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02 Oct, 1869

Cinemaazi ovserves Gandhi Jayanti today on his birth anniversary

02 Oct, 1904

Cinemaazi remembers A R Kardar on his birth anniversary

02 Oct, 1924

Cinemaazi remembers Tapan Sinha on his birth anniversary

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18 Apr 2001

Cinemaazi remembers Khursheed Bano on her death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the actress Khursheed on her death anniversary. Born in Lahore in 1914, Khursheed’s first film was Laila Majnu (1931), in which she was credited as Miss Shehla. However, some sources differ on this, claiming that Miss Shehla was a different actress. She worked with Madan Theatres in Calcutta, Mahalakshmi Cinetone, National Movietone and Saroj Movietone in Bombay. She remained active in films till the early 1950s, an...

18 Apr 1962

Cinemaazi remembers Bela Bose on her birth anniversary

Born on this day in 1941, Bela Bose used to frequent film muhurats in the hopes of getting coca cola and sweets. An accomplished dancer, she stood out to director Naresh Sehgal, who gave her the opportnity to showcase her skills in Main Nashe Main Hoon (1959). She went on to enthrall audiences with her dance skills in many films through the 60s and 70s. Image source: www.beetehuedin.com

18 Apr 1928

Cinemaazi remembers Dulari on her birth anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers the actress Ambika Gautam, popularly known as Dulari, on her birth anniversary. In a career spanning 56 years, she acted in over 200 films of various languages. She also often played a mother in Hindi films over the latter half of her career.

18 Apr 1916

Cinemaazi remembers Lalita Pawar on her birth anniversary

Lalita Pawar was born Amba Lakshman Rao Shagun on 18 April, 1916 in Nasik, Maharashtra. She started her career as a child artist in the film Arya Mahila (1928). She debuted as a heroine with the film Himmat-e-Marda (1934), where she stunned audiences with her glamorous avatar. She went on to create quite the uproar with her appearance in a swimming suit in her next film, Daivi Khajana (1933). Soon, she was starring in one hit film after another....

18 Apr 1907

Cinemaazi remembers Kantilal on his birth anniversary

Actor-singer Kantilal received training in classical music from Pandit Onkarnath and made his debut with Bulbul-e-Paristan (1934). He went on to become an accomplished singer and actor, singing over 60 songs over his career. Today is his birth anniversary.

17April

17 Apr 2021

Cinemaazi remembers of Kabori Sarwar on her death anniversary

Cinemaazi expresses heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of actress Kabori Sarwar. Primarily working in Bangladesh, she was known in Indian cinema for her role in Ritwik Ghatak's Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (1973). She passed away today due to complications involving Covid.

17 Apr 2021

Cinemaazi remembers Vivek on his death anniversary

Vivek, one of the most beloved comic actors of Tamil cinema passed away on 17 April 2021.

17 Apr 1963

Cinemaazi commemorates Gopal Singh Nepali on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Gopal Singh Nepali, the illustrious Hindi poet and lyricist of Hindi cinema on his death anniversary. Born Gopal Bahadur Singh on 11 August 1911 in the Nepali Palace of Kalibagh Darbar in Bettiah, Western Champaran, Bihar. He worked in cinema for two decades, starting in 1944, ending with his death in 1963. He wrote around 300 songs for 54 films.

17 Apr 1961

Cinemaazi remembers Arzoo Lakhnavi on his death anniversary

One of the first Urdu poets to discard Persianised Urdu for a simpler, more accessible language, Arzoo Lakhnavi also made his mark in cinema, beginning with Manzil (1936). Mukti (1937) proved to a breakthrough film for him. Today is his death anniversary.

17 Apr 1941

Cinemaazi wishes Bindu on her birthday

Cinemaazi wishes the actress Bindu a very happy birthday and a long life. Often stealing the thunder from the lead actress in her films, Bindu is an actress of range, playing Shabbo (Kati Patang, 1970) and Mona Darling (Zanjeer, 1973) with the same ease and finesse as Chitra in Abhimaan (1974).

17 Apr 1940

Cinemaazi remembers Padma Sachdev on her birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Padma Sachdev, the first modern woman poet of the Dogri language, on her birth anniversary. Padma Sachdev also worked as a lyricist in Hindi films like Prem Parbat (1973), Aankhin Dekhi (1978) and Saahas (1979).

16April

16 Apr 1967

Cinemaazi remembers Shahid Lateef on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers director-writer-producer Shahid Lateef on his death anniversary. Lateef started his career with Bombay Talkies, writing dialogues for the films Naya Sansar (1941), Anjan (1941) and Jhoola (1941). Lateef’s film Ziddi (1948) launched the career of Dev Anand. The script of Ziddi was based on a story by the popular writer Ismat Chughtai, who was also married to Shahid Lateef. The husband-wife duo...

16 Apr 1933

Cinemaazi wishes Enoch Daniels a very happy birthday

Enoch Daniels wore many hats as a pianist, accordion player, and music arranger. He was born on this day in 1933 to a Catholic family in Pune. Both his family and the church played a significant role in forming his interest in music in his early years of childhood. In 1955, he moved to Bombay and struck his luck when he got to perform alongside Van Shipley across the nation and the globe. Daniels can be credited for popularizing the accordion her...

16 Apr 1927

Cinemaazi remembers the actor-singer Moti Sagar on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the actor-singer Moti Sagar on his birth anniversary. Moti Sagar started his career as a second lead in Malhar (1951) and went on to act in a number of films like Gul Sanobar (1953), Jai Mahadev (1955), Diwali Ki Raat (1956), Makkhee Choos (1956) and Flying Horse (1963). Moti Sagar’s first film song was a duet with Indrani for Gul Sanobar. He also sang for films like Pamposh (1953), Jai Mahadev (1955), S...

16 Apr 1923

Cinemaazi remembers Pran Mehra on his birth annversary

Cinemaazi remembers Pran Mehra, a celebrated editor of Hindi cinema. A stylish, handsome man, Pran worked with B.R. Chopra early in his career for the film Afsana(1951), which led to a continued collaboration between the two. Mehra was honoured with the Filmfare Award for Best Editing for Gumrah (1963) in 1964. Mehra frequently worked with Yash Chopra for films like Ittefaq(1969), Waqt (1965), Deewaar(1975) and Kabhie Kabhie(1976)....

16 Apr 1919

Cinemaazi remembers Ravindra Dave on his birth anniversary

Today marks the birth anniversary of filmmaker Ravindra Dave, who directed approximately 30 films and also introduced many gifted talents to the big screen. Active in cinema in the early 1950s to late 60s, he is known for films such as Nagina (1951), Agra Road (1957), Post Box 999 (1958), Satta Bazaar (1959), Dulha Dulhan (1964), and Raaz (1967). Born in Karachi on 16 April, 1919, he was mentored by his maternal uncle and popular film producer, D...

16 Apr 1917

Cinemaazi remembers Bekal Amritsari on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Bekal Amritsari, born as Baldev Chander Bekal Amritsari on his birth anniversary (16 April 1917), renowned poet, lyricist, screenplay writer and filmmaker of 1940s-50s. In some movies, he is credited as B.C. Bekal Amritsari as a reference to the initials of his name. Bekal started his career in Lahore writing songs for Punjabi movies like Laila Majnu (1940), Mera Punjab (1940), Mera Mahi(1941), Gowandhi (1942) and Rav...

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