S. Janaki
Smita Patil
Tapan Sinha
Sadanand Suvarna
Gurudutt Shirali
Soumendu Roy
G Aravindan
Waman Bhonsle
B. V. Karanth
Nitin Bose
Girish Kasaravalli
Mohammed Rafi
Balu Mahendra
Satyadev Dubey
Girish Karnad
Shyam Benegal
Basu Chatterjee
Bharath Gopi
S. P. Ramanathan
1. S. Janaki
As popularly known, The Nightingale of South, S. Janaki was born as Sishtla Sreeramamurthy on 23rd April 1938 in Repalle, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Her childhood love for music turned out to be her talent, and she started performing at a tender age of three. Her voice is compared to Lata Mangeshkar, and Janaki has a large fan following because of her mesmerising voice that can connect your soul to any song. She learnt music from Sree Paidiswamy, who was a nadaswaram teacher. When Janaki was 20 years of age, her uncle Dr Chandrasekhar advised her to move to Chennai and join AVM studios. Her voice got recognition as a playback singer in Tamil films. Her debut as a playback singer was a Tamil flick, Vidhiyin Vilay...
Age:
86
Gender:
Female
2. Smita Patil
This versatile actress was born on the 17th of October in the year 1955, in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was a very prominent actress and a news reader. She got lots of fan followers and made a huge impact as far as her acting was concerned. She was known for her splendid acting and sensible portrayal of the character that she was expected to depict.
She had been active right from the year 1974 until 1985. She passed away in the year 1985, and her acting could never be forgotten. She got married to Raj Babbar, and her son name is Prateik Babbar. She acted in almost all the arenas as in small and big screens. Her roles in movies were all incredible and never be forgotten at all...
Date of Death:
13-12-1986
Age:
68
Gender:
Female
Date of Death:
13-12-1986
Age:
68
Gender:
Female
3. 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...
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
15-01-2009
Age:
99
Gender:
Male
4. Sadanand Suvarna
Sadanand Suvarna is a Producer, Actor, and Director in the Kannada film industry. He is known for the movies Tabarana Kathe (1988), Ghatashraddha (1977), and Kraurya (1996). He won the National Award in the year 1977. We hope you like this article and would love to read your opinion and feedback....
5. Gurudutt Shirali
Gurudutt Shirali was a distinguished and skilled editor in India who primarily worked for the Hindi industry. Initially, he worked as Assistant Editor, Sound Editing, and Associate director. Gurudutt surprised everyone with his excellent editing skills. He has done great editing in famous films like Sanam, Sangliana Part III (a cast member), Thodasa Roomani Ho Jaaye, Saudagar, Kaash, Jewel Thief, Parakram, etc. Gurudutt has contributed immensely to Hindi cinema through editing. As a result, he got the National Film Award and Filmfare Award for Best Editing. Unfortunately, Gurudutt left the world on 28 August 2006 in Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai. ...
6. Soumendu Roy
Soumendu Roy is one of the most prominent and profitable cinematographers in India. Soumendu was born on 7 February 1933. He began his career in cinematography in 1960. Soumendu amazed everyone with his excellent cinematography skills. A few of his works are Rabindranath Tagore, Teen Kanya, Palatka, Abhijaan, Mahapurush, Kapurush, Balika Badhu, Badhubaran, Kuheli, Pratidwandi, Aranyer Din Ratri, Sikkim, The Inner Eye, Sonar Kella, Bala, Agun, Debata, Will To Live, and the list continues.
Although all his works are good, some were extraordinarily great, like Teen Kanya and Rabindranath Tagore. Soumendu’s contribution to Indian cinema was a lot left unrecognized. Concerning his work, he was awarded Best Cinematographer t...
Date of Death:
27-09-2023
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
27-09-2023
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
7. G Aravindan
G. Aravindan, full name Govindan Aravindan was an exceptional personality with many talents. Aravindan was a screenplay writer, painter, director, and cartoonist of Indian origin. He was born in Kottayam in present-day Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala in 1935. He was born to a family of artists, his father being M.N. Govindan Nair – a comedy writer. Aravindan went to University College in Trivandrum, Kerala. At an early age, Aravindan started working as an illustrator for Mathrubhumi – a Malayalam weekly newspaper. He worked with Mathrubhumi for 12 years and was known for his comic strip Cheriya Manushyarum Valiya Lokavum which revolved around the socio-politic scenario of the country. After some time, he developed an inclination t...
