Jayalakshmi Kannada Actress
Vani Jairam
Sharmila Tagore
NVK Murthy
BS Lokanath
K Shivaram Karanth
Ramdas Phutane
Rajen Tarafdar
Bapu
Jabbar Patel
B. V. Karanth
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
Bhupen Hazarika
Anil Ganguly
Girish Kasaravalli
Satyajit Ray
Gulzar
G. V. Iyer
M. Balamuralikrishna
K G George
Mallikarjuna Rao
K. Balachander
1. Jayalakshmi Kannada Actress
Jayalakshmi is an actress who made her acting presence felt with the movie ‘Tora Tora’ which has been directed by Harsh Gowda. In this movie, she gave a dose of her style of comedy to other actors and said some dialogues as a co-star which might make a lot of people sit back and take notice.
First of all, she can be easily recognized by overweight nature with which in our society people live with day-in and day-out. The greatest merit of the movie she has not been shown in a negative light while in many films, the overweight lady is discriminated.
Jayalakshmi had to perform comedy role as a co-star in the movie. This actress in future can easily perform her stand-up...
2. Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam is a South Indian playback singer in Indian cinema and was born in 30th November 1945 in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. She was the fifth daughter of a family of eight children. Her mother is Padmavathi and a disciple of Ranga Ramunaja Iyengar. He taught her Dikshitar kritis and at age of eight, she got the opportunity of singing in All India Radio.
Her Carnatic music teachers were Srinivasa Iyengar, R. S. Mani and T. R. Balasubramanian. And Ustad Abdul Rahman Khan was her Hindustani classical music teacher. Vani was married to Jayaram and they settled in Mumbai after their marriage. In Mumbai, she realized her dream of becoming a playback singer in the film industry.
Her playback singer career started in 1971 with movi...
Date of Death:
04-02-2023
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
04-02-2023
Age:
78
Gender:
Female
3. 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
4. NVK Murthy
N.V.K. Murthy was born in Hyderabad, India, on August 16, 1925. He graduated from Maharaja's College in Mysore with a bachelor's degree in English literature. He joined the 'Quit India' Movement for independence from British colonial control in August 1942, while still a student at Maharaja's College, and was imprisoned. Later, he earned a master's degree in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, in the United States. He was Head of the Department of Journalism at Osmania University in Hyderabad, Producer of newsreels at the Films Division in Mumbai, Registrar of the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, Chief Executive of the Film Finance Corporation (FFC) of India in Mumbai, Director of ...
Date of Death:
02-08-2017
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
02-08-2017
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
5. BS Lokanath
BS LOKANATH was one of the greatest celebrities in the Film industry who has contributed towards filmmaking. He was an Indian cinematographer who has given works in several languages, including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi films. His work is widely recognized by people all over the world. Some of his notable works are Apoorva Raagangal (1975), Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974), and Ninaithale Inikkum / Andamaina Anubhavam (1979).
He was born in 1937 in Bangalore, Karnataka. He was brought up in India only. He completed his schooling at one of the schools of Karnataka. He finished his educational qualifications and after that developed interest in the Film Industry. He was hugely motivated to work in the industry. Thenceforth, he...
Gender:
Male
6. K Shivaram Karanth
K. Shivaram Karanth is an Indian play writer who worked for the Kannada film industry. He was born on 10th October 1902 in Kota, Udupi, India. Karanth was also recognized as Rabindranath Tagore of Modern India, as he was one of the finest novelists and activists. He completed his primary education from Kundapura and Mangalore and was very influenced by Gandhi's principle. He also took part in the Indian independence movement and non-cooperation movement, making him stop his college education.
Shivram started writing in 1924 and published his first book named Rashtrageetha Sudhakara. As one of the finest play writers, he was also awarded many literary awards and national honors. Sahitya Academy Fellowship in 1985, Sa...
Date of Death:
09-12-1997
Age:
121
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
09-12-1997
Age:
121
Gender:
Male
7. Ramdas Phutane
Ramdas Phutane is a Maharashtra-based satirist, Screenwriter, filmmaker, and director. He was born in Ahmednagar's Jamkhed District on April 14, 1943. Ramdas Phutanya's short poems have captivated Maharashtrian readers for many years. From 1961 through 1973, Ramdas Phutane taught at the art school. Saamana (film) (1975 production), Sarvasakshi (film) (1979 script, display, and director), Survanta (film) (1994 directed), and Match (film): 3 National Awards, Filmfare Awards, and State Awards Witness (movie): Selected for the Indian Panorama in Bangalore and the 5th International Film Festival in Hong Kong in 1975, and participated in the festival. Survanta was honored with the State Award for Best Rural Film and the Chronicle ...
