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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1948
Important Events Dev Anand delivers his first hit with Ziddi, and remains at the top for more than thirty years. S.S. Vasan’s lavish costume drama Chandralekha becomes the first Madras-produced success in Hindi Cinema. Prolific filmmaker and actor Raj Kapoor sets up R.K. Studios.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1947
Important Events Indian cinema’s most influential icon Lata Mangeshkar, sings her first Hindi song Pa lagoon kar jori in the film Aap ki Sewa Mein. Vijay Bhatt’s Ram Rajya, A.R. Kardar’s Shah Jehan and V. Shantaram’s Dr Kotnis Ki Amar Kahani are shown at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, Canada. Deaths K.L. Saigal (actor/singer), ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1946
Important Events Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar is shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Noor Jehan’s career reaches her peak in India with the superhit Anmol Ghadi (1946).
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1945
Important Events Control on the distribution of raw film stock is removed. Noor Jehan, Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar are cast together in Badi Maa (1945).
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1944
Births Saira Bano (actress) - 23rd August 1944 Deaths Dadasaheb Phalke, the father of the Indian film industry, who had released India’s first film, Raja Harishchandra (1913), passes away.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1943
Important Events Government imposes control on the supply of raw film. India’s first certified blockbuster Kismet opens and runs for four interrupted years in a theater in Calcutta. Debuts Nargis appears as the leading lady for the first time in Taqdeer (1943) at the tender age of 12. She is cast opposite the popular hero ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1942
Important Events Shortage in raw film and equipment restricts the length of film to conserve stock for war propasganda films. Filmistan Studio, a rival to Bombay Talkies, is set up by Shashadhar Mukherjee, Gyan Mukherjee, Rai Bahadur Chunilal and Ashok Kumar. Directors V. Shantaram, Mehboob Khan and A.R. Kardar set up their independent production units. ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1940
Important Events The Film Advisory Board in set up in Bombay. Deaths Himanshu Rai, founder of Bombay Talkies, passes away.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1938
Important Events The Indian film industry celebrates its Silver Jubilee.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1937
Important Events The Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association is founded in Bombay. Ardeshir Irani of the Imperial Film Company releases the first color film, Kisan Kanya.
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