Durga Khote
P Susheela
Vijaya Mehta
Shabana Azmi
Kamal Hazarika
T. S. Narasimhan
Manmohan Mahapatra
Mrinal Sen
Kumar Shahani
PN Menon
Sangram Naiksatam
Raj Shekhar
Nirad Mohapatra
Yash Choudhary
Master Suresh
Uday Shankar
Mankada Ravi Varma
Sunny Joseph
V.G Samant
B Narsing Rao
Komal Swaminathan
Nitish Roy
Pradeep Uppoor
Shekhar Chatterjee
Madhu Ambat
M. S. Sathyu
Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
T. S. Nagabharana
G. V. Iyer
Ilaiyaraaja
S P Balasubrahmanyam
Joy Mathew
Om Puri
Manmohan Shetty
Govind Nihalani
Kundan Shah
Ram Mohan
S. P. Ramanathan
1. Durga Khote
Durga Khote is a legendary actress of Indian cinema who has acted in over 200 films and even numerous theatre productions. The actress was born on January 14, 1905, and is considered to be the foremost leading ladies of her times. Her performances were truly gripping because of the genuineness that she portrayed on the screen. She was also part of the evolutionary process of the art form of Bollywood storytelling silent era to color film era) and was one of the true pioneers of the artistic movement in theater, film and television. For her contribution to Indian film industry, she received the highest award in Indian cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1983).
For new generation viewers Durga was known as Dimple Kapadia’s grandmother (Mrs Braganza). After the...
Date of Death:
22-09-1991
Age:
119
Gender:
Female
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Date of Death:
22-09-1991
Age:
119
Gender:
Female
2. P Susheela
P. Susheela is a well-known playback singer in South Indian film industry, who has received five National awards for the talent she posses. P. Sheela was born on 13th November 1935. She has been associated with the film industry for over six decades now. She is a legendary artist who has the purest form of vocal strength, with great syllabic pronunciations. She is mainly noted for her honey like sweet voice; that can speak fluently and deliver the word or the lyrics sung so distinctly and clearly. Sheela, from her childhood, discovered itself the talent she has and the passion she feels for it. Thus, she went for classical music training and perfected her skill. She was seen to sing for AIR (All India Radio). And it was from here that she got the opportunity to sing as playback for films. She can sing fluen...
Age:
88
Gender:
Female
3. Vijaya Mehta
Vijaya Mehta is an acclaimed Indian television film and theatre actor. She is known for her works in parallel cinemas as a director, and an actor.
Baroda being her birthplace, Vijaya Mehta, originally went by the name of Vijaya Jaywant. She completed her education from the University of Mumbai, and pursued drama, and the theatre at New Delhi alongside theatre-director Ebrahim Alkazhi and Adi Marzban. Mehta co-founded the theatre group “Rangayan” with writer Vijay Tendulkar, and theatre greats Shreeram Lagoo and Arvind Deshpande. The works of Rangayan established her as a dignitary in Marathi theatres in the decade of 1960s. Mehta introduced the German playwright Bertolt Brecht into Marathi theatres with the rendition of his play “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” titled “Ajab Nyay Vartulacha.” She ...
Age:
89
Gender:
Female
Age:
89
Gender:
Female
4. Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is a film actress of Indian origin and social activist. Shabana was born on 18, September 1950 in Hyderabad. Her father, Kaifi Azmi was an Indian poet while her mother Shaukat Azmi was a stage actress for the Indian People’s Theatre Asociation.
Both her of her parents was supporters of the Communist Party of India. She has a brother named Baba Azmi, who is a cinematographer. Shabana’s early childhood memories consist of high social activity of her parents and respect for human values.
Shabana did her schooling at the Queen Mary School situated at Mumbai. Following that she did her graduation in Psychology from St. Xavier’s College. Post-graduation, following her passion for acting, she opted for acting c...
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
Age:
73
Gender:
Female
5. Kamal Hazarika
Kamal Hazarika was born and raised in Assam, India. Kamal went to Government High School and then went to St. Edmund College in Shillong. Kamal is widely known as a lyricist; one of his most famous songs is Ae Senai Moi Jaao Devi. Before becoming a lyricist, Kamal worked in various places. At first, he started working in Arunachal Pradesh; later, he provided his services under the Indian High Commission, London. Kamal also worked at the Hindustan Steel Company. He joined back the Indian High Commission services and retired in 1992.
