city of Karnataka state in India. Her father died at a very early age. Kamalamma, her mother, was suffering from tuberculosis. Because of this, she was never given a chance even to touch her mother. In the early years of her life, till the death of her mother, she lived at Sidlaghatta, a town in the Chi...
Date of Birth: 15-08-1936
Date of Death: 29-10-2007
Age: 87
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Kannada
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 15-08-1936
Date of Death: 29-10-2007
Age: 87
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Kannada
Skills: Director

3. Subrata Mitra


Subrata-Mitra-New.png Subrata Mitra is an Indian Cinematographer who revolutionized filmmaking with the innovation of bounce lighting. He was born on October 12, 1930, in Calcutta into a Bengali middle class family. Being a movie enthusiast, he wanted to pursue the profession of a cinematographer or an architect. In 1950, he started learning the art of lighting at the sets of the movie The River. The movie was being directed by the great director Jean Renoir where he studied lighting on film sets, during this point of time he met Satyajit Ray who was working as a graphic designer at the set. At the age of twenty one, Mitra began his career as a cinematographer in Satyajit Ray’s movie Pather Panchali. He is acclaimed for his work in The ...
Subrata Mitra is an Indian Cinematographer who revolutionized filmmaking with the innovation of bounce lighting. He was born on October 12, 1930, in Calcutta into a Bengali middle class family. Being a movie enthusiast, he wanted to pursue the profession of a cinematographer or an architect. In 1950, he started learning the art of lighting at the sets of the movie The River. The movie was being directed by the great director Jean Renoir where he studied lighting on film sets, during this point of time he met Satyajit Ray who was working as a graphic designer at the set. At the age of twenty one, Mitra began his career as a cinematographer in Satyajit Ray’s movie Pather Panchali. He is acclaimed for his work in The ...
Date of Birth: 12-10-1930
Date of Death: 07-12-2001
Age: 93
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Cinematographer
Date of Birth: 12-10-1930
Date of Death: 07-12-2001
Age: 93
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Cinematographer

4. Ilaiyaraaja


ilayaraja.jpg Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration. He was also the first Asian to organize a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and became the first Indian to compose a complete symphony. He has won three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background score. He h...
Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration. He was also the first Asian to organize a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and became the first Indian to compose a complete symphony. He has won three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background score. He h...
Date of Birth: 02-06-1943
Age: 80
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 02-06-1943
Age: 80
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Music Director

5. Shyam Benegal


Shyam-Benegal.jpg Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian director and screenwriter. He created, what is today referred to as ‘middle cinema’. His work has widely received critical acclaim in India as well as in the International Film Circuit. He was born on 14 December 1934 in Secunderabad. He is a cousin of Guru Dutt. His paternal grandmother and Guru Dutt’s maternal grandmother were sisters. His career began in advertising in the year 1959. He was initially a copywriter. Over the years, he slowly rose to the position of a creative head. He directed over 900 advertisements before focusing his faculties on film-making. Benegal is known for films like Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika, which were released in 197...
Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian director and screenwriter. He created, what is today referred to as ‘middle cinema’. His work has widely received critical acclaim in India as well as in the International Film Circuit. He was born on 14 December 1934 in Secunderabad. He is a cousin of Guru Dutt. His paternal grandmother and Guru Dutt’s maternal grandmother were sisters. His career began in advertising in the year 1959. He was initially a copywriter. Over the years, he slowly rose to the position of a creative head. He directed over 900 advertisements before focusing his faculties on film-making. Benegal is known for films like Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika, which were released in 197...
Date of Birth: 14-12-1934
Age: 89
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director, Screenplay
Date of Birth: 14-12-1934
Age: 89
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director, Screenplay

6. 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 Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor in lead roles. In the year 1981, he wrote the script for the movie ‘Silisila’ along with Yash Chopra, which had Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles. In the year 2002, he was cast as Abhishek Bachchan's step dad for a movie named...
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 Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor in lead roles. In the year 1981, he wrote the script for the movie ‘Silisila’ along with Yash Chopra, which had Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles. In the year 2002, he was cast as Abhishek Bachchan's step dad for a movie named...
Date of Birth: 27-07-1947
Age: 76
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 27-07-1947
Age: 76
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi