P Susheela
Waheeda Rehman
BV Prasad
Hemanta Mukherjee
Tapan Sinha
Basu Bhattacharya
B. V. Karanth
Prem Dhawan
Arvind Deshpande
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Satyajit Ray
Tarun Majumdar
Prithviraj Kapoor
G. V. Iyer
M G Ramachandran
Chalam
Girish Karnad
Sachin Pilgaonkar
1. 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 pronunciations. She is mainly noted for her honey like sweet voice; that can speak fluently and deliver the word or the lyrics sung so distinctly and clearly. Sheela, from her childhood, discovered itself the talent she has and the passion she feels for it. Thus, she went for classical music training and perfected her skill. She was seen to sing for AIR (All India Radio). And it was from here that she got the opportunity to sing as playback for films. She can sing fluen...
Age:
88
Gender:
Female
2. 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 Marayi, Guru Dutt observed her and presented her a film titled CID. she had one of the best debuts into ...
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
3. BV Prasad
B.V. Prasad, a renowned Indian film director celebrated for his contributions to Telugu cinema, was born in Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India, in 1932. Embarking on his cinematic journey in the early 1960s, he began as an assistant director, collaborating with esteemed filmmakers such as K. V. Reddy and V. MadhusudhanaRao. In 1965, he took the director's chair for the first time with the film "Sri SimhachalaKshetraMahima." Throughout his illustrious career, Prasad directed over 30 films, leaving an indelible mark on each project. Some of his notable works include "MattiloManikyam" (1971), "Muhammad bin Tughluq" (1972), "Aradhana" (1976), and "KurukshetramloSita" (1983).
Notably, he earned the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for "MattiloManikya...
4. Hemanta Mukherjee
Hemant was an Indian singer who sang in many Indian languages and was a composer. He received two National Awards for Best Male Playback Singer and many other awards. After almost twenty years of his death, at least one album is released every year by the Gramophone Company. His songs and the music he has composed continue his legacy. He had three brothers and a sister. His elder brother, Tarajyoti, was a short-story writer in Bengali. The youngest brother, Amal Mukherjee, composed music for Bengali movies. He got married to a singer from Bengal, Bela Mukherjee, in 1945. She had sung some popular songs but decided not to be active in her music career after getting married. They had a son and a daughter. Their daughter Ranu Mukherjee went for her career in music in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Their son got married to an Indian actre...
Date of Death:
26-09-1989
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
26-09-1989
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
5. 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, and children's films Safed Haathi and Aaj Ka Robinhood. Tapan Sinha began his career in 1946, as a sound engineer with the film production company New Theatres in Kolkata, then in 1950 he shifted to England, where he worked at Pinewood Studios for two years.
Before returning home to start his six-decade career in Indian Cinema, directing movies in Bengali, Hindi, and Oriya languages, covering genres in socia...
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
6. Basu Bhattacharya
Basu Bhattacharya is an Indian-Director. He mainly worked in the Hindi Film Industry. He was born in the year 1934. He was born and brought up in Calcutta, British India. Some of the movies which he has directed include Uski Kahani which released in the year 1966, Teesri Kasam which released in the year 1966 (and this movie won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film), Anubhav which released in the year 1971, Avishkaar which released in the year 1973. Daku which released in the year 1975, Tumhara Kalloo which released in the year 1975, Sangat which released in the year 1976, Known Yet Not Known which released in the year 1977 and Madhu Malti which released in the year 1978.
... Date of Death:
27-08-1997
Gender:
Male
7. B. V. Karanth
Babukodi Venketramana was popularly known asB.V Karanth. He was born on 19th September 1929 in Manchi a village in Babukodiof Dakshin Kannada.
He was a renowned director, actor, screenwriter, and musician both in Hindi as well as Kannada. When he was in class 3, he acted in a play“Nanna Gopala” directed by PK Narayana. He joined the Gopi Veerana drama company and worked there.