Hazarika has penned down over 40 songs in Bengali. His famous songs are Gaonburhar Jiyori and Senehor Doldal. He also lent his voice to Kolkata radio. In his hometown, Guwahati, he organized workshops to increase the cultural heritage. Kamal, in London, had set up an organization called Pra...
6. T. S. Narasimhan
T. S. Narasimhan is a film producer best known for producing and Directing films for children. He was born in 1927. He lived in Kolkata, India. Narasimhan made a spectacular movie called Dangeyedda Makkalu. Narasimhan won the National Award for the Best Children’s Film; he produced the Naaviddeve Echcharike, which helped him bag the national award. Narasimhan is also renowned for bringing the Malgudi Days, directed by Shankar Nag. Malgudi Days is a fictional novel by the writer R K Narayan. Narasimhan has produced several films and TV series such as “Kesarina Kamala”, “Bangarada Jinke”, “Banker Margaya.” He has produced numerous TV series such as Tenali Rama and Stone boy, televised in Doordarshan. He was part of various organizations and committees like, Centre Board o...
Date of Death:
27-07-2013
Gender:
Male
7. Manmohan Mahapatra
Manmohan Mahapatra was an Odia filmmaker, producer, director, and writer who was born on November 10, 1951. Mahapatra studied filmmaking at the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune, and in 1975, he released his debut short film, "Anti-Memoirs." In 1976, he directed his first full-fledged Odia film, "Seeta Raati," which won him the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia. It was presented at an international film festival for the first time in 1982, making it the first Odia film to do so.
He has directed a few Hindi films, including Rahul Bose, Dia Mirza, and Nandita Das in 'Bits and Pieces.'Seeta Raati (1981), Neeraba Jhada (1984), Tired Afternoon (1985), Majhi Pahacha (1987), Bhinna Samaya (1992),
Date of Death:
13-01-2020
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-01-2020
Age:
72
Gender:
Male
8. 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 led him to win India's two most prominent awards, ‘Padma Bhushan Award’ in 1983 and Da...
Date of Death:
30-12-2018
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
30-12-2018
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
9. Kumar Shahani
Kumar Shahani is a renowned director. He was born on 7th December 1940 in Larkana, Sindh, now a part of Pakistan. Kumar completed his B. A (Hons) in Political Science and History from the University of Bombay. He was a student of Ritwik Ghatak at the Film and Television Institute of India, where he studied screenplay writing and advanced direction. He continued his study under D.D. Kosambi. He also got a chance to study at the Institut des Hautes etudes cinématographiques in France, as the French government awarded him a scholarship. There he assisted Robert Bresson with his first color film, Une femme douce. His first film came out in 1965. It was his graduate diploma film titled The Glass Pane. After this, he made several short films. These were Manmad Passenger in 1967, A certain childhood in 1969, Rails for the World in 1970...
Age:
83
Gender:
Male
Age:
83
Gender:
Male
10. PN Menon
Palissery Narayanankutty Menon, famously known as P.N. Menon, was an Indian film director and an Art Director, mainly in the Malayalam film industry. Besides, director Menon is also known for designing promotional posters.
He was born in Vadakkancherry, Kerala, in 1928. He completed his schooling at the School of Art in Chennai, Thrissur. Arriving in Chennai at the age of 20 with no job - life was challenging for him in the initial phase. He did not find a job in Chennai and thus traveled to Salem, where he worked as a production boy in a studio. However, he had to go back to Chennai after two and a half years as the studio he was working for shut down. In Chennai, he started doing sketches, painting, and designing magazine covers. He also got an opportunity to work for Nagi Reddy’s Magazine cover. Impressed by his talent...
Date of Death:
09-09-2008
Age:
98
Gender:
Male
11. Sangram Naiksatam
Sangram Naiksatam is an assistant director at TVF Media Labs (2015-present). The Viral Fever (TVF), founded by Arunabh Kumar, is an online YouTube channel started by TVF Media Labs in 2010 and currently owned and operated by Contagious Online Media Network Private Limited, Mumbai, India.
He was born in Worli, Mumbai, India. He went to SK Somaiya Vidyavihars College of Arts Science & Commerce Vidyavihar, Mumbai. His favorite films are 3 Idiots, Jab We Met, RHTDM & Matilda, and favorite TV Shows are CID (Indian), F.R.I.E.N.D.S. He enjoys Rahat Fatch Ali Khan’s music.
His best-loved book artist is Asif Sheikh. He is known for short films such as Girlsplaining (2018) & Padh le Basanti, a comedy short film which released on 13th November 2019. In 2015 he worked on a comedy, drama short film “TVF Pitch...
