History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Silver Jubilee of the Indian Talkie (1931-56) celebrated in Bombay.
¤ Mukesh's Anuraag bombed at box office. This affected his singing at large. Manna Dey got the chance to sing for Raj Kapoor in Chori Chori.
¤ Pather Panchali won Best Human Document award at Cannes.
¤ Dilip Kumar came in news when he declared publicly that he loves Madhubala.
¤ Jaagte Raho awarded in Karlovi Vary Film Festival.
Chori Chori: Anant Thakur
Raj Kapoor, Nargis, Pran
New Delhi: Mohan Sehgal
Dilip Kumar, Vyajayantimala
C I D: Raj Khosla
Dev Anand, Johnny Walker, Shakila
Bhai Bhai: M V Raman
Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar, Nimmi
Fantoosh: Chetan Anand
Dev Anand, Shila Ramani
Naya Andaaz: K Amarnath
Kishore Kumar, Mina Kumari, Pran, Kumkum
Ye Raat Bhigi Bhigi : Chori Chori
Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
Zindagi Khaab Hai : Jaagte Raho
Mukesh
Meri Neendon Me Tum : Naya Andaaz
Kishore Kumar, Shamshad Begum
Aankhon Hi Aankhon Me : C I D
Geeta Dutt, Mohd. Rafi
Saanware Salone aaye Din : Ek Hi Raasta
Hemant Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Mera Naam Abdul Rehman : Bhai Bhai
Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
Total Films Released : 295
Hindi : 122 Bengali : 54 Tamil : 51
Telugu : 27 Marathi: 13 Others: 28
Chic Choclate
He was a Goan trumpeter who led a Jazz band at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Bombay and was one of Bombay’s best known jazz musicians. He composed music for only three films, Naadan, Rangeeli & Kar Bhala. His real name was Antonio Xavier Vaz. He was an exceptional Goan Catholic musician. He worked with C Ramchandra. He died at the age of 55, in May, 1967, at Mumbai.
Mehmood
Mehmood, son of stage actor/dancer Mumtaz Ali, is known as one of the greatest comedian of Indian films. In 1956, he seriously, opted films as his career. He worked in over 100 films. Due to his immense popularity, there was a time when leading actors were afraid of sharing the screen with him. He gave major breaks to composer R D Burman, Rajesh Roshan and actor Amitabh Bachchan. Noted singer Lucky Ali is one of his sons.
