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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1962
Important Events Meena Kumari garners all the three Best Actress nominations for the Filmfare Best Actress Award: for Aarti, Main Chup Rahoongi and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, for which she really wins the award. The second International Film Festival is held in India. Births Salma Agha (actress/singer) - April 3rd, 1962
Lafangey Parindey (2010)
Whenever they say everything’s possible you should know it’s Bollywood they are talking about because yes literally everything is possible in that land. Lafangey Parindey, directed by Pradeep Sarkar and produced by Aditya Chopra is another Bollywood movie which proves the stated fact. The plot of Lafangey Parindey takes us into the lives of Nandu ...
We Are Family (2010)
It’s Sidharth Malhotra’s directorial debut but We Are Family (WAF) reeks of Joharism in every single frame of the film. This family has all the essential values of an A-class Bollywood production: A-list casting (Kajol, Kareena Kapoor and Arjun Rampal), foreign locales (Sydney), the NRI (non-resident Indian) angle and the ever-important disco track (a brilliantly ...
Bollywood – Stars send out Eid, Ganesh Chaturthi greetings
With Eid and Ganesh Chaturthi falling on the same day, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan and Shammi Kapoor sent out their greetings online Saturday and wished for peace and togetherness among communities at all times. “Two festivals, two faiths, two celebrations. One day, one belief. Peace, friendship, togetherness always,” Amitabh Bachchan posted on his Twitter ...
Bollywood – Emraan Hashmi back to locking lips on screen
Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi is back doing what he does best — kissing. And this time, he has gone a step further by locking lips with a foreign actress in his upcoming film Crook-It‘s good to be bad. Emraan has earlier locked lips with most of his co-stars like Mallika Sherawat, Udita Goswami, Kangana Ranaut ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1960
Important Events Kishore Kumar, actor as well as playback singer, weds the beautiful actress Madhubala, who immortalized the courtesan Anarkali in K. Asif’s hit film, Mughal-e-Azam, released the same year. The Film Finance Corporation, later to become National Film Dvelopment Corporation (NFDC) is founded. The Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) is set up ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1959
Important Events Bollywood’s first film in Cinemascope, Kaagaz Ke Phool, is released. Filmfare Awards Best Film WINNER Madhumati: Bimal Roy Best Actor WINNER Kalapani: Dev Anand Best Actress WINNER Sadhna: Vyjayanthimala Best Supporting Actor WINNER Madhumati: Johnny Walker Best Supporting Actress WINNER Kala pani: Nalini Jaywant Best Director WINNER Madhumati: Bimal Roy Best Music Director ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1958
Important Events The Indian Copyright Act comes into force. V. Shantaram’s Do Aankhen Bara Haath wins the President’s Gold Medal, a Silver Bear at Berlin and the Samuel Goldwyn Award for Best Foreign Film. Filmfare Awards Best Film WINNER Mother India: Mehboob Khan Best Actor WINNER Naya Daur: Dilip Kumar Best Actress WINNER Mother India: ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1957
Important Events Sunil Dutt and Nargis who both acted in Mother India (1957) marry. Mehboob Khan’s landmark film Mother India (1957) is the first Indian film to be nominated got an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category. Births Tina Munim (actress) – February 11th, 1957.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1956
Important Events R.K. Films’ Jagte Raho wins the Grand Prix at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Indian Talkies celebrates its Silver Jubilee in Bombay (The first India talkie [film with sound], Alam Ara, was released in 1931. Geeta Dutt sings for Pakistani film Miss 56 (starring :- Meena Shorey and Santosh Kumar) Famous Geeta Dutt ...
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