Gender:
Male
12. Raj Shekhar
Raj Shekar is a famous Indian Lyricist who works in the Bollywood industry. He wrote the lyrics for the Bollywood film Tanu weds Manu and its sequel Tanu weds Manu Returns, directed by Anand L Rai. Raj has also written numerous children’s stories. He was born on 22 September 1980 in a small village, Medhapura, Bihar. At first, he wanted to become a film director, and his parents supported his decision. He has completed his graduation in Hindi Literature from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University, while also completing his master’s from Delhi University. Raj has been active in the theatre as an actor, playwright and also director. He has written several popular children’s stories, like Roo Roo Raat, Five Little Monkeys, Being Wise etc.
Shekar has also played a cameo role in Bollywood films like Anwar and Ghancha...
Age:
43
Gender:
Male
13. Nirad Mohapatra
Nirad Mohapatra was an Indian film director. He was born on the 12th of November 1947 at Odessa. He completed his college-level education in 1967, and then he started a diploma in film directing where he got a chance to worked as a lecturer at the institute. He is the father of freedom fighter, journalist, and his mother was a school teacher. He was quite good in studies. He aspired to become afilm director since his childhood. He was the eldest of seven siblings.
One day he visited a cinema in Bhadrak, where he edited the film called Manaphrasal and made a couple of documentary films. In 1978, he married Sabita Mohanty. His first feature film was Maya Miriga. He is also the winner of the special jury award at Hawaii film festival and critics of Cannes in France. He won many awards for his documentaries. He was also invited by ...
Date of Death:
19-02-2015
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
14. Yash Choudhary
"Yash Choudhary is an individual who offers significance to each work he gets as an entertainer despite the distinction in a little and disparaging job in Indian Television. The sole reason he has been grabbing shows like, 'Dread Files,' 'Savdhaan India,' 'Shapath,' and 'CID.' Like a ton of different on-screen characters in this exchange, he also is hanging tight for his leap forward yet then one needs to portray this on-screen character who is splendidly reasonable in his methodology, and has his head in the middle of his shoulders. Anyway his adventure in show business started in the year 2008, when he was handpicked, and cast in the Hindi TV program 'Baali Umar Ko Salaam.'
The story was tied in with following the guiltlessness of first love , and the sentimental voyage of a young ...
Age:
33
Gender:
Male
15. Master Suresh
Master Suresh is a South Indian actor. He did most of his movies in South Indian languages like Tamil, Malayalam, and Telugu. Though he has not acted in the lead role in any film most of his films have been great hits.
He started his career as a child artist in Bollywood movies in the late 1980s. he acted opposite Amitabh Bachchan in Geraftaar which was released in the year 1985. He enacted the role of Young Hussein in the movie.
Hussein was a child who was the right hand of Mt. Bachchan in the movie. Though he was a child his acting was like that of a matured actor who has been acting for more than ten years. Later in 1987, he acted in two Bollywood movies namely Itihaas and Insaf Ki Pukar where he portrayed child roles.
Though he acted as a child his acting spoke a lot more than his age. He acted in pivotal ro...
Date of Death:
11-03-2024
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
11-03-2024
Age:
49
Gender:
Male
16. Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar is one the most well-known Indian film directors in the Tamil and Telugu film industry. He has directed many films, and one of it has even won national award for the best feature film. Uday is a very talented director, and his potential is countless.
He puts all his effort into his movies and thus his pictures come out to be major hits in the Tamil and Telugu industry. He made his debut with the flickPochudava in the year 1996. After which he directed many of cinemas and his recent picture released in the year 2014.
Udaya Shankar was born in Tamil Nadu, India. Uday made his debut film Pochudava in the year 1996. He worked with Abbas Simran in this film. This film was a super hit and was a very successful movie for a debut director like him.
In the year 2000, he directed his next Telugu film called K...
17. Mankada Ravi Varma
Manakda Ravi Varma was born on 4th June, 1926 in Malappuram, Kerala. Ravi Varma passed away at the age of 84on 22nd November, 2010 in Tamil Nadu, India. People also know him as Raviettan. He started his career in the year 1966. He is a very popular Malayalam Film Director and Cinematographer. He has worked with many famous Directors such as G. Aravindan, P.N. Menon and much more.
Ravi Varma is also the director of two movies and he has also won many awards. He has won seven Kerala State Film Awards and Two National Film Awards for many categories. Ravi Varma loved photography when he was a kid. Therefore, he did his graduation from Victoria College and he also studied motion pictures photography from the FTII (Institute Of Film Technology). After he had completed his stu...
