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Cinemaazi remembers Krishna Goel on his birth anniversary.
29 Sep, 1927

Cinemaazi remembers Krishna Goel on his birth anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers Mehmood on his birth anniversary
29 Sep, 1932

Cinemaazi remembers Mehmood on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Ravi Baswani on his birth anniversary
29 Sep, 1946

Cinemaazi remembers Ravi Baswani on his birth anniversary

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Cinemaazi remembers Hemant Kumar on his death anniversary.
26 Sep 1989

Cinemaazi remembers Hemant Kumar on his death anniversary.

Any discussion of Indian film music is incomplete without the mention of Hemant Kumar. Hemant Mukherjee, popularly called as Hemant Kumar, was born on 16 June 1920 in Banaras. Trained in Rabindra sangeet, Kumar’s first recording was at All India Radio in Calcutta at a young age of 13.  He started his playback singing career in the Bengali film Namai Sanyas in 1941. Kumar’s entry into Hindi films was the film Irada (1944). He h...
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Cinemaazi remembers Uday Shankar on his death anniversary.
26 Sep 1977

Cinemaazi remembers Uday Shankar on his death anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers Uday Shankar, the pioneer of Indian non-classical dance forms, on his death anniversary. Born on 8 December 1900 in a feudal family of Bengal based in Rajasthan, Shankar began as a young practitioner of Fine Arts and went to Royal College of Arts in London to study painting. While dancing was still looked down upon in his family, Shankar went on to become a great dancer and met Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova in London in...
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Cinemaazi remembers Dev Anand on his birth anniversary.
26 Sep 1923

Cinemaazi remembers Dev Anand on his birth anniversary.

Dev Anand, the evergreen hero of Hindi cinema, had always pushed boundaries with the kind of roles he opted to do. One of the significant turns of his career was the decision to play grey-ish characters early on in his career like Baazi(1951). His films became part of a subgenre of the film noir, the caper. They presented a unique idiom of films that differed from the Nehruvian social. Cinemaazi remembers Dev Anand on his birth anniversary.
Cinemaazi remembers Hiren Bose on his birth anniversary.
26 Sep 1903

Cinemaazi remembers Hiren Bose on his birth anniversary.

An actor, director, music composer, story and screenplay writer, a man with many hats to fit, Hiren Bose was born on 26 September 1903 in Calcutta. Trained in Rabindra sangeet and classical music, he earned the titles Vidya Bhushan and Sangeet Ratna for his musical capabilities. He worked at HMV as a music director for a while and soon moved to Bombay. Apparently, he even influenced Anil Biswas to make the same move in dreams of bigger opportunit...
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Cinemaazi remembers K S More on his birth anniversary
26 Sep 1898

Cinemaazi remembers K S More on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers choreographer and dancer K S Moray/More (Keshavrao Sakharam Moray) on his birth anniversary. Born on 26 September, 1898 in Hongkong, he did a diploma in dancing from National Association teacher of Dancing, London Bronze Sill. Studied under various masters in Malabar and other places of India. He widely travelled, joined films in 1931. In 1936, he opened his own dance academy in Bombay called Bharatiya Nritya Kala Mandir. In 1...
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25September
Cinemaazi wishes Divya Dutta a very Happy Birthday!
25 Sep 1977

Cinemaazi wishes Divya Dutta a very Happy Birthday!

Divya Dutta is an Indian model and actress born on 25 September 1977 in Ludhiana, Punjab (India). She has worked in Punjabi, Hindi, Malayalam and English-language films.  She has received many awards including a National Film Award, a Filmfare OTT Award and two IIFA Awards.
Cinemaazi wishes Satyajeet Puri a very Happy Birthday!
25 Sep 1960

Cinemaazi wishes Satyajeet Puri a very Happy Birthday!

