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Hindi Awards 2nd National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. CH Narayana Moorthy


05-01-2021/ch-narayana-moorthy.jpg CH Narayan Moorthy, also known as Chitrapu Narayana Rao, born as Chithrapu Narayana Murthy, was an Indian film director known for his significant contribution to the Telugu and Tamil cinema. He had received a Certificate of Merit for the movie, Edhir Paradhathu (1958) and for movie, Annaiyin Aanai (1962). He was born at Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh in 1913. His brother,...

2. Chitta Basu


05-01-2021/chitta-basu.jpg Chitta Basu was a Bengali film director. He was born in 1907 in Bengal, India. Chitta Basu was famous for the direction of ‘Chheley Kaar.’ He made his directorial debut with the film ‘Bondur Path.’ Basu’s film ‘Chheley Kaar’ won him a national award. He was the director of the movies like ‘Dhoop Chhaya,’ ‘Bondhu, ‘Rastar Chhele,’ ‘Godhuli Belaye,’ ‘Putrabadhu,’...
Date of Birth: 1907
Date of Death: 1993
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
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Date of Birth: 1907
Date of Death: 1993
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

3. HLN Simha


05-01-2021/hln-simha.jpg H.L.N. Simha is an Indian director who worked for the Kannada film industry. Simha worked in many movies, which impressed the audience. Some of his popular works as a director include Gunasagari in 1953, Sathya Shodhanai in 1953, Abba! A Hudgi in 1959, Shiv Bhakta in 1955, and many others. As he was a hard-working actor and director, he also worked with big...
Date of Birth: 25-07-1904
Date of Death: 04-07-1972
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
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Date of Birth: 25-07-1904
Date of Death: 04-07-1972
Star Sign: Leo
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills: Director

4. SM Sriramulu Naidu


05-01-2021/sm-sriramulu-naidu.jpg SM Sriramulu Naidu (1910 – 1976), who managed three film studios, deserves credit. He was named "Coimbatore Movie Mogul," implying a legendary mark he had established in the film industry. Munuswami, his father, was a station master when he was born in Tiruchi in 1910. Naidu used to work in his father's bakery. In 1936, he founded Central Studio in Coimbatore with...
Date of Birth: 1910
Date of Death: 1976
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
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Date of Birth: 1910
Date of Death: 1976
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Producer

5. PS Ramakrishna Rao


04-01-2021/ps-ramakrishna-rao.jpg PS Ramakrishna Rao was a Telugu director who was a doyen of directors of his time. He was born on 12 October 1918, in Kurnool in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was married to the veteran actress Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, and had a son by the name Bharani Kumar. He was also a screenwriter and producer. He produced movies...
Date of Birth: 12-10-1918
Date of Death: 07-09-1986
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
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Date of Birth: 12-10-1918
Date of Death: 07-09-1986
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

6. Sundaram Balachander


29-08-2019/sundaram-balachander.jpg Sundaram Balachander, known as S. Balachander, was an Indian musician, director, screenwriter, and composer. He was born on January 18, 1927, in Madras, British India. He started as a child artist in the Tamil cinema with Seetha Kalyanam in 1934, which he portrayed as a child musician in Ravana’s court. He also appeared in Rishyasringar and Araichimani. Later in 1948,...
Date of Birth: 18-01-1927
Date of Death: 13-04-1990
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
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Date of Birth: 18-01-1927
Date of Death: 13-04-1990
Star Sign: Capricorn
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Director

7. Satyen Bose


03-08-2019/satyen-bose.jpg Satyen Bose is one of the most exceptional and experimental filmmakers of India, ironically he never had any formal training in cinema, but his name is carved in the cinematic history of India to be the most evergreen filmmaker of his time. His career did not follow a single path of being a director, but he was also a writer...
Date of Birth: 22-01-1916
Date of Death: 09-06-1993
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
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Date of Birth: 22-01-1916
Date of Death: 09-06-1993
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

