S. Janaki
Smita Patil
Rosamma George
Mrinal Sen
Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Anup Ghoshal
Devi Dutt
Bhabendra Nath Saikia
Baldev Gill
Mani Kaul
K S Sethumadhavan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Satyajit Ray
Sathya Prakash
Ketan Mehta
Ashok Kumar - Old
Balan K Nair
J Mahendran
Govind Nihalani
Prem Prakash
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. Rosamma George
Bio coming soon......
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 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 le...
Date of Death:
30-12-2018
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
30-12-2018
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
5. Utpalendu Chakrabarty
Utpalendu Chakrabarty is an Indian director who worked for the Bengali film industry. He was born in 1948 in Calcutta and graduated from Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta. Utpalendu as a director worked in movies, television films, documentaries, and also worked as a music director, composer, and writer. Some movies and television films in which he worked are Maina Tadanta in 1980, Chandaneer in 1989, Phaansi in 1988, Chua Chandan, May Day in 2005, Aparichita in 1986, Sonar Chheye Dami in 1989, and many others.
He also worked in some documentaries like Mukti Chai in 1977, The Music of Satyajit Ray in 1984....
Gender:
Male
6. Anup Ghoshal
Anup Ghoshal is an Indian singer who worked for the Bengali film industry. He is a playback singer in both Hindi and Punjabi movies and shared his work in both industries. Anup is doing very well in Politics also. He won the 2011 West Bengal Assembly Elections on a Trinamool Congress ticket from the Uttarpara Vidhan Sabha Constituency in Hooghly district. Anup defeated his competitor with a massive 43000+ votes. Anup was inspired by his mother as she is also having a very great voice. His first performance happens when he was just 4 years old and he sang in the children's program for All India Radio, Kolkata.
Anup’s first work as a playback singer in the movies was when he was 1...
7. Devi Dutt
Devi Dutt is an Indian film producer. He is the younger brother of the famous director Guru Dutt. On January 15, 1930, he was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He began his career as a director's assistant on Guru Dutt's films like Pyaasa (1957) and Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959). His first film, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, was a critical and financial triumph released in 1963. Saajan (1966), Baharon Ke Sapne (1967), Manzil (1969), and Aakrosh (1969) are just a few of the films he went on to create (1980). For producing Aakrosh, he received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi.
Also, he received a nomination for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Aakrosh for the Filmfare Award for Best Film. Some of the films produced by Devi...
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
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 Calcutta University to do post-graduation in Physics. He also achieved Ph.D. in Physics from the University of London and then did Diploma from the Imperial College of Science & technology.
Looking back to his academic records, one can easily say that Bhabendra was a bright person who scored the best at all levels of education. Bhabendra was offered to edit Assam...
Date of Death:
13-08-2003
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-08-2003
Age:
92
Gender:
Male
9. Baldev Gill
Baldev Gill is a Hindi writer and a producer. He is well known for Waaris released in the year 1988, Jee Aayan Hai released in the year 2003 and Jag Jeodayan De Mele in the year 2009. He was also the screenplay and dialogue writer in Punjabi film industry. He wrote down Chann Pardesi in 1980. He is also the screenplay of Ishq My Religon, a Punjabi movie in 2019. Another well known work of Baldev is Police in Pollywood, a Punjabi movie released in 2014. As a song writer he worked in both Hindi and Punjabi.
Asa Nu Maan Watna Da in 2004 and Yaara O Dildarain 2011 was his screenplay and dialogue writing work. Other important works of him include Mitti Wajaan Mardi released in 2007, DilApna Punjabi released in 2006, Waaris r...
10. Mani Kaul
Mani Kaul undoubtedly was one of the greatest directors of Hindi cinema. He was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan and his real name was Rabindranath Kaul. He was from a Kashmiri Pandit family. Kaul initially joined FTII, Pune as an acting student but later on shifted to the direction course. There, his teacher was a renowned film director, Ritwik Ghatak.
He graduated in the year 1966. Mani was the nephew of Mahesh Kaul, who was an actor as well as director in the industry. He had directed films like Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), in which Raj Kapoor was the lead actor. Kaul had the skill of filmmaking in his blood. Mani Kaul’s first film brought a new wave in the Bollywood and b...
Date of Death:
06-07-2011
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
06-07-2011
Age:
79
Gender:
Male
11. K S Sethumadhavan
K. S. Sethumadhavan is a famous screenwriter and film director in India dedicating his works to Malayalam movies. Madhavan is famous for his movies in Tamil, Oriya, Kannada, Telugu and Hindi also. Some of the landmark films directed by him are Yakshi, Odeyil Ninnu, Achanum Bappayum, Anubhavangai Palichakal, etc. He won 9 Kerala State Film Awards and 10 National Film Awards. He was born in the city of Palakkad in the state of Kerala. His mother's name was Lakshmi and father's name was Subrahmanyam. Initially, he worked as an assistant director.
He later worked with many directors like A. S. A. Swamy, L. V. Prasad, and Nandakarni. The first movie for which he worked ...
