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Hindi Awards 16th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. Parbati Ghose


11-01-2021/parbati-ghose.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 28-03-1933
Date of Death: 11-02-2018
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 28-03-1933
Date of Death: 11-02-2018
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Female
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

2. P Susheela


p-susheela-.png P. Susheela is a well-known playback singer in South Indian film industry, who has received five National awards for the talent she posses. P. Sheela was born on 13th November 1935. She has been associated with the film industry for over six decades now. She is a legendary artist who has the purest form of vocal strength, with great syllabic...
Date of Birth: 13-11-1935
Age: 89
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 13-11-1935
Age: 89
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Female
Language: Tamil
Skills: Singer

3. Sharada


sharada.png Noted South Indian actress Sharada, a three-time recipient of National Award, is a South Indian Actress. Initially, she has done many supporting roles in Telugu films, later on, she moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated as Urvashi Award....
Date of Birth: 25-06-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 25-06-1945
Age: 79
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Female
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actress

4. SB Nayampally


11-01-2021/sb-nayampally.jpg SB Nayampally used to work at the film Killick, Nixon and Company. While working there, he got discovered by the film director P.Y. Altekar. Altekar analyzed Nayampally and, he found him much relatable to the character of the famous French boxer Georges Carpenter. At that time, stunt films were very trendy and, Nayampally was considered a great choice. Altekar urged...
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Actor

5. Nariman A Irani


11-01-2021/nariman-a-irani.jpg Nariman A. Irani was a film producer and cinematographer in Bollywood. He is well recognised for his work as a cameraman on the film Chhailla Babu and for directing the movie Don (1978) under his production company, Nariman Films (1977). He is best known as a cinematographer for his work on Talash, Saraswatichandra, and Phool Aur Patthar, as well as...
Date of Birth: 10-12-1977
Age: 46
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 10-12-1977
Age: 46
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Cinematographer

6. Raja Thakur


05-01-2021/raja-thakur.jpg 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...
Date of Birth: 26-11-1923
Date of Death: 28-07-1975
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 26-11-1923
Date of Death: 28-07-1975
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills: Director

7. 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

8. 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
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-10-1924
Date of Death: 15-01-2009
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

9. P Subramaniam


02-08-2019/p-subramaniam.jpg P Subramaniam was an Indian director who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 19th February 1910 in Nagercoil, Travancore. He was a multitalented director, producer, distributor, theatre owner, and mayor. Subramaniam has Kerala’s second film studio known as Merryland Studio, which established in 1951. He worked in many movies like SreeMurugan in 1977, Swami Ayyappan in 1975,...
Date of Birth: 19-02-1910
Date of Death: 04-10-1979
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 19-02-1910
Date of Death: 04-10-1979
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director

10. John Sankaramangalam


02-08-2019/john-sankaramangalam.jpg It is not every day that a great director is born, and so 15th July, the birth of John Sankaramangalam must have been a special day. John is known for his exceptional contribution to the Telugu Film Industry as a director, as a teacher, a Filmmaker and also a recipient of several awards. John Sankaramangalam completed his schooling from St....
Date of Birth: 16-07-1934
Date of Death: 30-07-2018
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills:
Date of Birth: 16-07-1934
Date of Death: 30-07-2018
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director, Producer

11. NC Sippy


n/c/0/s/i/p/nc-sippy.png NC Sippy is a film producer and director, known for his sensitive and topical social drama films. He was born on August 22, 1926, in Karachi, Pakistan. He has produced several hit films including Anand, Guddi, Khubsoorat, Padosan, Aashirwad, Bombay to Goa, and Sadhu Aur Shaitan. In his career that spans over forty years, many of his notable films were...
Date of Birth: 22-08-1926
Date of Death: 25-11-2001
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 22-08-1926
Date of Death: 25-11-2001
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director, Producer

12. A. Vincent


a/0/0/v/i/n/a.-vincent.png Aloysius Vincent was born on 14th June 1928 in Calicut and he died on 25th February, 2015 in Tamil Nadu. He was a very popular Film Director and Cinematographer. He has two sons named Ajayan Vincent and Jayanan Vincent and two daughters named Snehalatha Marie and Sumithra Marie. He is the Director of about 30 films in the Malayalam language....
Date of Birth: 14-06-1928
Date of Death: 25-02-2015
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-06-1928
Date of Death: 25-02-2015
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

