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Hindi Awards 8th National Film Awards - Cast & Crew

1. YR Swamy


26-02-2022/yr-swamy.jpg Y.R. Swamy was an Indian director and screenwriter. He made films in the Kannada cinema. He almost gave his 35 years to the Kannada cinema. He was born in 1927 in Chitradurga, Karnataka. His adopted father was Hanumappa Muniappa Reddy, a famous Indian filmmaker. During his active years in the Kannada cinema, he directed more than 35 films. Y.R. Swamy...
Date of Birth: 1927
Date of Death: 21-10-2002
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1927
Date of Death: 21-10-2002
Gender: Male
Language: Kannada

2. M. S. Shinde


m/0/0/s/0/0/m.-s.-shinde.png Madhav S Shinde known as M.S Shinde was born on 1929 in British India. His wife name was Prafula Shinde. He was a film editor in the Bollywood film industry and has edited around 100 films in his career. The most popular film in which he has worked as an editor is Sholay which was released in the year 1975....
Date of Birth: 1929
Date of Death: 28-09-2012
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1929
Date of Death: 28-09-2012
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Editor

3. Trivikrama Rao


26-02-2022/trivikrama-rao.jpg Trivikrama Rao is the brother of N. T. Rama Rao (Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh). Trivikrama Rao is an Indian film producer and director in the Telugu film industry. He worked as a screenwriter as well. Rao co-produced forty feature films Trivikrama Rao was co-owner of National Art Theatre Madras. He also produced twenty films under Vijay Lakshmi Art...
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director, Producer

4. Nemai Ghosh


26-02-2022/nemai-ghosh.jpg Nemai Ghosh is an Indian photographer mostly known for working with Satyajit Ray. He was born on the 8th of May 1934 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He started his career as an actor in theatres in Kolkata with actor-director Utpal Dutt. He acted in a play called Angar (1959) about the exploitation of coal miners. His story of...
Date of Birth: 08-05-1934
Date of Death: 25-03-2020
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 08-05-1934
Date of Death: 25-03-2020
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Photographer

5. Manhar Raskapur


15-11-2021/manhar-raskapur.jpg Manhar Rangildas Raskapur was an Indian film director best known for his Gujarati films. He was born in Surat, Gujarat, India, in 1922. Before entering the film profession, he completed first year of college. Jogidas Khuman was the first movie, which he recreated twice. During the 1940s, he was the only person who constantly created Gujarati films, together with his...
Date of Birth: 08-05-1922
Date of Death: 14-02-1980
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Gujarati
Skills:
Date of Birth: 08-05-1922
Date of Death: 14-02-1980
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Gujarati
Skills: Director

6. Dinkar D Patil


10-11-2021/dinkar-d-patil.gif Dinkar D. Patil was born on 6 November 1915 in the village Benadi near Kolhapur in Bombay state; he passed away at 89 in Kolhapur....
Date of Birth: 06-11-1915
Date of Death: 21-03-2005
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
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Date of Birth: 06-11-1915
Date of Death: 21-03-2005
Star Sign: Scorpio
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills: Writer, Director

7. Ram Gabale


05-01-2021/ram-gabale.jpg Ram Gabale is an Indian director who worked for the Marathi film industry. He is famous for several social documentaries, children’s films, and television series. Gabale is originally from Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and shifted to Mumbai and started working with Rajkamal Studios....
Date of Birth: 1924
Date of Death: 09-01-2009
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1924
Date of Death: 09-01-2009
Gender: Male
Language: Marathi
Skills: Director

8. Rajen Tarafdar


04-01-2021/rajen-tarafdar.jpg Rajen Tarafdar was a screenplay writer, director, and actor in the Indian Film Industry. He was born in 1917 in British India in the province of Bengal. He studied for a Bachelor’s degree in Popular Arts from the Government College of Art and Crafts in Kolkata. Initially, he worked in an advertising agency as a graphic designer. He entered the...
Date of Birth: 07-07-1917
Date of Death: 23-11-1987
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-07-1917
Date of Death: 23-11-1987
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills: Director

9. Radhu Karmakar


21-10-2020/radhu-karmakar.jpg   Radhu Karmakar was a cinematographer and director of great repute. His claim to fame in Bollywood was his beautiful night sequence photography and high contrast lighting. He has worked with numerous luminaries. His long-term association with Raj Kapoor and R.K. Films is something about which almost everyone knows. He was born in Dhaka on 3rd June1919. In the film industry,...
Date of Birth: 1919
Date of Death: 05-10-1993
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 1919
Date of Death: 05-10-1993
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

10. Tapan Sinha


15-10-2020/tapan-sinha.jpg   Tapan Sinha, one of the foremost Indian directors of his time was born on 2nd October 1924 and died on 15th January. 2009.He formed the legendary quartet with Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, and Mrinal Sen. Being primarily a Bengali filmmaker, he worked in both Hindi Cinema and Bengali Cinema, making films including Kabuli Wala, Louha Kapat, Sagina Mahato, Apanjan,Kshudhita Pashan,...
Date of Birth: 02-10-1924
Date of Death: 15-01-2009
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-10-1924
Date of Death: 15-01-2009
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

