1. A V Meiyappan
A.V.Meiyappan is a Tamil director, producer, and philanthropist who is known for his AVM Productions. His original name is Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar. He was born on the 28th of July, 1907, in Karaikudi. He instituted AVM Productions in Vadapalani, Chennai. He is respected one of the pioneers in the Tamil movie Industry. He also received the praise of people as one of the moguls of South Indian Cinema
. A.V.Meiyappan made his debut in the entertainment field as a producer in the Tamil film ‘Alli Arjuna.’ He also produced the popular ‘Nam Iruvar’ movie. His spouses are Alamelu Meiyappan and Rajeswari Meiyappan. During his initial days, he focused on Mythological dramas like Ramayana and later ventured into Ta...
Date of Death:
12-08-1979
Age:
116
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
12-08-1979
Age:
116
Gender:
Male
2. S K Bhagavan
Srinivasa Krishna Iyengar Bhagwan, well-known as S K Bhagwan is known for his work as a Film Director, an actor, and a producer. S K Bhagavan was born on 3 July 1933, in Mysore, which used known as Kingdom of Mysore, British India at that time. He along with Dorairaj directed over 55 films in Kannada, most of which stars Rajkumar and was Blockbuster hits. The duo of both of them was known as Dorai-Bhagavan. He completed his schooling from Bangalore High School. He was keen on acting and was a part of Hirannaiah Mithra Mandali at a very young age. He started his career as an assistant director in 1956 in the movie Bhagyodaya, directed by Kanagal Prabhakar Shastri. He, later on, directed his own very first movie along with M.C. Narasimha M...
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
Skills:
3. A C Tirulokchandar
A. C. Tirulokchandar was born on 11th June in the year 1930 in Arcot, Vellore. He passed away on 15th June 2016 in Chennai at the age of 86. In the early 1960s till the late 1980s he worked as a film director and a screen writer in mostly Tamil films, yet he did diversify in his field and directed some films in Hindi and Telugu. In 1950, while Manthiri Kumari was being shot, as the shooting progressed on its sets, A.C. Tirulokchandar was working as a junior assistant in his early career days. Like most artists, he started at the bottom of the ladder but as the shooting of it progressed, Tirulokchandar became a close friend of M.G. Ramachandra. It was through this friendship he also got to meet the producer A.V. Mejyappan who soon noticed...
Date of Death:
15-06-2016
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
15-06-2016
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
4. Bommireddy Narasimha Reddy
Padma Bhushan Dr. Bommireddy NarasimhaReddy is a legendary award-winning director of Indian cinema. He was one of the first people from South India to win the Dada Saheb Phalke Award and one of the first Indian film celebrities to earn the Doctor of Letters honor. Bommireddy NarasimhaReddy, popularly known as B.N. Reddy was born on 16th November 1908 in a village called Kothapalli in the Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. His father is NarasimhaReddy, and he has two younger brothers. His brother, B. Nagi Reddy, is also a famous Indian director, and his other brother B.N. Konda Reddy is a cinematographer. Theatre plays fascinated B.N. Reddy to the level that he went to Calcutta to watch plays and dramas.
He completed part of ...
Date of Death:
08-11-1977
Age:
115
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
08-11-1977
Age:
115
Gender:
Male
5. R D Bansal
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.
Mr. R D Bansal got a lot of recognition from the Indian audience and critics. Moreover, he is a renowned producer in the industry and produced some great films. Mr. R D Bansal assisted some incredibly talented people to gain and enhance his experience in producing movies. Mr. R D Bansal born in the year in 1923 in Agra, United Provinces situated in British India (now India). He died on 11th December 2010 at the age of 88 in Kolkata, Wet Ben...
Date of Death:
11-12-2010
Gender:
Male
6. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
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.Â
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 Death:
27-08-2006
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
27-08-2006
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
7. Shailendra
Shailendra is a renowned lyricist of Hindi cinema. His real name is Shankardas Kesrilal. He has left a legacy behind which is unmatched till date. He has written many hit songs which not only became famous in India but also in abroad. Shailendra was born in Rawalpindi then his family moved to Mathura. However, his ancestral roots were from Aara district of Bihar. He did his schooling from Kishore Raman School where he ended up meeting with Indra Bahadur Khare, a famous poet, and writer. They both furnished their art of poetry with each other.
After few years, Shailendra went to Bombay to pursue a career in Bollywood. In Bombay, during the struggle period, he worked as an apprentice in Matunga workshop. During this period, he wrot...
Date of Death:
14-12-1966
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-12-1966
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
8. Satyajit Ray
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 of the honorary doctorate by Oxford University ( after actor Chaplin). The government of India has awarded him ‘Padma Bhushan(1965) and  Dadasaheb Phalke Award(1985) and the highest civilian honour’Bharat Ratna’(1992) too. In 1992, he was even posthumously awarded the Akira Kurosawa Award for Lifetime Ach...
Date of Death:
23-04-1992
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
9. Basu Bhattacharya
Basu Bhattacharya is an Indian-Director. He mainly worked in the Hindi Film Industry. He was born in the year 1934. He was born and brought up in Calcutta, British India. Some of the movies which he has directed include Uski Kahani which released in the year 1966, Teesri Kasam which released in the year 1966 (and this movie won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film), Anubhav which released in the year 1971, Avishkaar which released in the year 1973. Daku which released in the year 1975, Tumhara Kalloo which released in the year 1975, Sangat which released in the year 1976, Known Yet Not Known which released in the year 1977 and Madhu Malti which released in the year 1978....
Date of Death:
27-08-1997
Gender:
Male
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