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Bollywood – Year by Year – 1953
Important Events Two years after meeting at the music recording for songs for the film Baazi (1951), director Guru Dutt and playback singer Geeta Roy get married. India’s first technicolor film Jhansi Ki Rani by Sohrab Modi is released. He had technicians flown in from Hollywood, and the production cost 9 million Indian rupees. Debuts ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1952
Important Events The First International Film Festival held in India, and travels to Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi and Madras. The Parliament passes the Cinematograph Act, replacing the Act of 1918. Shin Sinaki Boobla Boo (1952) becomes the unlikely first victim film of the central government’s authority to overrule the censor board, an action enabled by the ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1951
Important Events The Central Board of Film Censors is formed. Debuts Vyjayanthimala (actress) in Bahar (1951). Asha Mathur (actress) and Bina Roy (actress) in Kali Ghata (1951). Kalpana Karthik (actress) in Baazi (1951). Births Zeenat Aman (actress) – 19th November, 1951.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1949
Important Events The Films Division is set up in Bombay. Countrywide closure in protest against the Government’s taxation policy. Lata Mangeshkar changes the face of playback singing with a multitude of chartbusters in the films Bazar, Barsat, Badi Bahen, Andaz, Dulari, Lahore and Mahal. Suraiya appears in 11 films and reaches her peak with a ...
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 – 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. ...
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Pakistani Film Database - 1971:
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Bollywood - Year by Year - 1957: Important Events
Sunil Dutt and Nargis who both acted in Mother India (1957) marry.
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Babra Sharif:
Model turned actress Babra Sharif was born in Lahore in 1951. Her first public appearance was in...
Pakistani Film Database - 1957:
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