Date of Death:
22-11-2010
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
22-11-2010
Age:
97
Gender:
Male
18. Sunny Joseph
Sunny Joseph is a very well-known cinematographer from India who works predominantly in Malayalam films. He was born in the state of Kerala on the 12th of October in 1957. He is best known for his incredible work in Piravi, a Malayalam feature movie directed by the famous director Shaji n. Karun. His parents CV Joseph and Thressiamma brought him up with two brothers and six sisters.
From 1972 to 1974 he studied in St. Michael’s college in Cherthala and got his P.D.C. Then he pursued a B.Sc in the field of Zoology from a college named Deva Matha under Mahatma Gandhi University, from 1974 to 1977. He also did a PG Diploma in Motion Picture Photography from FTII in Pune and graduated in 1983. He began his career in 1983 by working as an assistant cinematographer with Shri. Madhu Ambat and Shri Venu. From 198...
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
Age:
66
Gender:
Male
19. V.G Samant
V G Samant is an Indian animator and director, considered to be the pioneer of Indian animation. He received his diploma in painting and drawing in 1957. In 1959, he joined the Cartoon Film Unit of the Films Division, graduating to become its first Chief Animator. He directed the musical short animation “Tree of Unity” (1972), which was critically acclaimed for spreading awareness about the lives of trees. He infused life in the characters of “Prakriti Ke Niyam” (1997), directed by B.R. Shendge.
The movie, which highlighted the importance of nature in the lives of humans and animals alike, was honored with the National Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film.
The same was bestowed upon Samant’s two more creations “Race with Death” (1983) and “Chetak” (1993).In...
20. B Narsing Rao
B Narsinga Rao is a popular Telugu director in the parallel cinema field. Parallel cinema is nothing but a genre in movie making where film makers try to show realistic and genuine issues through their feature films. B Narsinga Rao born in 1947 in Medak, Telangana is a producer, director, editor and a composer.
Though his original name is Bongu Narasinga Rao, he is famously known as B Narsing Rao. The media fondly call B Narsinga Rao as The Killer of Kitsch for his naturalism and strong emotions he presents through his films. All his plots revolve around the poor and less nurtured people in Telangana and atrocities they faced from the razakars and also the movements they led for improving their lives. He almost released 9 movies till now and every movie of his has at lea...
21. Komal Swaminathan
Komal Swaminathan is a Tamil Theater personality, and his work is commendable and highly appreciated among the people in the industry. During his earlier days, he was a congressional activist and later become a theater personality, journalist, and film director. He was born on 27th January 1935 at Karaikudi, Thanjavur district, in Tamil Nadu, India and died on October 1995 in Chennai located in Tamilnadu, India.
He did his schooling from S.V. Sahasranamam, and there he learned how to work as a playwriter and some stage techniques. In the year 1971, he created Stage Friends.
In Tamil stage, he acted as a dramatist and produced many remarkable shows. He in 1980 directed Thanneer Thanneer which brought him into the limelight, and also pe...
Date of Death:
1995
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
1995
Age:
89
Gender:
Male
22. Nitish Roy
Nitish Roy is a Bengali film director and an art, production and costume designer in the Hindi film industry who moved up the ladder from a disadvantaged youth to one of India’s most prolific designers through hard work. Though that is not all that he does as he is also a world renowned architect with several film cities, amusement parks and museums under his belt.
Born and raised in Bengal he has a degree from the Government Art College. Originally he worked with a carpenter and attributes his present ability from his work. He late moved on to become a commercial artist with an advertising firm while decorating the houses of his friends in his spare time. He also designed pavilion sets for various industrial meets. However no one can ever keep a talented artist do...
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
Age:
70
Gender:
Male
23. Pradeep Uppoor
Pradeep Uppoor is a film producer. With the help of others, he created Firework Productions. Its office is in West Andheri. In 1983, he produced the Bollywood flick Ardh Sathya. The genre of the movie was a crime drama. It consisted of Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah as lead actors. The lead actress in Ardh Satya was Smita Patil. A year after the release of the film, Pradeep produced another Bollywood flick named Hip Hip Hooray. Hip Hip Hooray was not very successful.
Though Deepti Naval's presence in the cinema was heartwarming and Raj Kiran's acting was pretty well received. In 1984, the movie hit the cinemas. A year after the release of Hip Hip Hooray, he produced the flickAghaat. The film deals with the issue of bonded labor and exploitation. Th...
