Sandhya Mukherjee
Rehana Sultan
R. N. Krishna Prasad
BN Sircar
Ajoy Kar
Raja Thakur
KK Mahajan
Radhu Karmakar
A B Raj
P Madhavan
C S Rao
Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu
NC Sippy
Madan Mohan
P Bhaskaran
Satyajit Ray
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
R. N. Sudarshan
Manna Dey
Sanjeev Kumar
Rishi Kapoor
1. Sandhya Mukherjee
Sandhya Mukherjee is also known as Sandhya Mukhopadhyay. She was born on 4th October 1931. Mukherjee is one of the finest Singers and a Musician, primarily in Bengali music. She is a diva of the Bengali Music Industry. To her, music was not just a passion but devotion. Sandhya Mukherjee was born in Calcutta to Narendranath Mukherjee and Hemaporva Devi. Her father was a government employee working in the Indian Railways. Mukherjee was the youngest among the six other siblings.
Initially, Sandhya Mukherjee started her classical singing training under the guidance of Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor AT Kannan, and Professor Chinmoy Lahiri. Later, she mastered classical singing with the help of her Guru Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan...
Date of Death:
15-02-2022
Age:
92
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
15-02-2022
Age:
92
Gender:
Female
2. Rehana Sultan
Rehana Sultan was born to Baha’i parents in Allahabad in 1950. She came to fame through her two movies: Dastak, and Chetna, which got her critical appraisals; Dastak got her a National Award for Best Actress. She is known in the industry as someone taking up bold roles with such finesse and getting the sexual revolution in place, since 1970’s. Recently seen in Sudhir Mishra’s Inkaar (2013) playing as Chitrangada’s mother, she remembers her past, and how she forgot what it meant to be relaxed and free. She recalls her times when she was awaiting her high school results, and she happened to see FTII advertisement for an acting course. With her father’s advice, she filled the admission form, wi...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
3. R. N. Krishna Prasad
R N Krishna Prasad was born in Mysore, Karnataka, in 1929. He was an Kannada Actor , Producer, Cinematographer as well as a Director. He directed a Kannada film which had his young brother R.N. Sudarshan in the lead role. Krishna Prasad has received the Karnataka State Award for Cinematography.
He has also acted in movies like Michael Madana Kama Ranjan as a supporting actor along with his brother. He has also worked in Marmadesan, a Tamil television serial. Sivasakthi is one such movie which gave him immense popularity. He was married to Usha Prasad and had two children. He expired on 17th February, 2012....
Date of Death:
15-02-2012
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-02-2012
Gender:
Male
4. BN Sircar
Birendranath Sircar, one of the well-renowned film producers and the creator of New theatres in Calcutta, was born on 5th July 1901. He was born in Bhagalpur, Bengal Presidency, under the British rule. He was taken. to Sir N.N. Sircar, Bengal Advocate-General. B.N Sircar studied at Hindu School in Calcutta, after completing his Civil Engineering from the University of London. Upon returning from London, he actively engaged in building a cinema hall, after which he developed a profound interest in learning more about the cinema world. So, in1 1931, he went on to be the producer of two silent movies. One of the most significant films that New Theatres produced was Devdas, the adaption of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee’s novel.
But ...
Date of Death:
28-11-1980
Age:
122
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
28-11-1980
Age:
122
Gender:
Male
5. Ajoy Kar
Ajoy Kar was a known Indian cinematographer and film director. He is also popularly known as the Father of the back projection in Bengali cinema. To pursue his career as a professional photographer, Ajoy left college. Later, he picked up cinematography. In 1935, he graduated as an assistant photographer. He became a chief photographer at Indrapuri Studios in 1938. As a cinematographer, he debuted in Charu Roy’s Pathik in 1939. As an independent director, he debuted in 1951 in Jighansa. In his career as a director, he directed 26 films. One of his films, Saptapadi, was nominated for the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival. His movie, named Malyadan, won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film in Bengali in 198...
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 assistant to Raja Paranjape and Master Vinayak and directed various films in the 1960s. He produced the film under the banner Nav Chitra.
