Parbati Ghose
P Susheela
Sharada
SB Nayampally
Nariman A Irani
Raja Thakur
SNS Sastry
Tapan Sinha
P Subramaniam
John Sankaramangalam
NC Sippy
A. Vincent
KS Prasad
Kannadasan
A P Nagarajan
Geethapriya
Satyajit Ray
Kalyanji Virji Shah
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
N. T. Rama Rao
Manna Dey
Ashokkumar
Anand Kumar
Karunesh Thakur
1. Parbati Ghose
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...
2. P Susheela
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...
4. SB Nayampally
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...
5. Nariman A Irani
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...
6. Raja Thakur
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...
7. 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....
8. 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,...
9. P Subramaniam
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,...
10. John Sankaramangalam
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....
11. NC Sippy
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...
12. A. Vincent
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....
13. KS Prasad
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...
14. Kannadasan
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....
15. A P Nagarajan
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,...
16. Geethapriya
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....
17. 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...
18. Kalyanji Virji Shah
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...
19. 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.
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...
20. N. T. Rama Rao
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...
21. Manna Dey
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...
22. Ashokkumar
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...
23. Anand Kumar
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...
24. Karunesh Thakur