Satyajeet Puri is an actor known for his work in Hindi films during the 1970s and 1980s. Beginning his career as a child artist in Mere Laal (1966), he starred in films like Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se (1978), Shyam Tere Kitne Naam (1977) and many others. Oftentimes credited as Master Satyajeet, he is known for his charming screen presence and emotional performances.
Cinemaazi remembers Feroz Khan on his birth anniversary
25 Sep 1939

Cinemaazi remembers Feroz Khan on his birth anniversary

A distinguished actor, film editor, producer and director, Feroz Khan is best remembered for his heroic action and legendary swagger in a series of “curry westerns” including Dharmatma (1975). Dubbed as India’s answer to Clint Eastwood, the flamboyant and good-looking Feroz Khan achieved iconic status not only by virtue of his films but also via his larger-than-life persona.
Cinemaazi remembers S K Prabhakar on his birth anniversary
25 Sep 1924

Cinemaazi remembers S K Prabhakar on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the screenplay and dialogue writer S K Prabhakar on his birth anniversary. He was born on this day in 1924. He wrote films like Pilpili Sahib (1954),Albeli (1955), Ek Saal (1957), Nartakee (1963),Ishara (1965), Naunihal (1967), Pyar Ka Sapna(1969). He also directed one film - Kal Hamara Hai (1959). He was a close associate of Devendra Goel. He passed away on 10 September, 1968.
Cinemaazi remembers Suprabha Sarkar on her birth anniversary
25 Sep 1919

Cinemaazi remembers Suprabha Sarkar on her birth anniversary

One of the most sought after and celebrated playback singers of her time, Suprava or Suprabha Ghosh was one of the many artists of the early cinema era whose legacy is lost or forgotten by the admirers of Indian cinema and their following generations. Starting her career at the early age of thirteen, she is said to have actively contributed her voice to numerous Bengali film soundtracks throughout the 1940s and 50s, and even later. The later part...
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Cinemaazi remembers Vasant Joglekar on his birth anniversary
25 Sep 1914

Cinemaazi remembers Vasant Joglekar on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi celebrates the birth anniversary of Vasant Joglekar, the talented actor-director and producer He was born on this day, in 1914 at Nagpur. He started his film career as an assistant to Master Vinayak in 1942. In the struggling days he met Ashok Kumar and become very close friends. They were true friends and their friendship ended only when Joglekar passed away. Starting with Aap ki Seva Mein (1947), in which L...
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24September
Cinemaazi remembers Surinder Kapoor on his death anniversary
24 Sep 2011

Cinemaazi remembers Surinder Kapoor on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers film producer Surinder Kapoor on his death Anniversary. Born on 23rd December 1925 in Peshawar, Kapoor was working for a local newspaper before he moved to Bombay. On the insistence and influence of his cousin Prithviraj Kapoor, he along with his wife came to work in films not knowing what awaited him. In 1960 he got to assist K Asif for the classic film Mughal e Azam. He soon carved his way through produci...
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Cinemaazi remembers Padmini on her death anniversary
24 Sep 2006

Cinemaazi remembers Padmini on her death anniversary

The most famous member of the Travancore sisters, Padmini was legendary for her intricate and mesmerising classical dance sequences in films. A major star of both Tamil and Hindi films, she was called Natya Peroli for her immense prowess in Bharatnatyam dances. She had a storied rivalry with another dancer-star of equal calibre, Vyjayanthimala, which lent an extra layer of subtext to their famous dance sequence in Vanji Kottai Valipan (1958).&nbs...
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Cinemaazi remembers Mazhar Khan on his death anniversary
24 Sep 1950

Cinemaazi remembers Mazhar Khan on his death anniversary

An eminent actor, director and producer of the silent and early talkies era, Mazhar Khan passed away on this day in 1950. Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh in 1905, he left a job in the police force to pursue his passion for films. His police training would later come in handy for his roles in films. He made his debut in B P Mishra's Fatal Garland / Haiyan No Haar (1926). In his early years he acted in several significant films like Hamara H...
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Cinemaazi remembers Sachin Shankar on his birth anniversary.
24 Sep 1924

Cinemaazi remembers Sachin Shankar on his birth anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers noted dancer and choreographer Sachin Shankar on his birth anniversary. Born on 24 September 1924 in Benares, Uttar Pradesh, he was taught by his cousin and legendary dancer Uday Shankar, at Cultural Centre in Almora, where he also learnt Kathakali from Shri Shankaran Namboodiri and Manipuri from Guru Amubi Singh. He received lessons in music from Shri Vishnudass Shirali. After working briefly with Shri Haren Ghosh in Calcutta...
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Cinemaazi remembers Asit Sen on his birth anniversary
24 Sep 1922

Cinemaazi remembers Asit Sen on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers director Asit Sen on his birth anniversary. Asit Sen made a mark in cinema with his unforgettable Suchitra Sen starrers Deep Jele Jai(1959) and Uttar Phalguni (1963). He also became a successful director in Hindi cinema

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