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1. Nalini Jaywant


nalini-jaywant.jpg This actress belongs to the black and white era and later became a highest-paid star in the fifties. Nalini Jaywant was tomboyish and had a most photogenic face in Hindi cinema then. She acted with Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Dev Anand in many films. In fact, she had helped these actors to reach stardom. She was even considered to be the finest actress of her generation who had an extraordinary ability to emote. Off-screen she was warm and affectionate and caring for all. Nalini is a cousin of Shobhana Samarth(actress Kajol’s grandmother) which makes her aunt of Nutan and Tanuja. Her father Dadasaheb Jayawant was against Nalini’s idea of joining films. But si...
This actress belongs to the black and white era and later became a highest-paid star in the fifties. Nalini Jaywant was tomboyish and had a most photogenic face in Hindi cinema then. She acted with Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, and Dev Anand in many films. In fact, she had helped these actors to reach stardom. She was even considered to be the finest actress of her generation who had an extraordinary ability to emote. Off-screen she was warm and affectionate and caring for all. Nalini is a cousin of Shobhana Samarth(actress Kajol’s grandmother) which makes her aunt of Nutan and Tanuja. Her father Dadasaheb Jayawant was against Nalini’s idea of joining films. But si...
Date of Birth: 18-02-1926
Date of Death: 20-12-2010
Age: 98
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 18-02-1926
Date of Death: 20-12-2010
Age: 98
Star Sign: Aquarius
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. Vyjayanthimala


Vyjayanthimala.jpg Vyjayanthimala Bali is very well known worldwide by just her first name Vyjayanthimala. She is an Indian film actress who was born on August 13, 1936. Besides settling her career in the industry, she has also been a great Bharatanatyam dancer, a Carnatic singer, and a choreographer. She also belongs to the category of the Member of Parliament. She started her career as a Tamil actress and later became popular worldwide because of her magnificent work in Bollywood. Vyjayanthimala was born in Thiruvallikeni, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Chennai, near Parthasarathy Temple, in a Tamil family. She was the daughter of M.D. Raman and Vasundhara Devi. Vasundhara Devi was a Tamil actress who had been flooding al...
Vyjayanthimala Bali is very well known worldwide by just her first name Vyjayanthimala. She is an Indian film actress who was born on August 13, 1936. Besides settling her career in the industry, she has also been a great Bharatanatyam dancer, a Carnatic singer, and a choreographer. She also belongs to the category of the Member of Parliament. She started her career as a Tamil actress and later became popular worldwide because of her magnificent work in Bollywood. Vyjayanthimala was born in Thiruvallikeni, one of the oldest neighborhoods of Chennai, near Parthasarathy Temple, in a Tamil family. She was the daughter of M.D. Raman and Vasundhara Devi. Vasundhara Devi was a Tamil actress who had been flooding al...
Date of Birth: 13-08-1936
Age: 87
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actress
Date of Birth: 13-08-1936
Age: 87
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Movie Actress

4. Shankar Jaikishan


19-04-2017/shankar-jaikishan.png Shankar Jaikishan is a duo musical composer in Bollywood who dominated the film industry for three decades.  It is an unusual story of two classical musical composers who got united together as they had a personal liking for each other. Although Shankar Singh was born in Telangana and Jaikishan in Gujarat, they met each other in Mumbai in Prithvi Theaters ( then run by Prithviraj Kapoor). Both were working as music composer for the plays that were staged in the drama company Prithvi Theaters. While Shankar learnt to play Tabla, Jaikishan was expert in Harmonium,  Before joining Prithvi Theaters Shankar learnt Tabla from the nuances of Baba Nasir Khansahib and Jai...
Shankar Jaikishan is a duo musical composer in Bollywood who dominated the film industry for three decades.  It is an unusual story of two classical musical composers who got united together as they had a personal liking for each other. Although Shankar Singh was born in Telangana and Jaikishan in Gujarat, they met each other in Mumbai in Prithvi Theaters ( then run by Prithviraj Kapoor). Both were working as music composer for the plays that were staged in the drama company Prithvi Theaters. While Shankar learnt to play Tabla, Jaikishan was expert in Harmonium,  Before joining Prithvi Theaters Shankar learnt Tabla from the nuances of Baba Nasir Khansahib and Jai...
Date of Birth: 15-10-1922
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director
Date of Birth: 15-10-1922
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Music Director

