Chand Usmani
Bindu
Mumtaz
Sharmila Tagore
Lata Mangeshkar
Waheeda Rehman
Jal Mistry
Kamal Bose
Chandrakant Kakodkar
Sohanlal Kanwar
Rajinder Singh Bedi
Gopaldas Neeraj
Raj Khosla
Asit Sen
Gulshan Nanda
Sachin Bhowmick
Anand Bakshi
Vijay Anand
Mohammed Rafi
Mukesh Chand Mathur
Shankar Jaikishan
Sachin Dev Burman - S. D. Burman
Jagdeep
Mehmood Ali
I S Johar
Sanjeev Kumar
Prem Chopra
Feroz Khan
Dilip Kumar
Rajesh Khanna
1. Chand Usmani
Chand Usmani was an Indian actress. Her work is most notable in the Hindi film industry, from the 1950s to the late 1980s. She is widely known for winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1971. She is widely remembered for playing the roles of mother and self-sacrificing wife.
Chand Usmani was born as Chandbibi Khanam Usmani on 3rd January 1933 in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. She used to run her Mahim house as a halfway house for runaway girls, who had come for a career in films to Mumbai. She died on 26th November 1989 in Mumbai.
She was a participant in the 1949 talent contest called Kardar-Kolynos-Teresa. This is where she came into the limelight. She won second place. Her actin...
Date of Death:
26-11-1989
Gender:
Female
2. Bindu
Glam Queen of 70's, Bindu was born to Gujarati parents on 17 Jan 1951 in Valsad district of Gujarat. When she was only 13 years of age, she underwent a tragedy as her father passed away. Being eldest, she took up the responsibility of the family and started to earn for the family. She started her career in films from a young age of 11 appearing in the blockbuster film “Anpadh”. She has acted in almost 160 films in her career span of 4 decades. In 1969, she did two blockbuster films with Rajesh Khanna “Ittefaq” and “Do Raaste” that made her one of the best actress of 70s.
Bindu was the most attractive in the Boll...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
3. Mumtaz
This Bollywood actress got into fame and achieved super stardom with Rajesh Khanna. She was the leading lady ( like Sharmila Tagore) of Rajesh Khanna in many of his films and became the queen in Bollywood in 1970s. She was a dancing diva in those days who could perform both sexy numbers (Mere Sanam or Apna Desh) and even dance as a simple village girl singing amidst of trees (Dushman or Roti) . Her hair cut style and dress costumes became very popular even in the film industry. In a film Brahmachari, the costumes that were designed for her song (Aaj Kal Tere Mere Charche) is now being copied by Priyanka Chopra in many of her films. Earlier, when she made her debu...
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
Age:
76
Gender:
Female
4. Sharmila Tagore
Sharmila Tagore is a Bengali actress, who later shifted to the Hindi film industry, who was born on 8th December, 1944. Apart from being an actress, she stood as a member of Indian Film Censor Board for seven years. She was also chosen as UNICEF Goodwill ambassador from India. On the other hand, she was one of the jury members of Cannes Film Festival, 2009. She was recognized by the Government of India with the third highest civilian award of India, Padma Bhushan. She was familiar with her screen name Begum Ayesha Sultana. She is related to Rabindranath Tagore from her parental ancestors. She debuted her film career with under the direction of Satyajit Ray in the movie Apur Sansar, which was released in 1959. After the release, she took ...
Age:
79
Gender:
Female
Age:
79
Gender:
Female
5. Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Date of Death:
06-02-2022
Age:
94
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
06-02-2022
Age:
94
Gender:
Female
6. Waheeda Rehman
She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim family on 3 February 1938, in Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu.Her dream was to become a successful doctor but due to circumstances of illness, she dropped this goal. But her parents were too supportive to her debut on silver screen. From the very childhood, she started learning dance forms, especially in the Bharata Natyam dance form. She made her debut into the Telugu industry via two films 'Jayasimha' (1955) and 'Rojulu Marayi'(1955). She also had a film made in Tamil called 'Kalam Mari Pochu'. All these films were a hit, but she got recognition from the song Eruvaaka Sagaroranno Chinnanna from Rojulu Marayi. At the success party of Rojulu Mara...
