History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Pather Panchali directed by Satyajit Ray had its world premier at Museum of Modern Art, New York.
¤ Festivals of Indian Cinema held in Beijing and London.
¤ Children Film society established.
¤ Sunil Dutt made his debut in films with Ramesh Sehgal's Railway Platform.
¤ Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali got the National Award for the best film.
¤ Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali, and Johnny Walker tied knot with Noor.
Shri 420: Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor, Nargis
Aazad: S M S Naidu
Dilip Kumar, Mina Kumari
Udan Khatola: S U Sanni
Dilip Kumar, Nimmi
Munim Ji: S Mukherjee
Dev Anand, Nalini Jaywant
Seema: Amiya Chakraborty
Balraj Sahani, Nutan
Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje: V Shantaram
Sandhya, Gopi Krishna
Kitna Haseen Hai Mausam : Aazad
Lata Mangeshkar, Chitalkar
Teri Duniya Me Jine Se : House No. 44
Hemant Kumar
Nain So Nain Nahi Milao : Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baje
Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Piya Piya Piya Mora Jiya : Baap re Baap
Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
Jiwan Ke Safar Me Rahi : Munim Ji
Kishore Kumar
Mera Joota Hai Japani : Shri 420
Mukesh
Total Films Released : 288
Hindi : 125 Bengali : 52 Tamil : 46
Telugu : 25 Marathi: 13 Others: 27
Sunil Dutt
Sunil Dutt, one of the finest actors of Indian cinema, debuted with Railway Platform in 1955. Before joining films he worked with Radio Ceylon. He starred in a no. of successful films such as Mother India, Sujata, Mujhe Jeeno Do, Khandan,Padosan, Waqt, Hamraaz etc. In 1958 he married actress Nargis. Actor Sanjay Dutt is their only son, other than two daughters, Priya and Namrata.
Enoch Daniels
He is known as a music arranger, composer and an excellent piano-accordian player. In 1955, he got his chance to perform with guitarist Van Shipley. He was the part of troupes that performed overseas alogside Talat Mahmood, Rafi, Kishore and Manna Dey. In 1957, Columbia records signed him as a solo artiste. He recorded 40 singles, 15 EPs and 18 LPs. In his career he worked with all the prominent music directors. Currently he resides in Pune.
