History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ 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.
Naya Daur: B R Chopra
Dilip Kumar, Vyajayantimala, Ajit
Asha: M V Raman
Kishore Kumar, Vyajayantimala
Bhabhi: Krishnan-Panju
Balraj Sahni, Nanda
Mother India: Mehboob
Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajkumar, Dilip Kumar
Pyaasa: Guru Dutt
Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha
Tumsa Nahin Dekha: Nasir Hussain
Shammi Kapoor, Amita
Zara Samne To Aao : Janam Janam Ke Fere
Lata Mangeshkar
Hamse Aaya Na Gaya : Dekh Kabira Roya
Talat Mahmood
Ude Jab Jab Julfen Teri : Naya Daur
Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle
Aankhon me Kya Ji : Nau Do Gyarah
Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
Jane Wo Kaise Log The : Pyaasa
Hemant Kumar
Mana Janab Ne Pukara Nahi : Paying Guest
Kishore Kumar
Total Films Released : 293
Hindi : 115 Bengali : 55 Tamil : 45
Telugu : 36 Marathi: 14 Others: 28
Gope
He is one of the best comedians of Indian cinema. He started his career in 1933 with the film Insaan Ya Shaitaan. He acted in over 140 films. His popularity assured him of being mentioned in the credit roll of films along with the main cast. He formed a popular comic pairing with Yakub, in the "Laurel-and-Hardy" style, and the producers used them in several films. He died in 1957.
Keshto Mukherjee
He shares a special place in our hearts for his perfect drunken acts. He debuted with Bimal Roy's Musafir in 1957. He's known for his straight face dialog delivery. With 1970's Maa Aur Mamta, he gained popularity as a drunkard. Who can forget his portrayal in Chupke Chupke, Golmaal, Pratiggya, Sholay etc. He was a teetotalar in his real life. He acted in over 100 films inhis career. He died in 1982.