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
7. Jal Mistry
Jal Mistry (1923–2000) was a well-known Indian cinematographer. He was born on 1 st January 1923. He predominantly worked in Hindi films. Jal is best known for his collaborations with director Chetan Anand and “Navketan Films” on movies such as “Heer Raanjha (1970), Aakhri Khat (1966), and Kudrat (1981).” In addition, he also featured in hit films such as Manmohan Desai's “Naseeb (1981)” and Raj Kapoor's “Barsaat (1949).” He even co-produced “Bombai Ka Babu (1960)” with Raj Khosla, starring veteran Dev Anand. Jal Mistry, a legendary and renowned Hindi cinematographer, worked primarily during the classic era of the 1950s and 1970s. He also appeared in several magnif...
Date of Death:
15-04-2000
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-04-2000
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
8. Kamal Bose
Kamal Bose was an Indian photographer who directed most of Bimalroy's masterpieces, including Palineta (1953), De Biga Zamin (1953), Bandini (1963), Devdas (1955) and Sujata (1960). He made a successful switch to the color film era and directed Qurbani (1980), Janbaaz (1986) and Dayavan (1988). During his career, he played five filmfares at Bandini (B / W, 1964), AnokhiRaat (S & W, 1970), Khamoshi (S & W, 1971), Dastak (S & W, 1972), and Dharmatma (1976). Won the award.
Bose played an important role in Bimalroy's writing team, starting with Anjangarh (1948), one of the last major films in Kolkata New Theater, but because the Kolkata film industry is declining. Roy has moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). ...
Date of Death:
09-10-1995
Gender:
Male
9. Chandrakant Kakodkar
Chandrakant Kakodkar, in full, Chandrakant Kalyanadas Kakodkar was born on 21st March 1921 and died on 23rd November 1988 at the age of 67. Chandrakant Kakodkar was a Marathi novelist. He gained recognition after his first three novels were published, and he started being called the novelist. Chandrakant Kakodkar has translated many English novels into the Marathi language. The famous movie, 'Do Vashdi,' starring Rajesh Khanna and Mumtaz, is based on Chandrakant Kakodkar's novel 'Neelambari'.
Rajesh Khanna's most famous film, 'Mere Naseeb Mein A Dost' which led to his stardom in the Bollywood industry and his fifteenth consecutive 'block...
Date of Death:
23-11-1988
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-11-1988
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
10. Sohanlal Kanwar
Sohanlal Kanwar is an Indian producer, director, and choreographer. He is married to Sheela Kanwar and has a daughter named Anita Kanwar. He worked as an assistant director in Naag Padmani (1957), Anpadh (1962), and Aap Ki Parchhaiyan (1964). He directed the movie Natak (1975), Tadap (1990), and Paisa Yeh Paisa (1985). As a director and producer, his works include Pehchan (1970), Be-Imaan (1972), Sanyasi (1975), Atmaram (1979), Paapi Pet Ka Sawaal Hai (1984), and Awara Baap (1985). He has produced the films Seema (1971), Do Jhoot (1975), Duniyadari (1977), Aman Laxi (1979), Dhanwan (1981), and Swarthi (1986). He was nominated for Best Director and Best Film in the 1976 Filmfare Awards for the movie Sanyasi and won the 1973 Filmfare Award...
11. Rajinder Singh Bedi
Rajinder Singh Bedi is an Indian-Director. He mainly worked in the Hindi Film Industry. He was born on 01st September 1915. He is born, and brought up in Sialkot, Punjab, British India. The name of his father is Hira Singh Bedi, and the name of his mother is Seva Dai. He has completed his early education from Sialkot, in the subject Urdu. Ek Chandar Maili Si released in the year 1986, and he has worked as a screenwriter in it. It is his last film.
Aankhin Dekhi, Mutthi Bhar Chawal, Nawab Sahib, Phagun, Abhimaan, Grahan, Dastak, Satyakam, Mere Hamdam Mere Dost and Baharon Ke Sapne are some of his films....
Date of Death:
11-11-1984
Age:
108
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
11-11-1984
Age:
108
Gender:
Male
12. Gopaldas Neeraj
Golpadas Neeraj is a poet from India. He has a reservoir of poems that mesmerizes the readers. Gopaldas Neeraj always ensures that the public enjoys the best brand of poetry. Neeraj demonstrates mastery in his write-ups. Golpadas contributes significantly to the growth of Hindi Literature. Gopaldas Neeraj’s quality of being ebullient, and determined is propelling this superstar to higher heights of glory. Gopaldas Neeraj debuts his writing career at a very early stage in life. Gopaldas Neeraj’s significant role helpedin the growth of the literary milieu.
