P Susheela
Kanan Devi
Lakshmi Narayan
Mrinal Sen
P. Lankesh
S Ramachandra
S. P. Ramanathan
Bhabendra Nath Saikia
B. S. Narayana
P S Nivas
P A Backer
B. V. Karanth
Vijay Tendulkar
Raju Shrestha
K J Yesudas
Prashanta Nanda
Shyam Benegal
Mithun Chakraborty
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...
2. Kanan Devi
Kanan Devi donned the role of both acting and singing in Bengali cinema. She was one of the leading singing celebrities of Indian film industry. She sang in fast tempo and it was the main reason behind the greatest hits given by New Theatres, Kolkata. Hailing from Howrah in West Bengal, Kanan Devi saw the world first on 22nd April 1916....
3. Lakshmi Narayan
4. Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen was a renowned and highly skilled Indian film director. Mrinal was born on 14 May 1923 in Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India (currently in Bangladesh). Sen has directed various famous films like Raat Bhore, Neel Akasher Neechey, Baishey Shravana, Maitra Manisha, Ek Adhuri Kahani, Calcutta 71, Chorus, Mrigayaa, Kharij, Genesis, Antares, and the list continues. His core focus was...
5. P. Lankesh
P Lankesh is an Indian poet who worked for the Kannada language. He was born on 8th March 1935 in Konagavalli, Karnataka. Lankesh is a multi-talented poet, fiction writer, play writer, translator, screenplay writer, and journalist. He completed his honors degree in English from Central College at Bengaluru and completed his master’s degree in arts from Maharaja College, Mysore. In...
6. S Ramachandra
S Ramachandra is an Indian cinematographer who worked for the Kannada film industry. He was born on 16th November 1948 in Bangalore, Karnataka. After completing his studies and securing the fifth rank in the Pre-university course, he went to the National Film and Television Institute in Pune so that he can learn cinematography. As an assistant cameraman, he worked in...
7. S. P. Ramanathan
S. P. Ramanathan was a sound engineer in the Indian film industry. He had worked for Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, and Odia movies. Ramanathan graduated in radio engineering in Malaysia. His maternal uncle, who had estates in Malaysia, requested him to take care of his business in Malaysia. But, due to his love for sound design, he refused...
8. Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Bhupendra Nath Sakia was a prominent and one of the most liked writers and novelists in India. He was born on 20 February 1932 in Nowgong, Assam, India. Bhabendra completed his schooling in 1950 with the science stream. Later he did graduation with B.Sc. with Physics honors at the College of Gauhati University. Bhabendra was admitted to the Presidency College of...
9. B. S. Narayana
B S Narayana is a film director born in 1929 in Karimnagar, Telangana. He is known for his contribution in Telugu movie industry. He has earned two National Film Awards and two Nandi Awards. He was also a member of the Indian delegation to the Tashkent Film Festival in the year 1974 and the Moscow International Film Festival in the year 1975....
10. P S Nivas
P. S. Nivas is a Director in Kollywood. Nivas is also a producer, cinematographer, and has worked in all languages. He directed films in Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. P. S. Nivas was born in Kozhikode, Kerala. He studied at St. Joseph’s College, Devagiri. Then he went on to do a Diploma in Motion Picture Photography. He obtained his diploma...
11. P A Backer
P A Backer was one of the geniuses and leading figures of Malayalam Industries. He was born in 1940 in Trichur. He has also served as a part-time reporter back in his college days. He has been a part of many great movies in minor roles during the 1950s and 1960s. His most influential entry was in a film from...
13. Vijay Tendulkar
Vijay Tendulkar was born on 6th January 1928 in Mumbai. His full name was Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar. He was one of the leading playwriter, Television writer, journalist, and essayist. He was a well-known personality in the Marathi industry. His father was a clerk and ran a small business. Vijay was very keen to take up writing and felt inspired to...
14. Raju Shrestha
Raju Shrestha is an Indian television and film actor. Fahim Ajani is Raju’s birth name, and he was born on 15th August 1967 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. His father, Yusuf, is charter accountant and mother, Meharunissa, a school teacher. He has an older brother and an older sister. His brother, Parvez is settled in America and sister passed away two and...
15. K J Yesudas
Kattassery Joseph Yesudas shortly called as K J Yesudas is an exceptional Carnatic singer and playback singer in Indian Cinema. Born on Jan 10 in 1940, he is fondly called as Gana Gandharvan and Dasettan. He has set a record of recording more than 60,000 songs. He is born in a Roman Catholic family, in Kochi. His father was a...
16. Prashanta Nanda
Prashanta Nanda is a politician and an Indian actor. He is famous for his acting in Odisha and a famous Oriya actor. He was born on 2 May in 1947 in Odisha in India. He worked as many artists in the film industry. She worked as an actor, lyricist, singer, director and also a screenwriter. And he was also a...
17. Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is a renowned Indian director and screenwriter. He created, what is today referred to as ‘middle cinema’. His work has widely received critical acclaim in India as well as in the International Film Circuit. He was born on 14 December 1934 in Secunderabad. He is a cousin of Guru Dutt. His paternal grandmother and Guru Dutt’s maternal grandmother...
18. Mithun Chakraborty
When we talk about the few legends in the Indian film Industry then it becomes inevitable to take the name of Mithun Chakraborty; more commonly known as Mithun Da. His real name is Gouranga Chakraborty, and he was born on 16th of June 1950. He is not only an actor, but also a producer, singer, social worker, entrepreneur, and writer....