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
8. Rajen Tarafdar
Rajen Tarafdar was a screenplay writer, director, and actor in the Indian Film Industry. He was born in 1917 in British India in the province of Bengal. He studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Popular Arts from the Government College of Art and Crafts in Kolkata. Initially, he worked in an advertising agency as a graphic designer. He entered the space of direction in 1957 with the movie Antarikhsha for which he also wrote the screenplay. In 1980, he made his acting debut with the Bengali film Akaler Shandhaney.
The films directed by him include Palanka, Jiban Kahini, Ganga, Agnisikha, Akash Chhnoa, and Nagpash. He won National Award in 1960 for his film Ganga in the category of Best Feature film and 1975 for Palanka. He was a...
Date of Death:
23-11-1987
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-11-1987
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
9. Bapu
Bapu, a film director, screenwriter and illustrator, was born on 15 December 1933. With the birth name of Sattiraju Lakshmi Narayana, he is well-known around the industry as Bapu. He was born and raised in Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh. His father Sattiraju Venugopala Rao and mother, Suryakantham, moved from Chennai during the Japanese bombing and settled in Narsapur for three years. In Narsapur, Bapu went to Taylor High School, it was here he met Mullapudi Venkataramana and continued schooling at Kesari High School, Chennai. He holds a B.Com degree and graduated from the University of Madras with a BL degree in the year 1955.
Bapu is also a painter, cartoonist, music artist an...
Date of Death:
31-08-2014
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
31-08-2014
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
10. Jabbar Patel
Dr. Jabbar Patel (born June 23, 1942, in Pandharpur) is an Indian theatre and cinema director who works in Marathi. His 1973 performance of Vijay Tendulkar's play Ghashiram Kotwal is regarded as a Modern Indian Theatre classic. His father was a railway employee in India. He attended Haribhai Deokaran High School in Solapur for his early education. He graduated from B. J. Medical College in Pune with a doctorate in paediatric medicine. In Daund, near Pune, he and his wife, a gynecologist, run a clinic. They have two daughters. He is the director of great Marathi films such as Samna Jait Re Jait (Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil), Umbartha (Smita Patil, Girish Karnad), and Simhasan (Mohan Agashe, Smita Patil) (Nana Patekar, Shreeram Lago...
Age:
81
Gender:
Male
11. 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.
I...
12. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly
Dhirendra Nath Ganguly aka Dhiren Ganguly/ D G is a Bollywood actor who was born on the 26th of March 1893 at Kolkata, India. He was married to Premika Devi. He graduated from Visva Bharathi University at Shantiniketan. He received the most prestigious Padma Bhushan Award in 1974 and Dadsaheb Phalke Award in 1975.
D G has directed several movies such as Cartoon, Dhabi, Ahuti, Night Bird, Lady Teacher, etc. His films as an actor include Shesh Nibedan, Hal Bangla, Mastuto Bhai, Panchasar, Sadhur Aur Shaitan, etc. He has also produced and written script for a few films. Dhirendra Nath Ganguly died on the 18th of November 1978 at his hometown, Kolkata....
Date of Death:
18-11-1978
Age:
131
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
18-11-1978
Age:
131
Gender:
Male
13. Bhupen Hazarika
Bhupen Hazarika, born on September 8, 1926, was a talented Indian singer, filmmaker, lyricist, poet, and musician. He was born to Shantipirya and Nilakanta Hazarika in Sadiya, Assam. The couple had ten children including Bhupen. His father would migrate to different cities in search of better job opportunities.
Their mother was the first one who introduced all of them to music from a very young age. He has completed his education at Sonaram High School, Dhubri, a Government High School and Tezpur High School.
When Bhupen was ten years old, the family was staying in Tezpur. Jyotiprasad Agarwala, and Bishnu Prasad Rabha, who are Assam's noted music artist and poet respectively, spotted him at ...
Date of Death:
05-11-2011
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
05-11-2011
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
14. Anil Ganguly
Anil Ganguly, born on 26th January 1933, was a renowned film director, who entertained the Indian audience for almost two decades. He passed away at the age of 82, on 15th January 2016. He was primarily famous for the 1974 film “Kora Kagaz”, which starred Jaya Bachchan. Along with “Kora Kagaz”, his next movie “Tapasya” (1975) won the National Award for the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. “Tapasya” also marked the comeback of actress Raakhee Gulzar after marriage, making the movie even more popular among the viewers. He started working in the 60s as an assistant director in some films, like “Half Ticket” and “Bheegi Raat”.