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
8. Waman Bhonsle
He is a film editor who has worked in the industry for more than four decades. He was born on February 19, 1932, in a small village of Goa called Pomburpa. He first stepped in Mumbai in 1952 to complete primary education. He believed that Mumbai was the land of his destiny. He started tutorship under the guidance of Editor D. N. Pai and worked in Bombay Talkies for six months. After that, he was asked to work as an Assistant Editor in Filmistan.
He served Filmistan for the next 12 years. His first movie as an independent editor was Raj Khosla's ‘Do Raaste', released in 1967. In his career as an editor, he has worked with many celebrities. He has advanced Indian cinema through his innovative editing techniques. ...
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
9. 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...
10. Nitin Bose
Nitin Bose is a Director and producer. He is associated with the Hindi Cinema. He was born in Kolkata (The then Calcutta), and India. He was born on April 26 and in the year is 1897. He is also a cinematographer and storywriter by profession. His spouse name is Santi Bose. He did his education from Hindu School, Kolkata, and India. He has two children. Their name is Neeta Bose and Rina Bose. His father's name is Hemendra Mohan Bose, who was a Bengali entrepreneur. His mother name is Mrinalini. Nitin had a keen interest in photography. Upendrakishore Raychowdhury is the brother of his mother, Mrinalini. Satyajit Ray is the grandson of Upendrakishore. In the year 1921, Nitin had done a documentary as a director on the topic, Visit of B...
Date of Death:
14-04-1986
Age:
127
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
14-04-1986
Age:
127
Gender:
Male
11. 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
12. 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
13. Balu Mahendra
Balanathan Benjamin Mahendran was born in a Sri Lankan Tamil family on the 20th of May 1939 and passed away on the 13th of February 2014. He was a cinematographer, film editor, director and a screenwriter. He has worked in some Indian film industries but mostly worked in the Tamil film industry. BaluManhendra had developed an interest in photography in his early years, as he graduated as a gold medallist in cinematography from FTII in Pune he first started his career as a cameraman.
Balu Mahendra had married three times, his first wife was Akhileshwari who was the mother of his first son and in the year 1980 his second wife actress Shoba had committed suicide ending their relationship and also putting...
Date of Death:
13-02-2014
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-02-2014
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
14. Satyadev Dubey
A versatile personality, also, called often as ‘Theatre Guru’. His works cover mainly Acting, Directing & screenplay writing. He was born in Bilaspur, and then Madhya Pradesh in the year 1936 on 13th of July. With his brilliance in the theatre, he did not just shaped Hindi theatre but also Marathi, Bengali & Kannada theatre. He bagged various prestigious awards like Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in the year 1971. He also grabbed the National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the Shyam Benegal’s movie Bhoomika in 1978. His aim was to become a cricketer, so he moved to Mumbai for that but later he discovered his love & passion for theatres & joined the theatre group of Ebrahim A...
Date of Death:
25-12-2011
Age:
87
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-12-2011
Age:
87
Gender:
Male
15. 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 aw...
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-06-2019
Age:
85
Gender:
Male
16. 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 were sisters. His career began in advertising in the year 1959. He was initially a copywriter. Over the years, he slowly rose to the position of a creative head. He directed over 900 advertisements before focusing his faculties on film-making. Benegal is known for films like Ankur, Nishant, Manthan and Bhumika, which were released in 197...
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
17. Basu Chatterjee
Basu Chatterjee is an Indian screenplay writer and director. He was born on 10th January 1930 in Ajmer, Rajasthan. Chatterjee kicked-off his career in Mumbai, then Bombay, by joining the weekly magazine, Blitz. He worked there for 18 years as a cartoonist and an analyst. He changed his career preferences when he joined Basu Bhattacharya as an assistant director for the Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman as lead cast 'Teesri Kasam', the film won the National Film Award for the Best Feature Film. He directed his first movie in the year 1969; it was named 'Sara Akash'; the movie won the Filmfare Award for Best Screenplay.
The movie is based on the novel of the same...
Date of Death:
04-06-2020
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
04-06-2020
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
18. Bharath Gopi
Bharath Gopi was the evergreen pride of Malayalam media with his superlative performances which were well rewarded with four national awards, five state awards, six international awards and much more. He was neither handsome nor a grand master of dance and stunt moves or style. But he still carved out his niche in the industry with his unique acting skills and performance. He was born in 1937 at Trivandrum as the son of Velayudan Pillai and Parvathy Amma. He was very active in the film industry from 1972, until his death in 2008. His is survived by wife Jaya Lekshmi, Son Murali Gopi, and daughter Meenu Gopi. Murali Gopi is also an actor in Malayalam movies. Bharath Gopi has done many television shows and serials as wel...
Date of Death:
29-01-2008
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
29-01-2008
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
19. S. P. Ramanathan
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