He ran away from home and joined this drama company. After that, Gubbi Veerana sent him to Varanasi to complete a master of Arts degree.
He also underwent training in Hindustani music at Varanasi by Guru Omkarnath Thakur. His wife was Prema Karanth, who supported him to setup Bangalore's oldest theater group Benaka.
It’s Acronym for Bengaluru Nagara Kalavidaru. Karanth joins the National School Of Drama, and P...
8. Prem Dhawan
Prem Dhawan is a music composer in the Indian film industry. He has predominantly worked as a lyricist and choreographer too. His name became a legacy in the history of music in the world of cinema. The artist was born in the year 1923 and hailed from Ambala in Haryana. He completed his college from Lahore where he was a participant of the communist party of India. The streak of a rebel was visible in him from the early times of his childhood. He started his journey as an assistant to Khwaja Khurshid Anwar in the film ‘Aaj or Kal’ released in the year 1946 where he got a firm grasp on the technicalities of music in the film. He also joined the ‘Indian people’s theatre association’ to learn the nuances of classical music and acting for stage and screen.
The lyricist trained under Shri Ravi Shankar a...
Date of Death:
07-05-2001
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Skills:
Date of Death:
07-05-2001
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
9. Arvind Deshpande
Arvind Deshpande is an Indian actor; he was involved in Marathi and Hindi Drama and a part of some notable Bollywood films. He had participated in many art house films as a TV actor for Television series and theater plays. He was one of the famous artists that the industry has ever had. He was born in Mumbai, India on 31st of May, 1932. He became the leading individual in the movement of experimental theater held during the 1960s. Arvind Deshpande was also associated with Rangayan Association that was co-founded by him with his wife Sulabha Deshpande and his friend Vijaya Mehta. In 1971, he co-founded a theater group with Sulabha Deshpande called “Awishkar” with its children going to several professional children shows.
Also, Arvind Deshpande was the part of the “Chhabildas Movement” in the Marathi exper...
Gender:
Male
10. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was also well-known as K. A. Abbas. Abbas was an Indian screenwriter, film director and novelist. He had also served as a Hindi, Urdu, English journalist. He has widely contributed to the most popular Hindi movies like Do Boond Pani, Saat Hindustani, Shehar Aur Sapna, Pardesi His movie were widely appreciated by everyone and hence he was honoured with the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration, His movies were even nominated at the Cannes Film Festival.
He is measured as one of the most significant personalities whose movies were appreciated worldwide and he was the one who motivated everyone to showcase their special talent on an international platform. He used to write them for the column Last Page one of the longest and most-read columns featured in the Bomba...
Date of Death:
01-06-1987
Age:
109
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
01-06-1987
Age:
109
Gender:
Male
11. 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 Achievement in directing at the San Francisco International Film Festival. The director was chosen once...
Date of Death:
23-04-1992
Age:
103
Gender:
Male
12. Tarun Majumdar
A legendary director who has created the most exceptional of films for more than decades, Tarun Majumdar is the most respected personality in the Indian film industry. He was born in Bengal, in the year 1931. This renowned directed is especially noted for his sharp representation of the Bengali culture and society. He has directed many hit films, many of which are based on classical literary works of Bimal Kar, Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and Tarashankar Bandopadhyay. He has successfully recreated their works to the big screen, which has been acclaimed by the critics as well as the audience. A film becomes a full- fledged entertainer when it also has a combination of a good plot and great music or soundtrack. One major quality of Majumdar’s films is the addition of Rabindrana...
Date of Death:
04-07-2022
Gender:
Male
13. Prithviraj Kapoor
One of the most notable names in the Indian film industry and theater, Prithviraj Kapoor, was born on 3rd November 1906. He started his career as an actor during the silent era of Hindi cinema. He is one of the founding members of Indian People's Theater Association, and he founded the famous Prithvi Theaters in 1944, which is a traveling theater company based in Mumbai. He was the patriarch of Kapoor family, which is a famous name in Bollywood since four generations. He was honored for his contribution towards Indian cinema by the Government of India with the Padma Bhushan in 1969 and with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1971.