13. KS Prasad


k/s/0/p/r/a/ks-prasad.jpg Veteran Malayalam mimicry artist and actor K S Prasad is noted for his works in the Malayalam film industry. He hails from Kochi, Kerala, and is an alumnus of Kalabhavan (the Cochin Kalabhavan), a center for learning performance arts in Kerala. Prasad began performing monologues while he was in high school, winning first place at school youth festivals. He later...
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:

14. Kannadasan


k/a/n/n/a/d/kannadasan.png Kannadasan is an eminent prolific writer and poet. He was born on 24 June 1927. He was born in Sirukoodalpatti, a remote village in Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu. He is one among the eight children of his Father Satthappanar and Mother Visalaatchi. He studied up to the eighth standard. He got attracted to Tamil Epics and Literature from his childhood....
Date of Birth: 24-06-1927
Date of Death: 17-10-1981
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-06-1927
Date of Death: 17-10-1981
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Writer, Poet

15. A P Nagarajan


a/p/0/n/a/g/ap-nagarajan.png Akkamappettai Paramasivan Nagarajan born on 24 February 1928 as Kuppuswamy. His father Paramasiva Gounder named him after the Lord of anger. A sign of misfortune, his parents died in the early childhood stages. Nagarajan's grandmother Manicka Ammal, guardian of the child Kuppu sent him to a drama company after knowing his interest in the field of Filmography. Around the time,...
Date of Birth: 24-02-1928
Date of Death: 05-04-1977
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 24-02-1928
Date of Death: 05-04-1977
Star Sign: Pisces
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

16. Geethapriya


geethapriya.jpg Late Lakshman Rao Mohite was born on June 15, 1931, in Karnataka. His father Ramarao Mohite worked for the cavalry regiment of Mysore State Troops called Mysore Lancers. His mother was Lakshmibhai. Although his mother tongue was Marathi, he was admitted to a Kannada-medium school. He completed CA Intermediate and was involved in small writing assignments....
Date of Birth: 15-06-1931
Date of Death: 17-01-2016
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 15-06-1931
Date of Death: 17-01-2016
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada

17. 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
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

18. Kalyanji Virji Shah


19-04-2017/kalyanji-virji-shah.png Kalyanji Virji Shah is mostly known as Kalyanji from Kalyanji-Anandji duo. Kalyanji was born on June 30, 1928, to Virji Shah. Virji Shah was a businessman in Kutch, Gujrat. Later, to start a provision store he moved to Mumbai. He has a brother Anandji Virji Shah, they both are very famous Indian musicians. Kalyanji-Anandji has won the Filmfare Award for...
Date of Birth: 30-06-1928
Date of Death: 24-08-2000
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-06-1928
Date of Death: 24-08-2000
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

19. 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...
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

20. N. T. Rama Rao


18-02-2017/n.-t.-rama-rao.jpg Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, better known by the name N. T. Rama Rao, was the first superstar of the Telugu films, Adored by people of his state in Andhra, he was the only celebrity to become Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for three consecutive terms. His charisma and personality were so great that even if he played the role of...
Date of Birth: 28-05-1923
Date of Death: 18-01-1996
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 28-05-1923
Date of Death: 18-01-1996
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Actor

21. Manna Dey


manna-dey.png Manna Dey is one of the greatest Indian classical singers who had training from his paternal uncle Sangeetacharya Krishna Chandra Dey ( K.C. Dey). He was instrumental in making Manna Dey’s career in Mumbai. K. C. Dey was a popular actor-singer-composer of New Theatres in Kolkata. When New Theaters closed down, K C Dey moved to Mumbai and Manna Dey accompanied...
Date of Birth: 01-05-1919
Date of Death: 24-10-2013
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 01-05-1919
Date of Death: 24-10-2013
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Singer

22. Ashokkumar


03-05-2017/ashok-kumar---old.jpg One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like AshokKumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. AshokKumar really was witness to a very...
Date of Birth: 13-10-1911
Date of Death: 10-12-2001
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 13-10-1911
Date of Death: 10-12-2001
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Movie Actor

23. Anand Kumar


12-08-2022/anand-kumar.jpg Anand Kumar is a prominent Bollywood director, producer, editor and screenplay writer. He was born on December 10th 1970. He had worked as a movie director and screenplay writer for his famous movies like the Mission is On, Zila Ghaziabad, and Delhi Heights. These movies did a remarkable job in the box office collection. He was born and brought up...
Date of Birth: 10-12-1970
Age: 53
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 10-12-1970
Age: 53
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

24. Karunesh Thakur


11-01-2021/karunesh-thakur.jpg Bio coming soon......
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director, Producer