Neeraj is a superstar whose abilities are worth noting. Gopaldas writes poems that excite, and motivates the...
Date of Death:
19-07-2018
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
19-07-2018
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
13. Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla was a director in the Indian film industry who worked mainly in Bollywood. He was among the top Indian director. He was also a producer and a screenplay writer. He was born on 31 May 1925 in Ludhiana which is in Punjab at the time of British India. He had a daughter named Sunita Khosla Bhalla. Earlier, Raj took the training of classical singing to become a singer. After his training was over, he migrated to Mumbai (Bombay at that time) to find work as a playback singer so firstly, he started to work at the All India Radio in the area of music as a music staff. His first work in the film industry was as an assistant to Guru Dutt which was given to him by Dev Anand who realized his other talents.
He made his debut as a d...
Date of Death:
09-06-1991
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
09-06-1991
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
14. Asit Sen
Asit Sen was born on 24 September 1922 in Dhaka (now known as Bangladesh), Bengal in British India. His only son name is Partha Sen. He was a cinematographer, screenwriter and film director, who has worked both for Bollywood film Industry and Bengali film Industry. Asit Sen has directed many films in his career. A total 17 films have been directed by him both in Bengali and Hindi. He became popular for the films like Uttar Falguni which was released in the year 1963, Deep Jweley Jai in 1959, Mamta in 1966, Khamoshi in !969, Safar in 1970, and Anokhi Raat in 1968.
Asit Sen kick-started his career at new theaters in Kolkata as Assistant to Bimal Roy. In 1950, when Kolkata Fi...
Date of Death:
25-08-2001
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-08-2001
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
15. Gulshan Nanda
Gulshan Nanda is a well-known Indian poet, writer, screenplay writer. He is greatly appreciated in the Indian film industry. His work is known in the industry, and many of his work have been adapted in movies like Kaajal, Sharmeelee, Kati Patang, Daag, Khilona and many other hit Hindi movies. He was a very famous in the era of 60's and 70s. He has written the screenplay for many famous and appreciated movies. He has even been nominated six times for Filmfare Awards in the category of the Best Story Writer.
Most of his movies had even been a huge hit in the theaters. Gulshan is termed as one of the most highly looked up screenplay writer from 1960-1970. His stories and skills of writing were and are still very...
Date of Death:
16-11-1985
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
16-11-1985
Gender:
Male
16. Sachin Bhowmick
Sachin Bhowmick was born in West Bengal on 17th July 1930. He is a film director and is also a screenwriter and has written over 94 films. He is an excellent writer and also wrote for a Bengali magazine which wrote articles for the industry.
Sachin started his career in 1958 with writing the screenplay for ‘Nargis’ starred ‘Lajwanti’. He continued his work for movies like An Evening in Paris, Love in Tokyo, ‘Caravan’, ‘Dost’, ‘Golmaal’, Andar Bahar, ‘Karma’, ‘Nastik’, and ‘Saheb’, etc. Sachin wrote the story of “Main Khiladi Tu Anari”. The plot is about a police officer who is murdered by a drug dealer and ...
Date of Death:
12-04-2011
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
12-04-2011
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
17. Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi was an old poet and lyricist with his popularity in the Hindi film industry. Anand Bakshi He was born in Rawalpindi, a part of India in 1930 which later got converted into a Pakistan city after independence in 1947. His mother died when he was five years old. Due to the partition of India and Pakistan, on October 2, 1947, Bakshi’s family shifted themselves to Delhi. Initially, Bakshi was in the Indian Army after completing his studies. In the free time, he used to write songs occasionally while working for the army. Bakshi initially tried to become a writer or a singer in the Hindi films, but later he found his talent in writing songs.
His first entry into movies as a lyricist was “Bhaala Aadmi” whi...
