1. Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar, the veteran playback singer, had formal training in music from her father. Her father ran a theater company in Mumbai, where she began to learn music with her father's grudging approval, and with whom she also sang a song. As her father was a conservative man, film music was not appreciated at her home. After the theater company was auctioned, her father died, and she assumed the financial responsibility by becoming an actress, first in Marathi and later in Hindi cinema, but in acting, she did not click. Later she surprised everyone with one of her solo number (Aayega Aanewaala) from the movie Mahal released in 1949. The song was screened on Madhubala...
Age:
94
Gender:
Female
2. Bela Bose
Bela Bose was a productive dancer and star in Hindi cinemas during the era of the 1960s and 70s. She was one of the famous dancers in Hindi movies along with Aruna Irani and Helen. She began her career as a schoolgirl as a crowd dancer in movies to help raise her family after her father's demise. She chose up more flicks after she completed her schooling. Most of her characters were as glamorous actresses. Her first performance was in Sautela Bhai in the year 1962 alongside Guru Dutt at age 17.
She sharpened her acting talents performing in Bengali plays. Her occupation consisted of more than 150 movies. Her top period was between 1961 and 1966. In the movie Hawa Mahal...
Gender:
Female
3. Mridula Rani
Bio coming soon......
Gender:
Female
4. Lekh Tandon
Lekh Tandon is primarily an Indian director but has played a few roles in films as well. He was born on 13 February 1929 in Lahore (British India). He completed his schooling from Khalsa High School, Lyalpur. His father’s friendship with Prithviraj Kapoor proved to be a fortunate thing for Lekh’s career. On a holiday to Bombay, he stayed with Kapoor and toured the studios. This experience with Kapoor inspired him to make his career in the industry. He started as a cameraman under V.N. Reddy and later became an assistant director to Kidar Sharma. The turning point in Lekh’s career came when F.C. Mehra gave him the chance to direct ‘Professor,’ a family comedy starring Shammi Kapoo...
Age:
95
Gender:
Male
5. FC Mehra
Fakir Chand Mehra, the man behind Eagle Films label, was born on August 29, 1923, in Peshawar, British India (now Pakistan). He ended up playing a vital part in establishing the vast brand of conventional Hindi movies as a producer commencing in the mid-1950s. He came from a Hindu Pathan family and started his professional service in the Royal Indian Air Force as a field crew member. His whole household, consisting of his parents and nine siblings, relocated from Peshawar when he was deployed to Bombay.
As a youth Fakir Chand was a simple individual. When he saw a British officer engaging in some questionable behaviour, he apparently believed it was his responsibility to alert the service's senior. However, things d...
Age:
100
Gender:
Male
6. Dwarka Divecha
Dwarkadas Divecha was an Indian cinematographer born on 19th March; 1918 in Bombay (now Mumbai), India. He has worked in about 30 movies as a cameraman and cinematographer and won the Filmfare award for the Best Photographer in black and white for the film Yasmin. The film Sholay was unique for him because he was in charge of the special effects, and creation on the sets. It was a blockbuster and the audience was satisfied with his photography skills and encouraged him whole-heartedly. He performed in many films such as Sanjog, Ratan, Paras, Dastan, Yasmin, Chhoti Behan, Sasural, Amrapali, Lal Patthar, Trishna, and many more. He died on 5th January; 1978....
Age:
106
Gender:
Male
7. Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal was born on 4th of November in Vansada village, Gujarat. He belonged to a royal musician family, and his father was a court musician of the ruler of Dharampur. Before entering the music industry, he worked as a carpenter. This debonair musician wanted to be an actor, who was his prime motivation for moving to Mumbai. He even got the chance of acting in two films – ‘Shri 420’ (1955) & ‘Begunaah’ (1957). The popular song of that era ‘Aei Pyaase Dil Bezubaan’ from ‘Begunaah’ was picturised on him. Jaikishan was a great harmonium player. Initially, his mother trained him in classical music.
Later, he obtained music lessons from Sangeet Visharad W...
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
8. Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt was a great actor, director, producer, and politician. He was named Balraj Dutt at his birth on 6th of June, 1929, in Khurd village, Jhelum district, Punjab province, British India. His father departed from this world when Dutt was only five years old. His family moved to a small village called Mandauli in Yamuna Nagar district that is in Haryana after the Partition of India. After this, Dutt moved to Lucknow, where he spent time till he graduated.
After this, he moved to Bombay, joined Jai Hind College for his undergraduate studies and started working at the city’s BEST transport division. Sunil Dutt worked in the oldest radio station in South Asia called...
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
9. Baburao Pendharkar
Baburao Pendharkar is an Indian actor who was born on the 22nd of June 1896 at Kolhapur to Radha Bai and Dr. Gopal Pendharkar. He has a brother named Bhalji Pendharkar, who is a director, producer, and writer. He was married to Shree Kumidini and had two sons and two daughters. He has acted in about 68 movies, directed 5 of them and has also produced a few films.
