1. Asha Bhosle
Asha is considered to be the second greatest female vocalist in India, second to only her sister the great Lata Mangeshkar. Born on September 8th 1933 in Maharashtra to Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, a classical singer and actor. Her father passed away when Asha was only 10 and she and her sister began to sing from an early age to support their family. Asha had a big family with 4 sisters, including Asha, and one brother.
Asha made her debut at the age of 10 in 1943. She got a break to sing for a Marathi film, Majha Bal, and provided her vocals for the song "Chala Chala Nav Bala”. Her first song in Bollywood was “Saawan Aaya” for Chunariya in 1948. Asha began to work for various ran...
Age:
90
Gender:
Female
2. Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha is a legendary actress of Bollywood fame, having acted in a number of Hindi movies, several Bengali movies and even a Nepali movie as well. Born to ethnic Nepali parents in Calcutta of British India on November 11th 1936, she was named Alda but her name has been changed to suit the Bollywood, the then Bombay Cinema world. (Actually, it was said that she was teased at school with the then famous cooking oil ‘Dalda’, and hence the name change.) All through the 50s, 60s, and the 70s, she has entertained her huge fan base with her beauty and acting talent. She is a Scorpio and is 157 cm (5’2”) tall. Mala Sinha has married her husband Chidambar Prasad Lohani in the year 1968 and they ha...
Age:
87
Gender:
Female
3. Indrani Mukherjee
Indrani Mukherjee appeared in Hindi cinema during the 60s and 70s. She made memorable performances in film that include Usne Kaha Tha, Parvarish, Aakhri Khat, Des Pardes and Dharam Veer. She also acted in Marathi films, including Apradh. Her role in Aakhri Khat, opposite Rajesh Khanna, is lovingly remembered, even nowadays. Indrani had tasted success in a beauty competition during the year 1959. Then it was her mother who was instrumental in making her an actress;she introduced her to Bimal Roy. Indrani was given a screen test, and Indrani, as determined as she is, cried naturally in a scene for what she was asked to. The result was heartening; she cleared the...
Gender:
Female
4. Leela Chitnis
Leela Chitnis was an Indian actress, who is known for her films from the years the 1930s to 1980s. Though she played lead roles as a romantic actress, she is notable for her roles as virtuous mother of the leading actors in films. Leela was born in the Dharwad district of Karnataka. Her father was a professor of the English Literature. She is known to be the first actress who was educated. After her graduation, she joined a progressive theatre group named Natyamanwantar, which produced many plays in the Marathi language.
The theatre group's plays were mostly liked by the Norwegian director and poet, Henrik Johan Ibsen, Irish polemicist, playwright and critic named Geor...
Age:
114
Gender:
Female
5. Nirupa Roy
Nirupa Roy had acted in over 100 films as a heroine in her career but later got crowned as ‘unforgettable mother’ for portraying Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in his every film. She acted as Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor’s mother in Deewar, which was rejected by Vyjayanthimala. She performed the mother role in ‘Deewar’ with a complete control of her emotion which fetched her award and even praise.
Otherwise, this actress has acted in many mythological movies in past and even crafted those roles in an acute manner that audiences felt she was not just the reel goddess but a real goddess. She also appeared in social films with Balraj Sahni...
Age:
93
Gender:
Female
6. Yash Chopra
Film maker Yash Chopra is recognized as the ‘king of romance’ in Indian cinema for directing films like kabhie Kabhie. Daag, Noorie, Silsila, Darr, Chandni, Lamhe, Dil To Pagal Hai, etc. Earlier, he made some serious and social films like Dhool Ka Phool, Waqt, Dharmputra, and Ittefaq, etc. He was a trendsetter as a filmmaker. Yash Chopra gave Bollywood the angry young man Amitabh Bachchan and even crafted career of another superstar Shahrukh Khan.
During the early times of his career, Yash Chopra worked as an assistant to the director I.S. Johar and his sibling B.R. Chopra. He got his first break as a director in B.R. Chopra’s film Dhool Ka Phool. It was ...
Age:
91
Gender:
Male
7. Baldev Raj Chopra
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 the University of Punjab in Lahore. He received an M.A there. There was a monthly magazine about films called Cine Herald. He worked as a journalist there at the start of his career and took over it and ran it until 1947. India was partitioned into India and Pakistan after peace prevailed, and he moved to Delhi in 1947. His first successful production, Karwat, in 1948, turned out to be a flop at the box off...
Age:
110
Gender:
Male
8. Akhtar Ul Iman
Akhtar ul Iman was born on 12 November 1915 and was a famous Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who made a significant contribution to modern Urdu nazm. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in Urdu in 1962, for his collection of poems, Yadein (Memories), by Sahitya Akademi. He was born on November 12th, 1915, in Qila Patthargarh, Najibabad, Bijnor district in Uttar Pradesh. He was raised in an orphanage. He received his first education in Bijnor, where he met the poet and scholar Khurshid ul Islam, who taught at Aligarh Muslim University and had a long-standing relationship with Ralph Russell. He graduated from Zakir Husain College at the University of Delhi and completed his Master's degree in Urdu at Aligarh Muslim Uni...
