Hindi Awards 26th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

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 in 1952 in Mumbai. She got her master's degree in botany from Bombay University. She worked as a broadcast programmer for All India Radio and Door darshan for 35 years in Mumbai and retired in 2012.

She sang the ballad "Piya Piya" from the Hindi film 1983 directed by Madhusudan, “Trikon Ka Chauttha Kon”. After taking a long break, shemakes her comeback in 1990 and sang the title song for the movie Th...

Noted South Indian actress Sharada, a three-time recipient of National Award, is a South Indian Actress. Initially, she has done many supporting roles in Telugu films, later on, she moved to Malayalam film industry and gained success there. She is also known as Urvashi Sharada because earlier the National Film Award for Best Actress was officially designated as Urvashi Award. Sharada was a skilled artist and to portray any scene which contained any kind of grievance or pain; she was chosen. There is also a fact that scenes were specially scripted to depict the pain to show her skills, and that was a one-way audience got attracted towards her. Personal Life: Sharada belongs to Andhra Pradesh, India. When she was born her name was 'Saraswati Devi' that was later changed. On 25th June 1945, Venkateswar...

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.

His interest in literature bought him to Malayalam cinemas and in 1967, he established General Pictures under which he produced his first films Anweshichu Kandethiyilla. Some of the movies in which he worked are Achani in 1973, Manju in 1982, Thampu in 1978, Anantaram in 1987, and many others.

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 is known for include Family Planning – Why? in 1960, Creative Artists of India – Satyajit Ray in 1964, The Dance of Shiva in 1968, Creative Artists of India – Amrita Sher-Gil in 1969, Sarojini Naidu in 1975, It Is Indian, It Is Good in 1978, Bombay – A City at Stake in 1981, Writing Off the Raj in 1985, and Mamallapuram. He helped to establish the National Film Archive of India (NFAI) in 1964.

He was also appointed as one of the experts on the ...

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 in 1964 from the University of Glasgow, Scotland. He started his career in 1965 at the Ciba-Geigy Research Centre, in Bombay, India. In 1979, he joined Boots Pharmaceuticals, in Bombay, India.

On 1 September 1994, he joined the National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) as the Founder Director. He has published around 150 research papers in review journals, 4 book chapters, and 20 patents. He received the IPA Fellowship in 2000. He also won the Eminent Pharmacist Award in 2002...

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 Raja’ (1973), ‘Milan Tithi’ (1985), ‘Parashuramer Kuthar’ (1989), ‘Mansur Miyar Ghora’ (2000), and ‘Basu Paribar’ (2019). He has also contributed to the short film ‘Sunglasses’ (2021).

Over the years, he has been a part of more than 50 films. Apart from being an ou...

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 in 1978. In 1979, he did his second film, Savitri, based on a Kannada novel written by Ram. This film got the Kannada State Film award in 1980. Later, he did a Hindi film Giddh, which brought fame to him. It is one of the best Indian films portraying poverty and social evils. The movie Giddh also won the Special Jury Award at the National Awards, 1984. Another film, Ranga won many Karnataka State films awards, and he also got ...

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.

Shimoga also received several awards for his contributions like National Filmfare Awards for Best Male Playback Singer in 1978, Kannada Kampu Awards in 2006, Sundarashri Awards in 2009, an Honorary Doctorate from Kuvempu University in 2008.

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 on Hindi and Bengali films. Mrinal’s direction positively influenced the whole Indian cinema. He was the only director in India (along with Satyajit Ray) whose films received awards at the three biggest film festivals, Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival.

Mrinal’s priceless involvement led him to win India's two most prominent awards, ‘Padma Bhushan Award’ in 1983 and Da...

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 toward music and dramatics. He came into contact with thespian Kavalam Narayana Panicker and writer T...

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 by the government of India.

Secondly, he received an award from the Sangeet Natak Akademi which is India's national academy of drama, music, and dance. Raichand Boral was born on 19th October 1903 in Bhagalpur, Bengal during the British rule. He was born to rai Chand Boral who was also a classical musician and was an expert in dhrupad. Raichand was Lal Chand’s youngest son.

He learned sath Sangat and attended several music conferences held in different cities like Alla...

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 a rich family from Sheikhpur in Budaun District. He went to La Martinee College in Lucknow.

He married a politician Subhaashini Ali and later was divorced. He has a son named Shaad Ali, an Indian Film Director. He later married Mira Ali. Ali started his career in the year 1978 with the film “Gaman.” He later worked in the films “Umrao Jaan” (1981), “Aagaman” (1982), “Anjuman” (1986), and “Jaanisaar” (2015). He also acted in the film “Jaanisaar.&rdquo...

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.

Mr. R D Bansal got a lot of recognition from the Indian audience and critics. Moreover, he is a renowned producer in the industry and produced some great films. Mr. R D Bansal assisted some incredibly talented people to gain and enhance his experience in producing movies. Mr. R D Bansal born in the year in 1923 in Agra, United Provinces situated in British India (now India). He died on 11th December 2010 at the age of 88 in Kolkata, Wet Bengal in India. He had a son, daughter, and granddaughter in his family.

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.

Mr. R D Bansal got a lot of recognition from the Indian audience and critics. Moreover, he is a renowned producer in the industry and produced some great films. Mr. R D Bansal assisted some incredibly talented people to gain and enhance his experience in producing movies. Mr. R D Bansal born in the year in 1923 in Agra, United Provinces situated in British India (now India). He died on 11th December 2010 at the age of 88 in Kolkata, Wet Bengal in India. He had a son, daughter, and granddaughter in his family.

Date of Birth: 1923

Date of Death: 11-12-2010

Gender: Male

Language: Hindi

Skills: Producer

Biography About R D Bansal

Biography About R D Bansal

Date of Birth: 1923

Date of Death: 11-12-2010

Gender: Male

Language: Hindi

Skills: Producer

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 the credit of being the first music director to win 3 national awards. Joru Ka Bhai and Anjali made him famous as a music director. He had the distinct efficiency to mix folk music and conventional music into Hindi film scenarios.

He has also been involved in a non-film album; Madhushala, which is sung by Harivansha Rai Bachchan and Manna Dey, gained him more popularity. The 1961 movie Hum Duno proved to be a turning point in Jaidev’s career. Mujhe Jeeno Do was also his successful ven...

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 Best Sound Recording for the movie Junoon in 1978.

Hitendra Ghosh was born in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. His parents were art teachers at The Scindia School, so he completed his schooling in the same institution. Hitendra's father passed away when he was seven years old. His mother, the sole breadwinner of the family, took care of Hitendra throughout his childhood. When Hitendra was seventeen, she passed away.

He enrolled in an engineering college and joined a part-time work to compensate fo...

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...

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...

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 the very few directors that bestride the conventional as well as the parallel cinemas. He is very well-liked and successful in both the Television industry and Kannada film industry as a director. In his career of 40 years, he directed 34 movies under his guidance. Out of those 34 movies, 20 movies received awards at international, national and state level. This was one of the best achievements of his life. His name was also on the list of nominations of Karnataka Chal...

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 Amitabh and Shashi Kapoor in lead roles. In the year 1981, he wrote the script for the movie ‘Silisila’ along with Yash Chopra, which had Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Rekha and Sanjeev Kumar in pivotal roles. In the year 2002, he was cast as Abhishek Bachchan's step dad for a movie named 'Shararat' and in 1994, he played the role of dad for Ajay Devgan in a film ‘Suhaag&r...

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.

He completed his schooling from Dinabandhu School and is a graduate in economics from Scottish Church College; both are situated in Calcutta. He started his job as an economics professor at the University of Burdwan, Bardhaman and later taught at the City College in Calcutta.

He was a member of the Calcutta Film Society and the works of prestigious directors such as Charlie Chaplin, Akira Kurosawa, and Roberto Rossellini inspired him to take up direction...

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...