11. 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

12. Kamalakara Kameswara Rao


10-04-2017/kamalakara-kameswara-rao.png Kamalakara Kameswara Rao is an acclaimed and noted director of 1950-1960’s classic movie era. Pictures related to our mythology bounce into the theaters rarely nowadays. But once upon a time, there were few Telugu movie makers, skilled technicians, and scriptwriters who put so much of their life into making mythological movies....
Date of Birth: 14-10-1911
Date of Death: 29-06-1998
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-10-1911
Date of Death: 29-06-1998
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Telugu
Skills: Director

13. R Krishnan


r/0/k/r/i/s/r-krishnan.png R Krishnan is one among the acclaimed directors in Tamil Cinema during the 40s to 80s. Krishnan was born on 18th July 1909 in Chennai. He is one among the popular duo Krishnan – Panju. He started his career as a lab in charge of Kandhan Studios, which was later renamed as Pakshiraja Studios. The studio was in Coimbatore. Both...
Date of Birth: 18-07-1909
Date of Death: 17-07-1997
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
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Date of Birth: 18-07-1909
Date of Death: 17-07-1997
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Director

14. A. Bhimsingh


a/0/0/b/h/i/a.-bhimsingh.png Born on October 15, 1924, in Rayalacheruvu, Andhra Pradesh, A. Bhimsingh was an Indian movie producer, editor, maker, and author who worked  in the Tamil cinema. He got hitched to Sona, who was the sister of Krishnan, in 1949. One of his eight kids, B. Lenin turned out to film editorial manager, and another child, B. Kannan is a cinematographer,...
Date of Birth: 15-10-1924
Date of Death: 16-01-1978
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills:
Date of Birth: 15-10-1924
Date of Death: 16-01-1978
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
Skills: Director

15. S Panju


s/0/p/a/n/j/s-panju.png S Panju is the popular film director and he is always referred with his partner “R Krishnan” as Krishnan – Panju. Panju was born on 24th January 1915 in Umayalpuram in Kumbakonam. His birth name was Panchapakesan. Born in a Brahmin community, Panju was against the communal indifference and denied wearing the holy rope, worn by the Brahmins. Krishnan and...
Date of Birth: 24-01-1915
Date of Death: 06-04-1984
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil
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Date of Birth: 24-01-1915
Date of Death: 06-04-1984
Star Sign: Aquarius
Gender: Male
Language: Tamil

16. K. Asif


k/0/0/a/s/i/k.-asif.png Karimuddin Asif famously known as K Asif was a film producer, director, and screenwriter in the Hindi film industry. He was known for his directorial work in the Hindi epic motion picture, Mughal-e-Azam (1960). He was born as Asif Karim to Dr.Fazal Karim and Bibi Ghulam Fatima on 14 June 1924 in Etawah, United Province. He moved to Bombay at...
Date of Birth: 14-06-1922
Date of Death: 09-03-1971
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 14-06-1922
Date of Death: 09-03-1971
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

17. Baldev Raj Chopra


Baldev-RajChopra.jpg Baldev Chopra had faced a lot of problems in his early career. He had to leave his home place, Lahore after riots broke out at the time of independence. He was working on his new production with a story by I.S Johar but had to abandon it because of the ensuing ruckus. He was born in Ludhiana and studied at...
Date of Birth: 22-04-1914
Date of Death: 05-11-2008
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 22-04-1914
Date of Death: 05-11-2008
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills: Director

18. Khwaja Ahmad Abbas


k/h/w/a/j/a/khwaja-ahmad-abbas.png Khwaja Ahmad Abbas was also well-known as K. A. Abbas. Abbas was an Indian screenwriter, film director and novelist. He had also served as a Hindi, Urdu, English journalist. He has widely contributed to the most popular Hindi movies like Do Boond Pani, Saat Hindustani, Shehar Aur Sapna, Pardesi His movie were widely appreciated by everyone and hence he was...
Date of Birth: 07-06-1914
Date of Death: 01-06-1987
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 07-06-1914
Date of Death: 01-06-1987
Star Sign: Gemini
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

19. Satyajit Ray


satyajit-ray.png 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...
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali
Skills:
Date of Birth: 02-05-1921
Date of Death: 23-04-1992
Star Sign: Taurus
Gender: Male
Language: Bengali

20. Hrishikesh Mukherjee


19-04-2017/hrishikesh-mukherjee.png Hrishikesh Mukherjee is a film director, writer and producer in Bollywood. He is well known for giving a facelift to the career of Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Rekha and Rajesh Khanna.  Hrishikesh was born in Calcutta on 30 September 1922. He began his career as an editor and assistant director under Bimal Roy. Much earlier, he was associated with Calcutta’s...
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 30-09-1922
Date of Death: 27-08-2006
Star Sign: Libra
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi

21. Rajendra Kumar


07-03-2017/rajendra-kumar.png Born on 20 July 1929, Rajendra Kumar is a Bollywood actor. He entered the film industry during the year 1950. He worked in over 80 movies in his career of 40 years. The 1960s were favorable for him, since he was highly successful during that period....
Date of Birth: 20-07-1929
Date of Death: 12-07-1999
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi
Skills:
Date of Birth: 20-07-1929
Date of Death: 12-07-1999
Star Sign: Cancer
Gender: Male
Language: Hindi