Chhaya Ganguly
Sharada
K. Ravindranathan Nair
B. D. Garga
C. L. Kaul
Arun Mukherjee
T. S. Ranga
Shimoga Subbanna
Mrinal Sen
G Aravindan
Raichand Boral
Muzaffar Ali
R D Bansal
Jaidev
Hitendra Ghosh
Tarun Majumdar
Satyajit Ray
T. S. Nagabharana
Romesh Sharma
Buddhadev Dasgupta
Girish Karnad
Shaji Karun
Govind Nihalani
1. Chhaya Ganguly
Chhaya Ganguly (Ganguli) is a well-known Indian playback singer. She earned the National Film Award for Best Playback Singer for the song from her first movie, "Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar”, at the 26th National Film Awards for the same song, she also got nominated for Filmfare's Best Female Vocalist Award at the 27th Filmfare Awards. She was born...
3. K. Ravindranathan Nair
K Ravindranathan Nair is an Indian producer who worked for the Malayalam film industry. He was born in 1932 in Kollam, Kerala. Nair is a multi-talented producer, industrialist, and philanthropist who worked in more than 10 South Indian movies. He was born in a rich family who has a business in cashew production and export....
4. B. D. Garga
Bhagwan Das Garga was a director and filmmaker based in India. He has worked predominantly in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 14 November 1924 in Lehragaga, Punjab, India. He studied Cinematography at Xavier’s College, Bombay, India. He initiated his journey as a filmmaker in 1948 with the documentary film Storm over Kashmir. Some of the works he...
5. C. L. Kaul
Dr. C. L. Kaul was a Hindi editor and director based in India. He worked mostly in the Bollywood film industry. He was born on 10 October 1936. He graduated with B. Sc. from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He did his B. Pharm. from the L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad, India in 1959. He completed his Doctor of Philosophy...
6. Arun Mukherjee
Arun Mukherjee, also known as Arun Mukhopadhyay, is a national award-winning actor, and playwright from the Bengali industry. He started his career in films with ‘Kshudita Pashan’ in 1960. He aced the role of Ashoke in Satyajit Ray’s film ‘Kanchenjunga’ in 1962. His other notable films include ‘Palatak’ (1963), ‘Pratham Basanta’ (1971), ‘The Man With The Axe’ (1979), ‘Ekdin Pratidin’ (1980), ‘Sabuj Dwiper...
7. T. S. Ranga
T S Ranga is an Indian director who made award-winning films in Karnataka and Hindi film industries. He is the son of T.R. Shamanna, a famous politician, educationist, and social worker in Karnataka. Though he is from a family with a political background, he decided to choose cinema and theatre as his career. His first independent directorial film was Geejagana Goodu...
8. Shimoga Subbanna
Shimoga Subbanna is an Indian singer who worked for the Kannada film industry. He was born on 14th December 1938 in Nagara, Karnataka. For the film Kaadu Kudure, he received the national award for the song Kaadu Kudure Odi Banditta. He is also an advocate and a notary public apart from being only a singer and a musician....
9. 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...
10. 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...
11. Raichand Boral
Raichand Boral was an Indian composer who composed music primarily in Hindi and Bengali languages. He was considered by the experts in music as the father of Bollywood film music. He received awards twice in 1978. Firstly he won the dadasaheb Phalke award which is the highest award that a person belonging to the industry can receive and is given...
12. Muzaffar Ali
Muzaffar Ali is an Indian Film Director in the Hindi Film Industry. Ali was born on the 21st of October in the year 1994. He was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was born in a feudal Muslim family. His father was a Raja of Kotwara estate in Gola Gokaran Nath division of Lakhimpur Kheri district. His mother was from...
13. R D Bansal
R D Bansal is an Indian film producer, and his involvement in the industry is highly commendable. He worked with many notable actors and actresses and also showed his efforts and dedication to its best when it comes to producing a film....
14. Jaidev
Jaidev is a talented music composer in Bollywood. Hum Dono, Prem Parbhat, Reshma and Shera are some of his notable works. He gained the National Award for Ankahee, Gaman and Reshma Aur Shera. Born in Nairobi and grown in Ludhiana, Jaidev acted in few films as a child artiste. Due to unfortunate circumstances he had to quit acting. Jaidev has...
15. Hitendra Ghosh
Hitendra Ghosh is an Indian sound designer who works predominately in the Hindi film industry. He is best known for his works in movies such as Swades, Jungle, and Rang De Basanti. Hitendra Ghosh is a two-time winner of a national award for Best Audiography for the films Ek Pal (1985) and Game (2011) and won the National award for...
16. 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...
17. 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...
18. T. S. Nagabharana
T. S. Nagabharana is a very famous Indian Film director, producer, and screenwriter. His full name is Talakadu Srinivasaiah Nagabharana. He was born in the year 1953 in Bangalore, Mysore State in India. He is a very renowned personality in the Kannada film industry and one of the individuals that lead the way to parallel cinemas. He is one of...
19. Romesh Sharma
Romesh Sharma (original name Romesh Brij Sharma) is an actor, producer, writer, and director in Bollywood. He is a graduate from FTTI Pune, and he has acted in many prominent films with actresses like Jaya Bhaduri, Shabana Azmi, Simi Garewal in 1970’s. In the year 1979, he has acted in a small role in Yash Chopra’s magnum opus ‘Kaala Patthar’ which had...
20. Buddhadev Dasgupta
Born in British India in a Vaidya family, Buddhadeb Dasgupta is a filmmaker, screenplay writer as well as an author. His father was a doctor, and he has eight siblings. At the age of 12, he shifted from his hometown Anara in Southern West Bengal to Calcutta for prospects of education....
21. 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...
22. Shaji Karun
Shaji Neelakantan Karun was very famous Cinematographer and Film Director. He was born on 1st January 1952 in Kollam district (Kerala). In 1963, his family was moved to Thiruvananthapuram which is the capital of Kerala. Shaji Karun has completed his schooling from Palkkulangara Higher Secondary school and graduation from University College, Thiruvananthapuram. He wanted to make his career in film...
23. Govind Nihalani
Born on 19 August 1940, Govind Nihalani hails from Karachi. He is a multi-faceted personality; he is a director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer and works for Hindi cinema. He is the proud winner of six National Awards and five awards at Filmfare. He had penned the script for a Hindi film Drohkaal in 1996, which was later modified by Kamal...