Frame to Frame
¤ First Bhojpuri film, Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaube, released.
¤ Satyajit Ray's first color film, Kanchenjunga, released.
¤ Indian Film Culture, the journal of the Federation of Film Societies of India is launched in Calcutta.
¤ Bengali film Dada Thakur bagged the national award for the best film.
¤ Radhakrishan, known for his comic roles dies.