Date of Death:
30-03-2002
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
30-03-2002
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
18. Vijay Anand
Vijay Anand also known as ‘Goldie‘ is an Indian filmmaker, producer, director, screenwriter and an actor who made some classic films to date. He is related to actor Dev Anand and directed many in-house films of ‘Navketan Films’ (owned by actor Dev Anand). He was born on 22 January 1934 in Punjab. As an actor, he acted opposite Jaya Bhaduri in ‘Kora Kagaz’ which was critically applauded and was a hit film. Later, he also acted with Shabana Azmi. But his contribution to Indian cinema is understood as a director where he crafted classic film such as Guide, behind the camera lens. It was Guide that made him an acclaimed director of Indian cinema. The film was based on R.K. Narayanan’s novel and it ha...
Date of Death:
23-02-2004
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-02-2004
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
19. Mohammed Rafi
Mohammed Rafi is a renowned Indian playback singer who dominated Bollywood for over three decades where no singer could equal his mighty classical voice or even come closer to him in his voice quality; that was appreciated across the globe. He was at the height of his career when actors like Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand, and Raj Kapoor ruled the industry. He was the most sought after singer in the film industry as he gave his vocal for actors like Dev Anand, Raj Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Sunil Dutt, Dharmendra, and Jeetendra. Although he did playback for actors like Pradeep Kumar, Bharat Bhushan and a comedian like Johnny Walker or Mehmood, his tonal quality suited even Guru Dutt too. That is why Guru Dut...
Date of Death:
31-07-1980
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
31-07-1980
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
20. Mukesh Chand Mathur
Mukesh Chand Mathur (Mukesh) was a popular playback singer in Hindi cinema. He made a place for himself in his era along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Manna Dey. He is also regarded as the ghost voice for Raj Kapoor. Being born on July 22, 1923, in Delhi, Mukesh is the son of Zorawar Chand Mathur and Chand Rani. The singer had no formal training in singing but was born with the ability to sing a song. The singer was noticed by his distant relative, Motilal (a legendary actor), while Mukesh was performing in a wedding ceremony. Motilal took Mukesh to Mumbai and offered him a role of actor-cum-singer in the film, ‘Nirdosh’ (1941). Later, Mukesh got a chance to sing for ...
Date of Death:
27-08-1976
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
27-08-1976
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
21. Shankar Jaikishan
Shankar Jaikishan is a duo musical composer in Bollywood who dominated the film industry for three decades. It is an unusual story of two classical musical composers who got united together as they had a personal liking for each other. Although Shankar Singh was born in Telangana and Jaikishan in Gujarat, they met each other in Mumbai in Prithvi Theaters ( then run by Prithviraj Kapoor). Both were working as music composer for the plays that were staged in the drama company Prithvi Theaters. While Shankar learnt to play Tabla, Jaikishan was expert in Harmonium,
Before joining Prithvi Theaters Shankar learnt Tabla from the nuances of Baba Nasir Khansahib and Jai...
Gender:
Male
22. Sachin Dev Burman - S. D. Burman
Sachin Dev Burman (S.D. Burman) is a renowned classical Hindi music composer who is known for many melodious songs. He understood the technique ‘hummable’ in music so well that every song that he had composed remained close to music lover’s heart. He was distinguished from other famous Hindi music directors as he was very careful with the understanding of lyrics and gave close attention to the situation of the song. He even focused on the scene of the song that he composed.
Burman also used folk music in his tunes. This composer actually made folk songs acceptable to the masses. He lent his baritone voice to many films that he had composed. He got a...
Date of Death:
31-10-1975
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
31-10-1975
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
23. Jagdeep
Jagdeep is a veteran comedian-actor in Hindi cinema. He made his acting debut as a child artiste and was selected to play many pivotal child roles in films of A V M Banners. B R Chopra Films and even K A Abba’s films. Later when he acted in film ‘Sholay’, he immortalized his ‘Soorma Bhopali’ character. He is still popular for his filmy character ‘Soorma Bhopali’. Dialogues from super hit Sholay made him an immortal in the annals of Indian cinema. It is said that Jagdeep was a victim of India’s partition. The partition had made him seek earnings even at a tender age of eight. Primarily, he used to sell small items on the road to eke out a living.
Later, he eventually...
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
24. Mehmood Ali
Mehmood Ali is one of our greatest comedian actors, who had acted in over 300 Hindi films. Born on 29 September 1932, his memorable films include Kunwara Baap, where he acted with versatile actress Manorama from Tamil film. The story had a message on polio vaccination and was essayed on the backdrop of a newly born son who was rescued by Mehmood, and when the boy develops polio, Manorama and Mehmood takes full care to bring up this destitute-cum-polio-affected boy in the film.
