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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 ...
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).
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