Frame to Frame
¤ Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome in Hindi became a trendsetter for low budget offbeat films.
¤ Shakti Samanta's Aradhana made Rajesh Khanna a superstar, and it also started the second phase of Kishore Kumar's film career. He became the voice of the youth.
¤ Death of actress Madhubala (February 22), actor Jagdish Sethi (June 12), film-maker Ardeshir Irani (October 14), S S Vasan and the first hero of Indian talkie Master Vitthal (Alam Ara).
¤ First Satyajit Ray retrospective held at the Cinematheque, Paris.