Prithviraj Kapoor was born in Lyallpur, and he attended Edwardes College in Peshawar for his higher education. His grandfather, De...
Date of Death:
29-05-1972
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
29-05-1972
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
14. G. V. Iyer
Internationally renowned film producer-director G. V. Iyer started his career as a stage artiste. He was born on September 3, 1917, in Nanjanagud (Mysore). This veteran film personality started his career as a stage artiste in 'Sadarame' drama in Mysore and later worked in the film field. In early stages of his career, he engaged himself as a poster writer and carpenter. Later, he had gone to act with several veteran actors both on stage and in the film field. After getting a chance as an actor, he turned producer and director.
He brought many film heroes to the limelight including Dr. Rajkumar and Narasimharaju. Over the years, he achieved international acclaim through his classic works of celluloid, which brought fame and awards for Indian cinema...
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
15. M G Ramachandran
M G Ramachandran was a demigod for his fans. And he lived up to their expectations. A film actor becoming the Chief minister of a state is no small feat and M G Ramachandran achieved this status. His songs also were inspirational and had loads of positive thoughts in them. Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, affectionately called as MGR by his fans was born on January 17, 1917. MGR also had a brief stint in direction and production. MGR was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for a decade continuously and he passed away while he was the Chief Minister. Being an inspirational philanthropist, he was fondly called as Puratchi Thalaivar. He posthumously was awarded with Bharat Ratna, the topmost civilian Award, given to the worthy citizen in India.
Date of Death:
24-12-1987
Age:
107
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-12-1987
Age:
107
Gender:
Male
16. Chalam
Chalam was a popular Telugu actor who got a prominent place in the cinema industry. He was born in the year 1929 at Palakollu in West Godavari district. His original name was Koradu Surya Chalam. He acted in all kinds of roles in Telugu cinema including the character and comedy roles. His performance was so natural and therefore he was loved by many people in Andhra. His style and body language made him to get a name as Andhra Dileep Kumar, among the Telugu people. He acted with all the top stars in the Telugu film industry during 1950s to 1970s. He was such a talented person and he was also engaged with making the sets for the shooting. Chalam got introduced to the Telugu cinema through Naa Chellelu. This movie did not identify him well among the Telugu audiences. His second movie Daasi produced by actress C. Lakshmi Rajyam, became a ...
Gender:
Male
17. Girish Karnad
Born on 19th May 1938, Girish Raghunath Karnad is a multi-faceted artiste; he is not only an actor, but also a writer, director and playwright. He has mainly worked in South Indian films. He was awarded the Jnanpith Award during 1998; this award is the highest literary recognition in India. Girish Karnad has been working on plays for around 40 years. His subject of interest is mythology and history. He has also done translation of his plays into English language. Moreover, his translated plays in regional languages were directed by many directors.
During the 60s Karnad was an outstanding playwright and Kannada world witnessed Modern Indian playwrighting through him. Kannada literature was carried away by the Western literature during the time when Karnad stepped into writing plays. Here, then Karn...
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
18. Sachin Pilgaonkar
This Actor received National Award for his performance even as a Child artist, so no doubt that he has been as successful as an actor for more than 50 years now. This down to earth artist states that his success has only little much to do with his talent, instead he gives credit to the God, his parents and his audience. This multi-faceted has many feathers in his hat. Sachin was born in Mumbai, though he was born in a Marathi family his ancestors are from Goa. He started his career as a child artist in the year 1962 and received national award for his debut movie itself, he went on to do more than 60 films as Child artist. Later he shifted to adult roles in movies, he also directed many successful movies, he met his wife Supriya while directing his first debut Marathi movie, this movie was a hit, and they got married a year later and have...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
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