Parbati Ghose was also known as Chapala Nayak and Chandana. She was an Indian actress, film producer, and film director. Also, she was the first female filmmaker to belong the state of Odisha. She was born on March 28, 1933. Parbati Ghose’s place of birth is Manasinghpatana in Cuttack district, Odisha, British India. She completed her early education at Sanat...
PRS Pillai was a director in the Malayalam film industry. He co-directed Thiramala with Vimalkumar in 1953. Adoor Bhasi, Sathyan, Kumari Thankam, and Sivadas Varma were cast in the film. In 1981, he directed Cancerum Laingeekia Rogangalum, featuring PK Abraham and Lalithashree. In 1982, Pillai co-directed Mathruka Kudumbam alongside Krishnan Nair. Adoor Bhasi played the lead role. The same year,...
Ezra Mir was born on October 26, 1903, in Calcutta, West Bengal. His career began as a stage actor before moving to New York in 1924, where he started working as an actor and later became an editor. It was during his stay in New York he made his first short film called The Symbolesque in 1929. After he moved...
Mahesh Kaul was an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter, born on April 10, 1911, in Jodhpur State, British India. He graduated from Moni College in Nagpur. He predominantly worked in the Bollywood industry and was well-known in Indian cinema. Initially, he started his career in the film industry as a lyricist and dialogue writer in Hindi films. Mahesh debuted as...
Raja Thakur is an Indian director who worked for the Marathi film industry. He was born on 26th November 1923 in Phonda, Maharashtra. Raja is famous for his work in the movie Me Tulas Tujhya Angani, Rangalya Ratree Ashya, Ektee, Mumbaicha Jaawai, Gharkul, and Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe for which he won several awards. Raja started his career as an...
S Sukhdev is one of the most celebrated filmmakers of documentary movies. He was born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on 1 st October 1933. Sukhdev has a daughter named Shabnam Sukhdev and granddaughter Ishaa Chopra. In 1955, Sukhdev started his career as an assistant cameraman for Paul Zil in India. His education did not get fully accomplished however, Sukhdev’s talent paved...
M.S.Mani, a renowned editor and film director of the Indian cinema, mainly ‘Malayalam’ movies, was born in the year 1926 in the month of November in the town of ‘Poojapura’, which is a place in ‘Thiruvananthapuram’. His parents are ‘Balambal’, and ‘Mrithyunjaya Ayyar’. He was married to ‘Seethamani’ and they had been blessed with a son, ‘Karthi’k. He started off...
P. Pullaiah was born on May 2, 1911, at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is a famous producer as well as director of the Telugu cinema industry. He started his career in 1935 as a director of the movie Harish Chandra. In 1959, he worked for the famous Telugu movie named Jayabheri, featured by Anjali Devi and Akkineni Nageswara Rao...
Born on October 31, 1925, in Gudivada, Andhra Pradesh, Kotayya Pratyagatma was an Indian film writer, executive, and maker known for his works in Bollywood and Telugu silver screen. He was wedded to Satyavati and had three children. One of his kids is K. Vasu, who is a director. Kotayya has a daughter name TejoLatha in Bangalore and a child...
S Panju is the popular film director and he is always referred with his partner “R Krishnan” as Krishnan – Panju. Panju was born on 24th January 1915 in Umayalpuram in Kumbakonam. His birth name was Panchapakesan. Born in a Brahmin community, Panju was against the communal indifference and denied wearing the holy rope, worn by the Brahmins. Krishnan and...
C. V. Sridhar, full name is Chithamur Vijayaraghuvulu Sridhar, born on 22nd July 1933, was an Indian screenwriter and film director. His zodiac sign was cancer. He directed over 60 films in the three languages of Hindi, Telugu, and Tamil. He was born in Chengalpattu, Madras Presidency, British India. He did his schooling from St. Josephs Higher Secondary School, Madras....
Born on 9th July 1925, Guru Dutt was an Indian actor, producer and director. His original name is Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone. Pyaasa, Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam, Kaagaz ke Phool and Chaudvin Ka Chand were some of his memorable films. In fact, Kaagaz ke Phool and Pyaasa are considered as best films of all time by a leading magazine (Kaagaz...
Abrar Alvi was born on 1st July, 1927. He was a distinguished and reputed Indian director, actor, and writer. He selflessly devoted more than 50 years to Indian cinema. In the 1950's and 60's, he executed projects with Guru Dutt that ignited a fire in the film industry....
K S Gopalakrishnan is an Indian director, screenwriter, lyricist and producer. He is done his contribution in Hindi, Malayalam, and Tamil industry. He has been in the industry since the 1960s and has worked in more than 70 movies. Along his whole career, he was known for his direction and contribution in the movie which had a devotional or social...
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...