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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.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1936
Important Events Ardeshir Irani of the Imperial Film Company sets up a cinecolor processing laboratory.
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1935
Important Events P.C. Barua’s Devdas, starring K.L Saigal and Jamuna is a huge success and becomes a reference point in Hindi cinema. Himanshu Rai, director of Light of Asia (1925), sets up Bombay Talkies. The first All India Motion Picture Convention is held in Bombay. The first trade journal is started by the Motion Picture ...
Bollywood – Year by Year – 1933
Important Events Himanshu Rai’s Karma, starring Devika Rani premieres in London. The passionate kissing sequence sparks controversy. Births Vyjanthimala (actress) – 13th August 1933 (Note:- Some sources list her year of birth as 1936) Asha Bhosle (playback singer) – September 9th, 1933. Madhubala (actress) – 14th February, 1933.
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