8. Ramu Kariat


29-11-2016/ramu-kariatf.png Ramu Kariat is an Indian Film Director. He works in the Malayalam Film Industry. Ramu was born on the 1st of February in the year 1927. He was born in Engandiyur, Kerala, in India. He has a daughter whose name is Suma Devan. Ramu started his career in the Film Industry with the Malayalam Film Neelakkuyil (1954)....
Date of Birth: 01-02-1927
Date of Death: 10-02-1979
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
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Date of Birth: 01-02-1927
Date of Death: 10-02-1979
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Director

9. Dasari Yoganand


26-11-2016/dasari-yoganand.png Dasari Yoganand was born on 16th April, 1922 in Madras. He passed away when he was of the age 84 in Chennai on 23rd November, 2006. He is a very eminent Film Director. His wife’s name is Hanumayamma. He is the proud son of Laxmi Bai and Venkata Das. D. Subbayya, a businessman, who adopted Yoganands....
Date of Birth: 16-04-1922
Date of Death: 23-11-2006
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
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Date of Birth: 16-04-1922
Date of Death: 23-11-2006
Star Sign: Aries
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu

10. P Bhaskaran


p/0/b/h/a/s/p-bhaskaran.png P Bhaskaran (full name Pulloottupadathu Bhaskaran)was an actor, poet, lyricist, and filmmaker from South India. He was born in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kingdom of Cochinon April 21, 1924, to a lawyer, freedom fighter, poet, and journalist Nandyelathu Padmanabha Menon, and house-wife Pulloottupadathu Ammalu Amma. However, Nandyelathu died when Pulloottupadathu was just ten years old. Within two years, he started writing...
Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 25-02-2017
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
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Date of Birth: 21-04-1924
Date of Death: 25-02-2017
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
Skills: Lyricist

11. V. Dakshinamoorthy


v/0/0/d/a/k/v.-dakshinamoorthy.jpg He is popularly known as “Swami” (9th December 1919 – 2nd August 2013) were the maestro of Carnatic music and director & composer of Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi films, chiefly in Malayalam films. He has created songs for more than 125 films. He has almost composed 859 songs over a time span of 64 years.Universally known as Swami, he was...
Date of Birth: 09-12-1919
Date of Death: 02-08-2013
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam
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Date of Birth: 09-12-1919
Date of Death: 02-08-2013
Star Sign: Sagittarius
Gender: Male
Language: Malayalam

12. Sohrab Modi


sohrab-modi.png Sohrab Merwanji Modi was born into a Persian family in the year 1897. He was a stage and film actor, a producer and a director. He did various films like Khoon Ka Khoon, Jhansi Ki Rani, Sikandar, Pukar, Mirza Ghalib, Prithvi Vallabh, etc. His movies carried strong messages of social and national issues....
Date of Birth: 02-11-1897
Date of Death: 28-01-1984
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 02-11-1897
Date of Death: 28-01-1984
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

13. Kadiri Venkata Reddy


kadri-venkata-reddy.jpg Kadiri Venkata Reddy (1 July 1912 – 15 September 1972) was a prominent Indian film chief, essayist, maker and creation administrator in Telugu silver screen, known for his spearheading work in fables, social and Fantasy movies. He was Born in Tadipatri, Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. He graduated with Degree of Bachelor of Science (BSc.) from...
Date of Birth: 01-07-1912
Date of Death: 15-09-1972
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
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Date of Birth: 01-07-1912
Date of Death: 15-09-1972
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Movie Actor

14. Bimal Roy


14-08-2019/bimal-roy.jpg Bimal Roy was born on 12 July 1909 in Suapur, Eastern Bengal to a zamindar family. He was the director of Hindi cinema and the well-acclaimed filmmaker of all time Indian film industry. He was known for his realistic approach towards the film. He was the pride of Bengal, who won most of Filmfare award for the Best Director. He was the...
Date of Birth: 12-07-1909
Date of Death: 01-08-1966
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
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Date of Birth: 12-07-1909
Date of Death: 01-08-1966
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director