Some of his popular filmography work includes Bolavita Dhani in 1953, Me Tulas Tujhya Angani in 1955, Rangalya Ratree Ashya in 1962, Sant Gora Kumbhar in 1967, Birbal My Brother in 1972, Jawai Vikat Ghene Aahe in 1973, and many others. He made a hat-trick...
Date of Death:
28-07-1975
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
28-07-1975
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
7. KK Mahajan
K K Mahajan was an Indian cinematographer. Mahajan was born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, in 1944. He graduated from Panjab University in Chandigarh and went on to FTII Pune. He received a gold medal in Motion Picture Photography in 1966 and immediately began working on commercials and documentaries. One of Shyam Benegal's widely appreciated documentary films was Child of the Streets (1967). In 1969, he made his cinematic debut as an independent cinematographer with Bhuvan Shome, a landmark picture in Indian cinema. The film won all three elite prizes at the national awards: best feature picture, best director, and best actor. His genuine career breakthrough came as a result of the film. He has also worked on numerous Bollywood classics...
Date of Death:
13-07-2007
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-07-2007
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
8. Radhu Karmakar
Radhu Karmakar was a cinematographer and director of great repute. His claim to fame in Bollywood was his beautiful night sequence photography and high contrast lighting. He has worked with numerous luminaries. His long-term association with Raj Kapoor and R.K. Films is something about which almost everyone knows. He was born in Dhaka on 3rd June1919. In the film industry, he began his journey as a lab assistantat Radha Films in Kolkata in 1936. Later, he went on to become a camera assistant under the guidance of Jyotin Das. It was not until 1945 that he developed to be a cameraman. He got the opportunity to work with the director Nitin Bose for films such as ‘Drishti Daan,’ ‘Ki...
Date of Death:
05-10-1993
Gender:
Male
9. A B Raj
Antony Basker Raj is an Indian director, producer and writer. He is known for his work in the Malayalam film industry. He was born on 21st April 1925 in Alappuzha. He has left his mark on the Sinhalese, Tamil and Malayalam movie industries. He made his directorial debut in the Sinhalese industry in 1953 with his movie ‘Prema Tharagaya.’ Over the next five years, he directed five movies in the same industry, after which he turned to Mollywood.
In the year 1968, he directed his first Malayali film, ‘Kaliyalla Kalyanam.’ Over the course of the next sixteen years, he wrote six movies and directed more than forty. It was during this time that he directed two movies in Tamil - Thulli Odum Pullimaan and Kai Niray...
Date of Death:
23-08-2020
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-08-2020
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
10. P Madhavan
P Madhavan is a Tamil director. He was born on the 1st of January, 1928. P Madhavan also produced many movies in the 1960s and 1970s. On the whole, in his lifetime, he directed 49 films and produced about 39 films. His banner ‘Arun Prasad Movies’ released all his films. Madhavan was born as Palakrishnan Madhavan in Kerala. He was active from 1963 till he died in 1992. He died at the age of 75 in Chennai.
He began as an Assistant director to T.R. Ragunath. He also worked under C.V. Sridhar. Then he became a full-fledged director. P. Madhavan’s notable films are Dheiva Thaai, Vietnam Veedu, Thanga Pathakkam, Kanne Paapa, and Kuzhanthaikaga. Vietnam Veedu is a brilliant creation and watched by many even now. Thanga...
Date of Death:
06-12-2003
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
06-12-2003
Age:
96
Gender:
Male
11. C S Rao
Chittajallu Srinivasa Rao, also known as C. S. Rao was an actor, director, and writer in the Indian Cinema industry. He is the recipient of some awards at the national level. He nursed his ambitions from childhood itself and made his entry into the film industry in the childhood itself as a child actor in the movie “Anasuya (1936).” C. S. Rao was born in 1924 in Kakinada, India. He was the son of famous director Chittajallu Pullayya. Because he already had a filmy background, so he didn’t have to struggle hard to step inside the film industry. As a child actor, he worked in the movies “Sati Anasuya” and “Bhakta Dhruva” in 1936. In order to gain experience and skills, he worked as an assistant to ...