His debut as an actor was in the year 1966 with the film named Amarapali directed by Lekh Tandon. Some of his other films are Sehra by V Shantaram, Shyamchi Aai written by Sane Guruji, Ghar Ki Rani directed by Master Vinayak, etc. He has also written the script for the movie named Udayakal....
Age:
127
Gender:
Male
Age:
127
Gender:
Male
10. Bipin Gupta
Bipin Gupta was an Indian Actor. He was born on 21st of August in the year 1905 in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. He died at the age of 76 on 9th September 1981. He has acted both in Bengali and Hindi cinema. He rose to fame in the 1930s. Some of his notable works are ‘Khilona’ in the year 1970, ‘Gharana’ in 1961, 1954’s ‘Jagriti’ and ‘Baiju Bawra’ in the year 1952. Bipin was the fifth child of Khemankari Devi and Trailokya Nath Gupta. They lived in Meerut initially but later moved to Barrackpore. He completed his education in Barrackpore Government High School and Chinsura Training school.
He later got married to Annapurna Devi. Bipin made his debut with the flick ‘Choker Bali&...
Age:
118
Gender:
Male
11. Gajanan Jagirdar
Gajanan Jagirdar was a veteran Indian screenwriter, film director as well as a prominent Hindi and Marathi cinema actor. He was born on April 2, 1907, in the Amravati city of the Amravati district in Central Provinces of British India. The Indian cinema saw the rise of Jagirdar from the years 1942 to 1947 as a film director alongside Prabhat Films. The veteran passed away on 13 August 1988 at the age of 81 in Bombay (now, Mumbai), Maharashtra in India. His first encounters with the Bollywood industry was as a child actor. Before making his way to the Indian film industry, Gajanan Jigardar was a teacher.
Jagirdar started making waves in the industry as a Scenarist and an assistant director before becoming a full-time movie directo...
Age:
117
Gender:
Male
12. Keshav Rana
Keshav Rana, also known as Keshav Singh Faizabadi, was an actor from Uttar Pradesh. He mostly played supporting roles in the Indian film industry and has been featured in more than 120 Hindi movies since the 1950s. Rana played a various role throughout his acting career, starting with Miss India in 1957. He then appeared in many well-known films such as Khota Paisa, Patang, China Town, Street Singer, Lal Patthar, Dus Numbri, Itni Si Baat, and many more that made his face familiar and easily recognizable to the audience. In 1966, he played an all-out villain in Dillagi. His best-known works include Mohobbat Zindagi Hai, Johny Mera Naam, and Don (1978). ...
Gender:
Male
13. Narendra Nath
Narendra Nath is one of the most iconic actors of yesteryear Bollywood cinema. He was born in the year 1935 in British ruled India. He was born to Kartar Nath Malhotra. Narendra is a close relative of the legendary Prithviraj Kapoor who was a prominent actor in the Indian Theatre and also in Hindi cinema. Narendra’s father was the younger brother of Prithviraj’s mother. Cinema was not something new to Narendra Nath. Narendra was born in Jabalpur, a village in Madhya Pradesh. He left for Mumbai to join Bollywood. Narendra Nath belongs to a family of actors and big names that ruled the Bollywood industry.
Narendra is the younger brother of Prem Nath who is consid...
14. Nazir Kashmiri
Nazir Kashmiri is one of the most popular actors in Hindi cinema. He has worked in over 100 films in the industry. His career started in 1941 and was extended to 2008 spanning 67 years of his career in the Indian cinema industry. Before moving to Bombay, he started his career back in Lahore. He acted in many Lahore Productions. After moving to Bombay, he joined Noor Jehan’s Production company. During the 1950s and 1960s, he appeared in various roles of a wide variety. He has worked in various movies by B.R.Chopra.
He started by doing a film in the year 1941, titled ‘Masoom’. After working in Masoom, he did ‘Chauringhee’ in 1942; ‘Fashion’ in 1943; ‘Bhaijan’, and ‘Zeenat&...
Gender:
Male
15. Zul Vellani
The 'Voice of an Era' is recognized as Zul Vellani. Vellani was a well-known commentator, actor, writer, and director who was known for his "honeyed and baritone" voice on the 731 Films Division documentaries and numerous newsreels. He is well-known for the films Black (2005), 1965 and 1989, among others. He was a multidimensional artist who wrote with style, talked in Hindi and English for radio and film and performed on stage and in films as both an actor and a director. He worked for well-known filmmakers and, he appeared in both short-long-form films, in Siddhartha by Conrad Rook (1972). He was mainly involved in the nation's theatre communities.
He was the most sought-after voice to narrate hundreds of ...
Gender:
Male
16. Pran Mehra
Bio coming soon......
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