He then began wo...
Date of Death:
15-01-2016
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-01-2016
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
15. Girish Kasaravalli
Girish Kasaravalli took birth on December 3, 1950. He is a director of the Kannada Cinema World. He is well known as one of the pioneers of Kollywood. His films like Thaayi Saheba, Tabarana Kathe, Ghatashraddha and Dweepa won the ‘National Award for Best Feature Film’ more than three times. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2011 for his contribution to the world of Cinema. Girish is a gold medalist from the Film and Television Institute of India. He directed a film, Avashesh and it was awarded the National Award for Best Short Fiction. Girish has to his credit thirteen National Film Awards. He was born in Kesalur village in Tirthahalli Taluk of Shimoga District to Lakshmi Devi and Ganesh Rao. The anima...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
Age:
73
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:
103
Gender:
Male
17. Gulzar
Gulzar is the pen name of the author, poet and popular lyricist Sampooran Singh Karla. He was born on the 18th of August in 1934 in Dina, Jhelum district of British India to parents Makhan Singh Karla and Sujan Kaur. His career kicked off under the directors Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee. His songwriting career began with the movie Bandini, released 1963, for the tunes composed by music director Sachin Dev Burman. From then on, he went on to write the lyrics for many memorable songs of the Bollywood industry. He worked with magnanimous music directors like R. D. Burman, S. D. Burman, A. R. Rahman, Lakshmikant-Pyarelal, Madan Mohan, Rajesh Roshan and Anu Malik to name a few. The work of the trio Maniratna...
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
18. 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 internati...
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
19. M. Balamuralikrishna
Bala Murali Krishna is the popular Carnatic Vocalist and the renowned Playback singer in Indian cinema. He was born in the year 1930 in East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh as Murali Krishna. As his father was a popular musician, Murali Krishna learnt to play the musical instruments at his young age. At the young age of eight, child Murali Krishna vocalized the Thyagaraja Keerthanas in a big concert. By seeing his amazing talent, the popular Harikatha master Musunuri Suryanarayana Murty Bhagavatar, prefixed Bala to Murali Krishna.
At the age of 15, he became the master of all the Melakarta 72 ragas. Apart from singing the Carnatic so...
Date of Death:
22-11-2016
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
22-11-2016
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
20. K G George
K G George is a renowned movie director in Malayalam film industry. He is very well known and much appreciated for his deep analytical skills about human psychology, which clearly reflects in his movies. He is one of the trendsetters who made an enormous effort to modernize the Malayalam films during 1970's. His characters all speak a deep evaluation that is done on the normal human psychology in various situations.
Born in 1946 and christened as Kulakkatil Geevarghese George, he later grew big and his name had to be shortened as K G George. He was an asst. director for director Ramu Kariat. He made his debut as a director with a movie Swapnadanam(1975). This movie had witnessed a great success in terms of commercial elements and gained a...
21. Mallikarjuna Rao
Battala Satti is the nick name of Mallikarjuna Rao. He got that name from the film Ladies Tailor. Mallikarjuna Rao has acted in almost all the south Indian movies. Born in 1951, this legendary actor has completed acting in 350 films and more. His film career started when he was 22 years. Hello Brother is the movie in which he acted with Akkineni Nagarjuna and the film was a super hit. His voice modulation is enjoyed by the audience. He has also performed in the serials too. He acted in Doordarshan serial Appu Chesi Pappu Koodu. Actor cum writer Tanikella Bharani considers Mallikarjuna Rao as his mentor. Mallikarjuna Rao was the secretary of the Movie Actors Association in Andhra Pradesh. Many people were introduced to the Telugu cinema i...
Date of Death:
24-06-2008
Gender:
Male
Skills:
22. K. Balachander
Kailasam Balachander or most popularly known as K. Balachander is a legendary film producer, director and screenwriter who dedicate his life in the film industry for almost half of his life. He was born on July 9, 1930 in a Tamil family in the Tanjore District of Nannilam, Madras Presidency, British India. He stated that, since his eight year, he’s been seeing cinema and as he recalls, he remembers that his interest and passion towards the cinema grew after he watched the films of the renowned Tamil actor and producer, M.K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar. At 12, he has done theatre and drama, which subsequently helped him in developing his passion for writing, acting and directing. He studied Zoology...
Date of Death:
23-12-2014
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
23-12-2014
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
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