Date of Death:
08-12-2004
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
08-12-2004
Age:
88
Gender:
Male
12. Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu
Widely known for spearheading the art film movement in Karnataka in the 70s decade, Patabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu was a noted film producer and director and a pioneer of Kannada and Telugu Parallel Cinema. Tikkavarapu was a social activist, working primarily for improving the condition of the working children. He was a writer and a poet contributing to the Telugu and Kannada literary circles. Born into an affluent family on February 19, 1919, in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, Pattabhirama did his schooling from famous poet Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Shantiniketan.’
Later, he studied English literature from Calcutta (now Kolkata) University, and History of Cinema at...
Date of Death:
06-05-2006
Age:
105
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
06-05-2006
Age:
105
Gender:
Male
13. 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 directed by Hrishikesh Mukherji.
NC Sippy opted to be low-profile and only wishes his work to speak for him. He doesn’t usually go out, nor socialize with the media people, as he preferred to hang out with his family and friends. He even refused to attend the Filmfare Awards when he bagged the Best Film Award for the mo...
Date of Death:
25-11-2001
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-11-2001
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
14. Madan Mohan
Madan Mohan Kohli born on 25thJune 1924 in Iraq (Baghdad) was the most regarded Indian music composer of the years 1950s-70s. He was the son of Rai Bahadur Chunilal, an Accountant General, and Bhagwanti Devi.He spent most of his early life in the Middle East. His family recurs to the native place of Chakwal, then in Jhelum locale of Punjab in British India after 1932. He was left under the watchful eye of a grandparent while his dad went to look for business openings in Bombay.
He went to the neighborhood school for the following couple of years in Lahore. Amid his stay at Lahore, he learned the fundamentals of classical music from Kartar Singh for a brief...
Date of Death:
14-07-1975
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-07-1975
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
15. 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
16. 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:
102
Gender:
Male
17. 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 New Theatres (owned by B.N.Sircar) where he learnt camera techniques and editing part of filmmaking. Later he moved to Mumbai in 1952 and got associated with Bimal Roy and had associated with the editing of classics like ‘Do Bigha Zamin’, ‘Madhumati’ and ‘Devdas’. After working as an assi...
Date of Death:
27-08-2006
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
27-08-2006
Age:
101
Gender:
Male
18. R. N. Sudarshan
R. N. Sudarshan is a film actor and producer. Apart from Kannada movies, he has also worked in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Malayalam films. Sudarshan was born on 2 May, 1939, to Ratna Bai and R. Nagendra Rao (actor, director). His better half, Shylashri, is also a Kannada actress.
He was just 21 years old when he made his debut in the Kannada film, Vijayanagarada Veeraputra, in 1961. Sudarshan is in the film industry from the past three decades. He has acted in more than 250 films and was in lead roles for around 60 movies, before appearing in negative roles.
He has also done television shows like Maya Machindra, My Dear Bhootham and Maragatha Veenai. He has also sung a few songs. Hoovondhu, Balibandhu, Tha...
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
19. 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 him. Manna Dey had left for Mumbai with his uncle to make a career in singing but understood his pronunciation in Hindi was a major barrier to fetch him the singing career, hence he became assistant to music director for S D Burman and even H P Das. But he continued taking training from classical stalwarts, Ustad Aman Ali Khan and Ustad Abdul ...
Date of Death:
24-10-2013
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-10-2013
Age:
104
Gender:
Male
20. 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
21. Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor is an actor born in the prominent Kapoor family who has a long history of Hindi cinema where members of the family had careers as actors, producers or directors. Rishi Kapoor was born to veteran actor and filmmaker Raj Kapoor and Krishna Kapoor on September 4, 1952, in Mumbai. Born with a silver spoon, it was not a difficult task for him to make a debut in films. Raj Kapoor gave him a chance to play a teenager, who was caught on the thin line of boyhood and adulthood in the movie Mera Naam Joker. The film fell flat in the box office, and Raj Kapoor was in massive financial loss.
Hence to tide over the financial crisis Raj Kapoor created teenage romance f...
Age:
71
Gender:
Male
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