Age:
108
Gender:
Male
9. Dharam Chopra
Dharam Chopra was a Hindi cinematographer, camera assistant, and photographer. He was born on August 24, 1924. He is also known as D. R. Chopra. His brother is B. R. Chopra. He worked as a Cinematographer in many films, namely Dhool Ka Phool in the year 1959, Dharmputra in the year 1961, Dil Hi To Hai in the year 1963, Waqt in the year 1965, Dastaan in 1972, Dhund in 1973, 36 Ghante in 1974, Zameer in 1975, Amaanat in 1977, The Burning Train, and Insaf Ka Tarazu in 1980, Nikaah in the year 1982, Mazdoor, and Dharti Aakash in 1983, Tawaif in the year 1985, Dahleez in 1986, Avam in 1987, a television series Mahabharat in 1988, Kal Ki Awaz in the year 1992, and Jhansi Ki Rani in 1995.
He also worked as an assistant camera operator i...
Gender:
Male
Gender:
Male
10. Mahendra Kapoor
Mahendra Kapoor was a playback singer in 1960’s, and he became popular for singing songs for music composers like O P Nayyar and Ravi. He was inspired by singers like Mohammed Rafi and even Mohammed Rafi congratulated him many times for the quality of his voice; Rafi found Mahendra’s voice a bit classical. Overall, the singer has sung 2,500 songs in various Indian languages. He was noticed for singing in every movie of B.R.Chopra and their association continued till the release of NIkkah.
The singer shot to fame and popularity with songs such as 'Chalo Ek Baar Phir Se Ajnabi Ban Jayen Hum Dono' (Gumrah), and 'Neele Gagan Ke Tale' (Ha...
Age:
90
Gender:
Male
11. Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor, a name that needs no introduction, is the son of Prithviraj Kapoor and brother of Raj and Shammi Kapoor, who are considered the legends in the Hindi film industry. Shashi Kapoor was born on 18th March 1938 in Calcutta. He is a producer, actor and a director who initially worked as the assistant director for the movies like ‘post box 999, guest house and Shriman Satyawadi’. His presence was although noticed in the movie ‘Dharamputra’ (1961) in which he played the lead role for the first time; Shashi Kapoor had entered the industry long before that when he acted as the child artist during 1940’s. He did 116 films in his entire career with almost every big...
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
12. Rajendra Kumar
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.
Rajendra Kumar was not inclined towards playing hero roles and hence, he started his film career as an assistant director. After having tried his luck as an assistant director to H. S. Rawail, he took up acting. The film, ‘Jogan’, established Rajendra Kumar as a star to reckon with. He acted in a supporting role in ‘Mother India’, and the film was a huge success.
The film, ‘Ghooj Uthi Shehnai’, showcased his romantic acting ...
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
Age:
94
Gender:
Male
13. Deven Verma
Deven Verma was born on 23rd October 1937 in Pune of Maharashtra state. He got married to Rupa Verma and he was a promising actor of Bollywood film industry and television industry. He later graduated to a prominent director cum producer. He gained a lot of fan followers who were ardent fans of him. He got passed away on 2nd December 2014 in Pune. He was best known as a comedian and he grabbed Filmfare awards for the movies like Angoor, Chori Mera Kaam, and Chor Ke Ghar Chor. He also ventured into Bhojpuri and Marathi movies.
He was a great celebrity of the Bollywood film industry. He always did performance oriented scripts and acted quite well. He acted in more than fifty...
Age:
86
Gender:
Male
14. Jagdish Raj Khurana
Jagdish Raj Khurana has the distinction of enacting the role of a police cop in 144 films. Born on 1928, he holds the Guinness World Record for this feat. Being born in Sargodha, which is currently situated in Pakistan, Jagdish was indeed a unreckonable onscreen police cop. Jagdish Raj is blessed with one son and two daughters; Anita Raj, one of his daughters, had also tested waters in Bollywood. Jagdish kickstarted his film career in the year 1955 with the film Seema wherein he enacted the role of a doctor. The 1956 flick CID was the first film where Jagdish played the role of a cop. He has worked in around 260 flicks.
15. Manmohan Krishna
Manmohan Krishna was born on 11th August 1921 in Lahore, Punjab in the British occupied India. He is considered as one of the greatest character actors in Bollywood history. Manmohan is a true icon, and one of the most beloved celebrity ever. Manmohan, growing up was a brilliant student. He joined the Bollywood industry quite late.
During his college days, Manmohan would do stage shows, skits, theatre and arts and he was also the editor of his college newspaper. Upon completing his Msc. In Physics, Manmohan started working as a professor in a college. He always had a desire to work in radio. During his days as a professor he was always looking for ways to enter the radio industry.
He then left his job and went to Mumbai t...
Age:
102
Gender:
Male
16. 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
17. Pran Mehra
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