Frame to Frame
¤ Satyajit Ray's Aparajito won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.
¤ Chidananda Das Gupta, Satyajit Ray and others started the Indian Film Quarterly.
¤ Khawaja Ahmad Abbas made the first Indo-Soviet co-production Pardesi.
¤ Mehboob released Mother India which was the re-make of his earlier film Aurat.
¤ Vijay Anand made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah.
¤ Death of film-maker Amiya Chakraborty and comedian Gope.