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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1981
Important Events Legendary playback singer Shamshad Begum sings her last songs for music director Prem Dhawan for Ganga Maan Rahi Balidan (1981) before settling for a retired life in Mumbai. Debuts Sanjay Dutt, son of actress Nargis and actor Sunil Dutt, debuts in the highly anticipated Rocky. It is a great commercial success. Deaths Legendary ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1980
Important Events Actress Hema Malini becomes Dharmendra’s second wife. Deaths Playback singer Mohammad Rafi, whose golden voice graced scores of Bollywood films, passes away on July 31st, 1980. Sahir Ludhianvi, lyricist for films like Pyaasa (1957) and Hum Dono (1961), passes away on 25th October, 1980.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1978
Debuts Tina Munim in Des Pardes (1978)
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1976
Important Events Emergency is declared by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in June, 1975 which results in strict censorship of films – Kissa Kursi Ka (1976), a political satire directed by Amrit Nahata, is destroyed. Deaths Legendary playback singer and voice of Raj Kapoor dies on 27th August, 1976.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1975
Important Events Ramesh Sippy’s Sholay breaks all records at the box-office and becomes the moat important Hindi commercial film. The record-breaking mythological Jai Santoshi Maa is released. Deaths Music composer and director S.D. Burman passes away on 31st October 1975.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1973
Important Events India’s biggest star ever Amitabh Bachchan explodes on screen in Zanjeer. Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri get married. Raj Kapoor’s Bobby ushers in the era of the teenage love stories. Heart-throb Rajesh Khanna marries teen-sensation Dimple Kapadia from Bobby who, at 16, is 15 years younger than Khanna. Shyam Benegal’s Ankur spearheads the ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1972
Important Events Chitralekha Co Op, the first co-operative started by film technicians, starts production with Adoor Gopalakrishnan’s Swayamvaram. More than 90% of Hindi films switch over to color. Deaths Meena Kumari passes away on 31st March, 1972 few days after the release of her best-known work, Pakeezah. Prithviraj Kapoor, founder of India’s first film family, ...
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