Date of Death:
13-03-2023
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
13-03-2023
Age:
65
Gender:
Male
24. Shekhar Chatterjee
Shekhar Chatterjee is a Bengali actor and director who was born in 1924 in Calcutta.He has struggled a lot in his early life. This hard working actor started his career by working Bengali theater in the 1950s. He was renowned for his remarkable skills and strong political views. He was so firm and determined towards his goals. He was also a member in leftist theater groups like Communist party's Indian people's theater association. UtpalDutt's little theater group and Joan Littlewood’s Theater workshop along with his group.
He was the finest actor and very hard working because of which he was known for his Shakespearean roles and for playing shard up Singh in Dutt's 1965 play calls. He has acted in almost hundred movies ti...
Date of Death:
1990
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
1990
Gender:
Male
25. Madhu Ambat
Madhu Ambat was born on 6th March 1949 to Prof. K Bhagyanath and Smt. Ambat Sulochana. The Ambat family was an incredible group of individuals, with a father that quit being a professor to pursue his love for magic as full time career and a sister who grew up to be an incredible actress. Not only this, his younger sister, Vidhubala went on to become a leading actress in the Malayalam film industry. In a time when everybody was focused on getting into good colleges and getting well-paid jobs as soon as possible, Mr. Ambat was lucky to have a family that believed that he deserved to love what he did. So, despite extreme pressure, he went to the renowned Pune Film Institute. He had also got admitted into IIT, but instead decided to go the other way.
He spent the next few years working his hardest and ultimately, it all paid off, w...
Age:
75
Gender:
Male
Skills:
26. M. S. Sathyu
Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu is a prolific film director, art director and stage manager who is known best for his debut as a film director in Garam Hawa. He was awarded the prestigious Padma Shri in 1975. Born in Mysore in India, on July 6, 1930, he is also well-known for his collaboration with Google for the reunion ad series, which went socially viral. MS Sathyu is married to actress, Shama Zaidi.
His daughter, Seema Sathyu is an actress, painter. MS Sathyu was a political enthusiast right from his early years and even took part in a congress movement back in Mysore, which stems his interest in politics, clearly shown by the nature of his films. His early interests include painting, yet he was unable to pursue that further and took up Bachelor of Science course in Bangalore.
Swayed by his keen interest design he left his ...
Age:
93
Gender:
Male
27. Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao
Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao- The most wanted editor for the directors of Indian Cinema. He was born in David in Krishna district which is located in Andhra Pradesh. Kotagiri Venkateshwara Rao is a film editor in Telugu cinema industry. He is not only an editor but he also produces a lot of films. He started his career in the year 1977. He lived in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. And he served as the president of Andhra Pradesh film federation along with his younger brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao. He had been in that post for almost six years. He married Sujatha and he has two daughters namely Padmaja and Neeraja.
Unfortunately, his brother Kotagiri Gopal Rao died on 6th November 2012. His elder brother took care of his family after their father's death. At that time Venkateshwara Rao was not interested in academics. He did not cont...
Gender:
Male
28. 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 Prize (FIPRESCI) was offered to him six times with great honour. For his work in Indian Cinema, he was h...
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
Age:
82
Gender:
Male
29. 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 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...
Age:
71
Gender:
Male
Skills:
30. G. V. Iyer
Internationally renowned film producer-director G. V. Iyer started his career as a stage artiste. He was born on September 3, 1917, in Nanjanagud (Mysore). This veteran film personality started his career as a stage artiste in 'Sadarame' drama in Mysore and later worked in the film field. In early stages of his career, he engaged himself as a poster writer and carpenter. Later, he had gone to act with several veteran actors both on stage and in the film field. After getting a chance as an actor, he turned producer and director.
He brought many film heroes to the limelight including Dr. Rajkumar and Narasimharaju. Over the years, he achieved international acclaim through his classic works of celluloid, which brought fame and awards for Indian cinema...
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
21-12-2003
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
31. Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja is a renowned film composer, known around the world for his finest works. With more than 5000 songs, he is known to be one of the best composers India has yet to produce. Ilaiyaraaja is also widely acknowledged as a songwriter, conductor, singer, and instrumentalist. Ilaiyaraaja’s works stand out particularly due to his talent for fusing traditional Indian instrumentation with symphonic orchestration.
He was also the first Asian to organize a full symphony performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London and became the first Indian to compose a complete symphony. He has won three for Best Music Direction and one for Best Background score. He had also received the Padma Bhushan, awarded by the Government of India.
