History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Kagaz Ke Phool became India's first film in cinemascope.
¤ Federation of Film Societies formed with Satyajit Ray as President and Smt. Indira Gandhi as Vice President.
¤ Noor Jahan divorced her husband Shaukat Hussain and re-married to a young man Izaz Durrani.
¤ Nutan tied knot with Rajnish Behl on 11th October.
¤ Pather Panchali ran for over seven months at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse, New York and set a record for foreign films released in the United States.
Sujata: Bimal Roy
Sunil Dutt, Nutan
Anari: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Raj Kapoor, Nutan
Chhoti Bahan: L V Prasad
Nanda, Balraj Sahani
Dhool Ka Phool: Yash Chopra
Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha
Dil Deke Dekho: Nasir Hussain
Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh
Goonj Uthi Shehnai: Vijay Bhatt
Rajendra Kumar, Anita Guha
Sab Kuchh Seekha Humne : Anari
Mukesh
Ruk Ja O Janewali Ruk Ja : Chhalia
Mukesh
Waqt Ne Kiya Kya Haseen Sitam : Kagaz Ke Phool
Geeta Dutt
Tere Pyar Ka Aasra : Dhool Ka Phool
Mahendra Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar
Dhire Dhire Chal Chand : Love Marriage
Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
Jalte Hain Jiske Liye : Sujata
Talat Mahmood
Total Films Released : 304
Hindi : 115 Bengali : 38 Tamil : 78
Telugu : 47 Marathi: 9 Others: 17
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema, known for his films, Anari, Satyakam, Chupke Chupke, Anand, Abhimaan, Gol Maal, Aashirwad, Bawarchi, and Namak Haraam. He started his career as a cameraman with New Theatres, Calcutta. Apart from direction, he was quite adept in film editing as well. Hrishi da was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Government of India, in 1999.