5. Ramanand Sagar


06-02-2017/ramanand-sagar.png Ramanand Sagar is an Indian filmmaker, director, and writer who has made numerous hit films in Bollywood and enthralled the audiences over few decades. But he became a household name by directing the famous TV serial ‘Ramayan’ which had Arun Govil and Deepika in the cast. This TV serial was telecast on Doordarshan and could keep the viewers intact for hours on Sunday afternoon every week. The serial was appreciated even in non-Hindi speaking areas.  Ramanand was born in Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 December 1917. He came to Mumbai after Partition and worked as assistant manager in Prithvi Theatres of Prithviraj Kapoor. Earlier, during the era of silent movies, he was based in Punjab and worked as a clapper boy too. Af...
Ramanand Sagar is an Indian filmmaker, director, and writer who has made numerous hit films in Bollywood and enthralled the audiences over few decades. But he became a household name by directing the famous TV serial ‘Ramayan’ which had Arun Govil and Deepika in the cast. This TV serial was telecast on Doordarshan and could keep the viewers intact for hours on Sunday afternoon every week. The serial was appreciated even in non-Hindi speaking areas.  Ramanand was born in Lahore (Pakistan) on 29 December 1917. He came to Mumbai after Partition and worked as assistant manager in Prithvi Theatres of Prithviraj Kapoor. Earlier, during the era of silent movies, he was based in Punjab and worked as a clapper boy too. Af...
Date of Birth: 29-12-1917
Date of Death: 12-12-2005
Age: 106
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 29-12-1917
Date of Death: 12-12-2005
Age: 106
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:

6. Mukesh Chand Mathur


19-04-2017/mukesh-chand-mathur.png Mukesh Chand Mathur (Mukesh) was a popular playback singer in Hindi cinema. He made a place for himself in his era along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey. He is also regarded as the ghost voice for Raj Kapoor. Being born on July 22, 1923, in Delhi, Mukesh is the son of Zorawar Chand Mathur and Chand Rani. The singer had no formal training in singing but was born with the ability to sing a song. The singer was noticed by his distant relative, Motilal (a legendary actor), while Mukesh was performing in a wedding ceremony. Motilal took Mukesh to Mumbai and offered him a role of actor-cum-singer in the film, ‘Nirdosh’ (1941). Later, Mukesh got a chance to sing for ...
Mukesh Chand Mathur (Mukesh) was a popular playback singer in Hindi cinema. He made a place for himself in his era along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey. He is also regarded as the ghost voice for Raj Kapoor. Being born on July 22, 1923, in Delhi, Mukesh is the son of Zorawar Chand Mathur and Chand Rani. The singer had no formal training in singing but was born with the ability to sing a song. The singer was noticed by his distant relative, Motilal (a legendary actor), while Mukesh was performing in a wedding ceremony. Motilal took Mukesh to Mumbai and offered him a role of actor-cum-singer in the film, ‘Nirdosh’ (1941). Later, Mukesh got a chance to sing for ...
Date of Birth: 22-07-1923
Date of Death: 27-08-1976
Age: 100
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Date of Birth: 22-07-1923
Date of Death: 27-08-1976
Age: 100
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

7. Hrishikesh Mukherjee


19-04-2017/hrishikesh-mukherjee.png Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a film director, writer and producer in Bollywood. He is well known for giving a facelift to the career of Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Rekha and Rajesh Khanna.  Hrishikesh was born in Calcutta on 30 September 1922. He began his career as an editor and assistant director under Bimal Roy. Much earlier, he was associated with Calcutta’s New Theatres (owned by B.N.Sircar) where he learnt camera techniques and editing part of filmmaking. Later he moved to Mumbai in 1952 and got associated with Bimal Roy and had associated with the editing of classics like ‘Do Bigha Zamin’, ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Devdas’. After working as an assi...
Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a film director, writer and producer in Bollywood. He is well known for giving a facelift to the career of Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Rekha and Rajesh Khanna.  Hrishikesh was born in Calcutta on 30 September 1922. He began his career as an editor and assistant director under Bimal Roy. Much earlier, he was associated with Calcutta’s New Theatres (owned by B.N.Sircar) where he learnt camera techniques and editing part of filmmaking. Later he moved to Mumbai in 1952 and got associated with Bimal Roy and had associated with the editing of classics like ‘Do Bigha Zamin’, ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Devdas’. After working as an assi...
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Age: 101
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Age: 101
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:

