Down The Years

1958

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¤ Mother India won an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film and lost to Fellini's Nights of Caberia by a solitary vote.

¤ Nargis won Best Actress for the film at Karlovy Vary Festival.

¤ Do Aankhen Barah Haath won the President's Gold Medal for Best Feature of 1957.

¤ Do Aankhen Barah Haath won a Silver Bear at Berlin and the Samuel Goldwyn Award for Best foreign film.

¤ Death of D. N. Sampat, founder of Kohinoor Talkies and character artist Yaqoob who acted in more than two hundred silent films.

Popular Films

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi: Satyen Bose
Ashok Kumar, Anup Kumar, Kishore Kumar

Dilli Ka Thug: S D Narang
Kishore Kumar, Nutan

Ghar Sansaar: V M Vyas
Balraj Sahani, Nargis

Kala Pani: Raj Khosla
Dev Anand, Madhubala, Nalini Jaywant

Madhumati: Bimal Roy
Dilip Kumar, Vyajayantimala

Saadhna: B R Chopra
Sunil Dutt, Vyajayantimala

Popular Songs

Dekh Hamen Aawaz Na Dena : Amardeep
Asha Bhosle, Mohd. Rafi

Hum Bekhudi Me Tumko : Kala Pani
Mohd. Rafi

Ek Ladki Bhigi Bhagi Si : Chalti Ka Naam Gadi
Kishore Kumar

Suhana Safar Aur Ye Mausam : Madhumati
Mukesh

Ye Mera Diwanapan Hai : Yahudi
Mukesh

Aaiye Meherbaan : Howrah Bridge
Asha Bhosle

Films Released

Total Films Released : 294
Hindi : 114 Bengali : 45 Tamil : 61
Telugu : 36 Marathi: 16 Others: 22

Yaqub
Yaqub, known for his villainous roles, started his film career in 1925 with Bajirao Mastani. He later did comic roles as well. His comic pairing with Gope and Agha was well liked by the audiences, and this caused the film-makers to use their combination in several films, such as, Sagai, Patanga and Beqasoor. He appeared in over 100 films. He died in 1958.