This was Manorama’s only Hindi film, and the film was directed by Mehmood whose son was also a victim of polio in real life. After acting in small roles in few films like ‘Pyaasa&rs...
Date of Death:
23-07-2004
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-07-2004
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
25. I S Johar
In the ranked list of the best stand up comedians in the Indian cinema, first and foremost of all the people agree that I S Johar’s dialogue delivery is the best among some funny comedians, but beyond that, he had different styles that approached different types of subject matter. Sometimes, he would be a cop, a detective or even a police man. Such roles were very convincing for I S Johar.I S Johar is a multi-faceted personality, who established himself as an actor, producer, director, but since he worked in B-grade films, he could not ac...
Date of Death:
10-03-1984
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-03-1984
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
26. Sanjeev Kumar
Sanjeev Kumar was born on July 9th, 1938 in Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), India. His original name was Harihar Jethalal Jariwala. He was an actor by profession who worked in Bollywood. He moved to Surat after birth. His family again moved to Mumbai. He has three siblings- one sister and two brothers. Sanjeev didn’t get married ever. He was in a relationship with Sulakshana Pandit, but the couple didn’t get married. He went to a film school. It was here that he learned the nuances of acting. He performed with Indian People’s Theatre Association and then became a part of the Indian National Theatre. He was spotted by director Gulzar.
In 1960, he debuted in the movie Hum Hindustani, in which he played...
Date of Death:
06-11-1985
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
06-11-1985
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
27. Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra is a legend of Hindi cinema and he has acted in over 400 films. Prem Chopra has been in Bollywood since its inception. He has a long spanning film career of over 50 years. He has not only acted in Hindi films, but also in several Punjabi films. He has made a great contribution to Hindi films and has made a special place for himself in the hearts of many Indians.
Born on 23rd September 1935, Prem Chopra hails from a Punjabi family. He was born in Lahore. Prem holds a degree from Punjab University. Since his childhood, Prem was interested in histrionics and invo...
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
Skills:
28. Feroz Khan
Feroz Khan is a legendary Indian film actor, editor, producer and director, popular in Bollywood. He was born on September 25, 1939 in Bangalore. His father, Pathan is an Afghanistan while his mother is an Iranian. Feroz studied at Bishop Cotton Boy’s School in Bangalore and attended St. Germain High School. His brothers are Shahrukh Shah Ali Khan, Sanjay Khan, Sameer Khaan and Akbar Khan, who also work in the same industry and he has one sister named Dilshad Bibi. Feroz moved to Mumbai after he studied in Bangalore to pursue his acting career. He then made his debut as the second lead in the 1960 film Didi.
Date of Death:
27-04-2009
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
27-04-2009
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
29. Dilip Kumar
Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of December in year 1922. Dilip Kumar was born in Peshawar. He is a Bonafide personality with his unique style and aura. He is an Indian Bollywood Actor. This magnificent industry gave him the name of TRAGEDY King. He started his career in the year 1944 with his movie Jwar Bhata, which did not score well at the box office, but as the actor believes failure is the first step to success, he did not lose hope, and with his wor,k he got the title of TRAGEDY KING. He got his recognition and popularity from the film Jugnu released in the year 1944. He was cast with Noor Jahan in Jugnu. 1949 released Shabnam was a big hit and another hit movie released in the same year named ...
Date of Death:
07-07-2021
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
07-07-2021
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
30. Rajesh Khanna
Born as Jatin Khanna on 29th December 1942, the charismatic actor renamed himself as Rajesh Khanna and shot to fame in Bollywood. He was a man of many talents – he worked as an actor, a director, and as a politician. However, he is best known as India’s original, first and foremost film superstar, with fifteen consecutive blockbuster hit movies within a mere three years. An enigmatic personality, he won over the hearts of millions of Indian women in his day, and charmed generations. Known as the King of Romance in Bollywood, he truly set a benchmark for romantic heroes in the coming eras of film and television. Charming to no end, he debuted in 1966 with the film Akhri Khat, and after that there w...
Date of Death:
18-07-2012
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
18-07-2012
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
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