8. Bimal Roy


14-08-2019/bimal-roy.jpg Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, Eastern Bengal to a zamindar family. He was the director of Hindi cinema and the well-acclaimed filmmaker of all time Indian film industry. He was known for his realistic approach towards the film. He was the pride of Bengal, who won most of Filmfare award for the Best Director. He was the one who won International Film Award of Cannes Film Festival. He was from East Bengal, a part of Bengal province of British India and now the capital of Bangladesh. After Independence, he moved to India. He started his film career in the film industry named New Theaters Pvt. Ltd as an assistant cameraman. During that time, he worked with P. C. Barua in one of the ...
Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, Eastern Bengal to a zamindar family. He was the director of Hindi cinema and the well-acclaimed filmmaker of all time Indian film industry. He was known for his realistic approach towards the film. He was the pride of Bengal, who won most of Filmfare award for the Best Director. He was the one who won International Film Award of Cannes Film Festival. He was from East Bengal, a part of Bengal province of British India and now the capital of Bangladesh. After Independence, he moved to India. He started his film career in the film industry named New Theaters Pvt. Ltd as an assistant cameraman. During that time, he worked with P. C. Barua in one of the ...
Date of Birth: 12-07-1909
Date of Death: 01-08-1966
Age: 114
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director
Date of Birth: 12-07-1909
Date of Death: 01-08-1966
Age: 114
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

9. Johnny Walker


15-03-2017/johnny-walker.jpg Johnny Walker is a comedian of Bollywood. His original name is Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi. Born on November 1926 in Indore, he was a great comedian during his times. Since his father had no job Johnny Walker took up a job. One of his jobs before entering Bollywood is as a bus conductor.    Johnny Walker always wanted to be a film star and he always thought about it. While he was a bus conductor, he used to enthrall the audience with amusing gimmicks. If sources are to be believed, it was actor Balraj Sahni who understood his t...
Johnny Walker is a comedian of Bollywood. His original name is Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi. Born on November 1926 in Indore, he was a great comedian during his times. Since his father had no job Johnny Walker took up a job. One of his jobs before entering Bollywood is as a bus conductor.    Johnny Walker always wanted to be a film star and he always thought about it. While he was a bus conductor, he used to enthrall the audience with amusing gimmicks. If sources are to be believed, it was actor Balraj Sahni who understood his t...
Date of Birth: 11-12-1926
Date of Death: 29-07-2003
Age: 97
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 11-12-1926
Date of Death: 29-07-2003
Age: 97
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

10. Dev Anand


Dev-Anand.jpg Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by filmgoers of the golden era of Bollywood that saw the transition from the black and white age to the age of colour. He happened to be one out of the famous quartet of heroes of that golden age, along with Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and the evergreen Ashok Kumar. More than his core acting abilities, Dev Anand was remembered more for his sheer handsomeness and an unbroken style of delivering dialogues with subtle and sudden modulations, and a fascination for nodding while delivering. Yet he had hit films to his credit, one after the other, in the 100 plus films that he had acted in, most of which had him as the central male protag...
Dev Anand would be nostalgically remembered by filmgoers of the golden era of Bollywood that saw the transition from the black and white age to the age of colour. He happened to be one out of the famous quartet of heroes of that golden age, along with Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor and the evergreen Ashok Kumar. More than his core acting abilities, Dev Anand was remembered more for his sheer handsomeness and an unbroken style of delivering dialogues with subtle and sudden modulations, and a fascination for nodding while delivering. Yet he had hit films to his credit, one after the other, in the 100 plus films that he had acted in, most of which had him as the central male protag...
Date of Birth: 26-09-1923
Date of Death: 03-12-2011
Age: 100
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor
Date of Birth: 26-09-1923
Date of Death: 03-12-2011
Age: 100
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor