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Hindi Awards 15th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. Nargis Dutt


nargis-dutt.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 01-06-1929
Date of Death: 03-05-1981
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 01-06-1929
Date of Death: 03-05-1981
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi

2. SNS Sastry


09-12-2020/sns.-sastry.jpg 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....
Date of Birth: 1930
Date of Death: 15-11-1978
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1930
Date of Death: 15-11-1978
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

3. Omprakash Sharma


15-10-2020/omprakash-sharma.png 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...
Date of Birth: 25-12-1924
Date of Death: 14-10-1998
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 25-12-1924
Date of Death: 14-10-1998
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Writer

4. Tapan Sinha


15-10-2020/tapan-sinha.jpg   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,...
Date of Birth: 02-10-1924
Date of Death: 15-01-2009
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 02-10-1924
Date of Death: 15-01-2009
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

5. S. L. Puram Sadanandan


02-08-2019/s.-l.-puram-sadanandan.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 15-04-1928
Date of Death: 16-09-2005
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
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Date of Birth: 15-04-1928
Date of Death: 16-09-2005
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Scriptwriter

6. Adurthi Subba Rao


a/d/u/r/t/h/adurthi-subba-rao.png 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...
Date of Birth: 16-12-1912
Date of Death: 01-10-1975
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
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Date of Birth: 16-12-1912
Date of Death: 01-10-1975
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

7. Manish R. Goswami


m/a/n/i/s/h/manish-r.-goswami.jpg 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,...
Date of Birth: 1961
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 1961
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Producer

8. Ramachandra Babu


r/a/m/a/c/h/ramachandra-babu.png 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,...
Date of Birth: 15-12-1947
Age: 76
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
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Date of Birth: 15-12-1947
Age: 76
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Cinematographer

9. K. V. Mahadevan


k/0/0/v/0/0/k.-v.-mahadevan.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 14-03-1918
Date of Death: 21-06-2001
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
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Date of Birth: 14-03-1918
Date of Death: 21-06-2001
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

10. P Bhaskaran


p/0/b/h/a/s/p-bhaskaran.png 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...
Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 25-02-2017
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 25-02-2017
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Lyricist

11. Satyajit Ray


satyajit-ray.png 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...
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
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Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

12. Uttam Kumar


uttam-kumar.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 03-09-1926
Date of Death: 24-07-1980
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
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Date of Birth: 03-09-1926
Date of Death: 24-07-1980
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Movie Actor

13. Baldev Raj Chopra


Baldev-RajChopra.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 22-04-1914
Date of Death: 05-11-2008
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 22-04-1914
Date of Death: 05-11-2008
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

14. M. F. Husain


MF-Husain1.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 17-09-1915
Date of Death: 09-06-2011
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 17-09-1915
Date of Death: 09-06-2011
Star Sign: Virgo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Artists