1. Nargis Dutt
Nargis Dutt was indeed the first lady of Indian screen. She was the first superstar. Nargis was the first actor to be paid Rs 1 lakh, even Dilip Kumar did not get paid that much of money back then. It was the talk of the industry. Her method of acting is still studied and emulated by other generation actresses. She began her career as a child artiste in Talash-E-Haq (1935) and later on went to act in films like Mother India (1957) which was shortlisted for Oscar. This film even today remains as the greatest work of Bollywood. In this film, she played an older woman than herself as Radha, and despite being aged 26 then, she played the role of wife, a single mother and aged mother of two sons. Nargis, who was then the reig...
Date of Death:
03-05-1981
Age:
94
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
03-05-1981
Age:
94
Gender:
Female
2. SNS Sastry
S N.S. Sastry is one of the most popular Indian directors. He was born in 1930 in Bombay (Mumbai), India. S. N.S. Sastry joined Films Division India as a newsreel cameraman in the early 1950 and became a director. “I am 20” is a short non-non-fiction documentary produced by the Films Division of India and directed by him in 1967. The filmmaker traveled all over the country and interviewed people born in 1947. He asked them questions about themselves, the country, and what would be done moving forward. The document is filled with thoughtful questions and honest answers, just like independence means human rights, etc.
“I am 20” was awarded the best short film on Social Documentation at t...
Date of Death:
15-11-1978
Gender:
Male
3. Omprakash Sharma
Om Prakash Sharma, also known as Janpriya Lekhak Om Prakash Sharma, is regarded as one of Hindi detective fiction's best and most gifted writers. He was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, on December 25, 1924, but later relocated to Delhi. Jai Prakash Sharma and Gauri Shankar Sharma are his younger brothers. He worked at the Delhi Cloth Milland resided in Pahari Dhiraj in a leased house. He later relocated to Meerut and is the father of four sons: Surendra Sharma, Virendra Sharma, and Mahendra Sharma.
He joined the Indian Freedom Struggle after being inspired by socialist and communist ideas, and he was imprisoned twice by the British Raj for his involvement in the cause. This was also the time when he began writing. His preoccup...
Date of Death:
14-10-1998
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-10-1998
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
4. Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha, one of the foremost Indian directors of his time was born on 2nd October 1924 and died on 15th January. 2009.He formed the legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen. Being primarily a Bengali filmmaker, he worked in both Hindi Cinema and Bengali Cinema, making films including Kabuli Wala, Louha Kapat, Sagina Mahato, Apanjan,Kshudhita Pashan, and children's films Safed Haathi and Aaj Ka Robinhood. Tapan Sinha began his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with the film production company New Theatres in Kolkata, then in 1950 he shifted to England, where he worked at Pinewood Studios for two years.
Before returning home to start his six-decade career...
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
5. S. L. Puram Sadanandan
S. L. Puram Sadanandan was a well-known Indian scriptwriter and also a playwriter.Sadanandan was born on the 15th of April, in the year 1928. His place of birth is S.L.Puram in Alappuzha,Kerala, India. He wrote around sixty plays and scripts for more than one fifty films. He is one of the most eminent names and contributed significantly to the Malayalam Film Industry. He is also known as the founder of the Surya soma Theatres and the Kalpana Theatres, situated in S.L Puram (a district in Alappuzha, Kerala).
He was born to P.Narayanan and Karthyayani. Sadannandan got married to Omana and has two children named Jayasurya and Jayasoma. He was also known to be an active participant in the Punnapra-Vayalaruprising,which led to his imp...
Date of Death:
16-09-2005
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
16-09-2005
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
6. Adurthi Subba Rao
Telugu film industry has tasted the direction of very few classics. Movies made by Adruthi Subba Rao are one of the finest pieces that Tollywood could ever watch. Born on 16th December 1912 in Rajahmundry, India he grew up in pure Telugu family background. Adruthi Subba Rao is not merely a cine director but he is a multi-talented human and has worked as a scriptwriter, cinematographer, producer and editor. During his mid 20’s he decided to be a cinematographer and against his parents will he attended St. Xavier’s college to pursue cinematography course.
After his studies, Adruthi Subba Rao didn’t succeed immediately but had to work in different branches o...
Date of Death:
01-10-1975
Age:
111
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
01-10-1975
Age:
111
Gender:
Male
7. Manish R. Goswami
Manish R. Goswami is an Indian television producer. He was born in October 1961 in Mumbai. He is the founder, chairman, chief promoter and managing director of “Siddhant Cinevision Limited” production house in Mumbai. In a career span of more than twenty years, he has produced more than thirty-five television soap operas like Chashme Baddoor in 1998, Waris in 1999, Kittie Party in 2002, Kittu Sab Jaanti Hain in 2005 and Aisa Desh Hain Mera in 2006 and many others. The shows air on more than ten Hindi entertainment channels like DD-1, Zee TV, Star Plus, NDTV Imagine and Channel 9 and many others. Manish is the son of the late movie producer Shri. R. N. Goswami and late Vimla S. Goswami. He is the first cousin of the famous dir...
8. Ramachandra Babu
It is a name quite familiar to the Malayalam film industry. He has cinematographed for over 125 films and is a Kerala State Award winning Cinematographer. Ramachandra Babu was born in a small town called Maduranthakam in the district of Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu. He was born on December 15, 1947. After his completion of BSc Chemistry from Loyola College, Madras, he moved on to join the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII) to study cinematography. In addition to what he achieved educationally he also got to have a lot of friends from the Institute which helped him further in his future life as well as career. People like John Abraham, Balu Mahendra and K.G George who has made an impact in Indian Cinema through acting and d...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
9. K. V. Mahadevan
Born on March 14, 1918, in Kanyakumari, Travancore, Krishnankoil Venkatachalam Mahadevan was an Indian vocalist, musician, music producer, lyricist and composer known for his works in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinema. He belongs to Tamil Brahmin family. He began his career as a composer with Tamil movie Avan Amaran by Nagercoil S. Nagarajan in 1950. The exceptional elements of his compositions were giving essential significance to lyrics and forming music that is impeccably suited to verses. He continually kept a base in the Carnatic music frameworks and offering autonomy to vocalists and different colleagues to openly contribute thoughts for enhancing his pieces.
The well-known Tamil motion pictures for which he compo...
Date of Death:
21-06-2001
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
21-06-2001
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
10. P Bhaskaran
P Bhaskaran (full name Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran)was an actor, poet, lyricist, and filmmaker from South India. He was born in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kingdom of Cochinon April 21, 1924, to a lawyer, freedom fighter, poet, and journalist Nandyelathu Padmanabha Menon, and house-wife Pulloottupadathu Ammalu Amma. However, Nandyelathu died when Pulloottupadathu was just ten years old. Within two years, he started writing poems. He went to Maharajas College. While studying there, literature and communism fascinated him. For six months, police kept him in prison for participating in the struggle of August. After releasing from their, Pulloottupadathu migrated to Kozhikode and started working at the Deshabhimani Weekly. Soon after, he ...
Date of Death:
25-02-2017
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-02-2017
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
11. 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
12. Uttam Kumar
Uttam Kumar was matinee idol of Bengali cinema. He was a super star and super actor that Bengali cinema has ever produced. The actor has not been 35 years present in the screen, but he remains the evergreen romantic protagonist whose charm cannot wither still with time. There is still a craze for Uttam Kumar’s films in Kolkata just because his films have attained mythical status and his memories still continue to haunt the viewers.
He was an iconic figure of Indian cinema. He was an actor who could go deep into the character, and there will never be another Uttam Kumar in Indian cinema. He was one of the eminent actors that Indian cinema has ever produced. Many of us...
Date of Death:
24-07-1980
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-07-1980
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
13. Baldev Raj Chopra
Baldev Chopra had faced a lot of problems in his early career. He had to leave his home place, Lahore after riots broke out at the time of independence. He was working on his new production with a story by I.S Johar but had to abandon it because of the ensuing ruckus. He was born in Ludhiana and studied at the University of Punjab in Lahore. He received an M.A there. There was a monthly magazine about films called Cine Herald. He worked as a journalist there at the start of his career and took over it and ran it until 1947. India was partitioned into India and Pakistan after peace prevailed, and he moved to Delhi in 1947. His first successful production, Karwat, in 1948, turned out to be a flop at the box off...
Date of Death:
05-11-2008
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
05-11-2008
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
14. M. F. Husain
Maqbool Fida Husain is the full name of MF Hussain. He is definitely India’s cherished artists. He is a
successful painter and his paintings mostly depict Indian women. He also gets involved in controversies
often. Other than painting MF Hussain is also acclaimed for drawing, film-making and writing.
Born on 17 September 1915 in Pandharpur, MF Hussain is also associated with the Indian Parliament.
His mother died at his very young age and eventually his father got into married life again. Hussain
pursued his basic education at Indore. He was interested in painting since his childhood. He got the skills
of calligraphy and got himself trained with Kufi Khat. At this time he also got involved in poetry. At the
age of 20 he shift...
Date of Death:
09-06-2011
Age:
108
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
09-06-2011
Age:
108
Gender:
Male
15. Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar was born as Harikrishna Goswami. He was born on 24 July, 1937 in Lahore, Punjab, India (Now Pakistan). After India – Pakistan Partition his family fled to Delhi, when he was 10. He did his graduation in Hindu College, University of Delhi. After his graduation he went on to pursue a career in acting. He is an award winning Indian actor and also a director in the Bollywood.He changed his name as Manoj Kumar, after the Character name of Dilip Kumar in the film ‘Shabnam’. He was a great admirer of Actor Dilip Kumar. His debut movie was ‘Fashion’, which was released in the year 1957. His career steeped steadily through the years. He is known for his hand on the face gesture and his patriotic roles he pl...
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
Skills:
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