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
Age:
80
Gender:
Male
32. S P Balasubrahmanyam
S P Balasubrahmanyam is still considered to be one among the best musicians in the past three decades, in spite of the surge of various new comers. This legendary singer is reputed for his intense voice, profound knowledge of music, and a style of singing which is appreciated even today. SPB, as he is fondly called, has given his voice for more than 30000 songs. His name is recorded in the Guiness Book of World Records for singing several songs in a short span of time. He has sung the most in Telugu, the next being Tamil. He has also given his beautiful voice for Sanskrit slokas.
Other than Telugu and Tamil SPB has sung in Hindi, Malayalam and Kannada too. SPB also tried his luck a...
Date of Death:
25-09-2020
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
Date of Death:
25-09-2020
Age:
77
Gender:
Male
33. Joy Mathew
Joy Mathew has various feathers to his cap; he is an actor, director, writer and a political persona. But he is very humble in this real life. Hailing from an upper-class Christian family he had his initial days in Kozhikode. He initially joined Pune Film Institute but later opted for post graduation in Mass Media and Journalism. But films always remained his passion.
Born on 20th September 1961, Joy Mathew hails from Challissery, Thrissur. Joy Mathew’s films reflect his childhood days and fervent association with left-wing politics. He believes in giving equal t...
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
Age:
62
Gender:
Male
34. Om Puri
Om Rajesh Puri is one of the widely noted senior actors in the Indian film industry and he was born on 18th October 1950 in Patiala, Punjab. He is one of the few Bollywood actors to act in mainstream commercial English movies. The alumnus of National School of Drama was also a classmate of renowned actor Naseeruddin Shah of the 1973 class.
He started his movie career in 1976 with the Marathi film ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ directed by K.Hariharan. The movie was based on a play with the same name and it got success both commercially and critically. His career graph saw the coming of critically acclaimed art films such as ‘Bhavni Bhavai’, ‘Sadga...
Age:
73
Gender:
Male
35. Manmohan Shetty
Manmohan Shetty, one of the famous Indian film producer and entrepreneur, was born in Mangalore. After his initial schooling in Mangalore he went to persue arts at Mumbai’s ‘Somaiya College’. Later he founded Adlabs Films Ltd., which has since then shaped into the country’s largest media and entertainment firms.
In 1976 Manmohan Shetty started his firm Adlabs Films as an advertising company. Soon this corporation ventured into processing feature films. The corporation produced films like Hip Hip Hurray, Holi, Chakra and many more. The firm also bagged, ‘National award’ for their technical contribution to Indian Cinema. The company was also behind launching India’s first and largest IMAX dome in 2001 at Wadal, Mumbai It was also in a big way, responsible for introducing multiplex culture in India.
H...
Gender:
Male
36. 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 the International Film Festival. Through this film Nihalani was considered to be a serious filmmaker...
Age:
83
Gender:
Male
37. Kundan Shah
Kundan Shah is an Indian director and scriptwriter known for his comedy cults such as the film “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” and the television series “Nukkad.” He obtained his Diploma in 1976 from the “Film and Television Institute of India” (FTII) in Pune, in direction. He started assisting Saeed Mirza on the sets of Albert Pinto Ko Gussa Kyon Aata Hai in 1980 and the following year he also assisted Robin Dharamraj in “Chakra.” Shah also created a documentary titled Vision of the Blind, for the Films Division of India, in ’81.
However, his breakthrough in the industry arrived in the name of “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro” which was his directorial debut and co-wrote the film alongside Satish Kaushik. Even t...
Age:
76
Gender:
Male
38. Ram Mohan
Ram Mohan is an Indian Film producer who was born on 21 May 1969. He has produced a few Telugu movies namely ‘Ashta Chamma’, ‘Golconda High School’ and ‘Uyyala Jampala’. He has studied at IIT and IIM and has worked in a Senior Management role in the production houses like Suresh Productions and UTV. However he had released the movies ‘Ashta Chamma’ and ‘Golconda High School’ under his production house ‘Art Beat Capital Pvt Ltd’
His other movie ‘Uyyala Jampala’ which stars Raj Tarun and Avika Gor in the lead roles has been produced under ‘Sunshine Cinemas PvtLtd’ which is a Telugu movie production house formed in the year 2012 and Akkineni Nagarjuna’s Annapurna Studios. This movie was release in the year 2013 and was declared as a hit. It also received good reviews and was marked as a good family entertainer and a romantic m...
Age:
54
Gender:
Male
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39. S. P. Ramanathan
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