Date of Death:
24-12-2021
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
24-12-2021
Gender:
Male
12. Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Born into a family in Kerala, Adoor Gopalakrishnan started doing amateur plays at a young age. Later, he wrote and helmed few plays. His interest in this field was imbibed in him by his family. He had studied Economics, Political Science and Public Administration at Gandhigram Rural University in 1961. Then he studied screenwriting and filmmaking at the Pune Film Institute. His debut film was Swayamvaram, which became a milestone in the history of the Malayalam cinema. The film won four National Awards including Best Script, Best Film, Best Actress and Best Director. His third film Elippathayam fetched him the British Film Institute Award for Most Original and Imaginative Film in 1982. The International Film Critics Priz...
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
13. 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
14. Sathya Prakash
Sathya Prakash is a popular south Indian villain actor, who hailed from Odisha. His father was a government staff and Sathya got a place in the government school and he completed his schooling. Sambalpur, Burgad and Burhampur are the places, where Sathya completed his graduation and post graduation. Sathya did his MBA in Kolkata. He was a bank employee for a few years.
After a few years, he got placed on the defense. Almost he was in Odisha till his thirty years. But he was interested in acting and so, he resigned his job and travelled Chennai. He says, being born in a poor family, it was through the god’s blessings, he is in his c...
Gender:
Male
15. Ketan Mehta
He was born in 1952 and is a director by profession, who has directed may documentaries and TV serials. His birth place is in Gujarat, studied in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya (Delhi) and obtained his bachelor’s in movie direction from Film and Television Institute of India (Pune).
During his career span, he created 10 films, 7 documentaries along with 2 television serials "Captain Vyom" and "Mr. Yog". His direction consists of laughter, humor, love, revolt & rebellion. After graduation he got linked with Research Organization as an onscreen producer. This was an excellent experience for him. His 1st film was “Bhavni Bhavai” a Gujarati film which brought him acclaim. His movies have been nominated for various International Film Festivals. “Mir...
16. Ashok Kumar - Old
One would be at a loss, wondering where to start when writing about a film legend like Ashok Kumar. After all, he is considered to be one of Indian film industry’s greatest actors, who has performed as the romantic hero, antagonist as well as in various other shades of character roles with equal aplomb. Ashok Kumar really was witness to a very important evolutionary phase of the Indian film industry, and has spread across generations his genius as an actor. From very unpretentious beginnings, having been born as Kumudlal Ganguly in a Bengali family living outside Bengal, he seemed destined to take up a legal profession, having completed his law course from the prestigious...
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
10-12-2001
Age:
112
Gender:
Male
17. Balan K Nair
Balan K. Nair was a Malayalam actor born on 4 April 1933 in Chemancheri, Calicut. He made his reputation acting as a villain in most of the southern films. Balan started his acting career at a very young age of 14 with the association of Sangamam Theatre, Kozhikode. He was the eldest among his siblings and his parents died when he was very young. Balan had to face struggles before he became an actor. He made his debut with the film Nizhalattam in 1970. During his career, he won many prestigious awards including The National Award for The Best Actor in Oppol for his role as a military officer. Balan also won The Kerala State Film Award twice for second best actor in Adhithi and Thacholi Ambu i...
Date of Death:
26-08-2000
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
26-08-2000
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
18. J Mahendran
J Mahendran is a versatile director, who is popular for his film Uthiri Pookal. Born as Alexander to Joseph Chellaiah and Manonmani, he completed his intermediate course in the American College, Madurai. He completed his graduation from Alagappa College of Arts in Economics. Once MGR was invited as the chief guest to the college in which Mahnedran studied. Impressed by the speech of the young Mahendran, MGR praised him and blessed him to become a good critic. After a few years, Mahendran met MGR and MGR asked him to write a screenplay for him. Kaanchi Thalaivan was the film, in which Mahendran joined as an assistant director, recommended by MGR. Mahendran’s screenplay was applauded by many people. He has written screenplays for movies like ...
Date of Death:
02-04-2019
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
02-04-2019
Age:
84
Gender:
Male
19. 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 Haasan for a Tamil film Kurithipunal. This film went on to become the official entry of India for the Academy Awards. Nihalani cultivated interest in Hindi films since his school days. Aakrosh is the directorial debut film of Nihalani. This film revolves around a real happening. Om Puri, Smita Patel, Naseerudin Shah and Amrish Puri are the star cast of the film. This film gained recognition at ...
Age:
83
Gender:
Male
20. Prem Prakash
A well-known name in Malayalam movie and television industry, Prem Prakash is an actor and a successful producer. He is also known to Malayalam industry through his sons Sanjay and Bobby, the successful scriptwriters of Malayalam movies. He is also known as the younger brother of the beautiful, cruel villain of Malayalam in the 70’s to 90’s, Jose Prakash.
Prem Prakash had a great attachment towards the entertainment industry since a very young age. His debut to the industry was as a play back singer for the movie Karthika in 1968. But more than a singer he established himself as an actor. His first screen presence in a small role was in Ara Nazhika Neram in 1970, a film by dir...
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
21. S. P. Ramanathan
Bio coming soon......
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