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26October
26 Oct 2022

Cinemaazi remembers Esmayeel Shroff on his death anniversary

Director Esmayeel Shroff is credited with directing films such as Agar... If (1977), Thodisi Bewafaii (1980), Ahista Ahista (1981), Dil... Akhir Dil Hai (1982), Love 86 (1986), Suryaa: An Awakening (1989), God and Gun (1995), Tarkieb (2000), and Thoda Tum Badlo Thoda Hum (2004).  Image credit:  https://tv9telugu.com/entertainment/bollywood/actress-tapsee-pannu-fires-on-photographers-she-tells-not-to-click-her-au55-809437.html
26 Oct 1974

Cinemaazi wishes Raveena Tandon a Happy Birthday!

Labelled the ‘Mast Mast Girl’, Raveena Tandon’s beauty and glamour quotient have often occupied greater mindshare. Winning the Filmfare Awards Lux New Face of the Year for Patthar Ke Phool (1991), won the National Film Award for Best Actress for Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001), made a clean sweep with Aks (2001) of the Filmfare Awards Special Performance Award, Screen Awards Best Supporting Actress Award, Bollywood Mo...
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26 Oct 1955

Cinemaazi remembers D V Paluskar on his death anniversary

Hindustani classical vocalist, D V Paluskar / Pandit Dattatreya Vishnu Paluskar’s devotional and classical renditions, representative of the rich heritage of Gwalior, remain unmatched. Creating a sensitive and balanced synthesis, his singing was systematic, pristine, and effortless, reflecting the result of self-reflection, practice, and training, developed over long hours of application. He sang for just two films—a duet with Ustad A...
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26 Oct 1954

Cinemaazi wishes Shabbir Kumar a very Happy Birthday!

Music director Usha Khanna gave Shabbir Kumar a break in the film Tajurba (1981). Shabbir got a major break, when the director Manmohan Desai, who was looking for a Mohammed Rafi substitute, noticed him and recommended him to music director duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Within a few days, the music directors gave Shabbir Kumar songs in the film Coolie, which was released in 1983. Shabbir's first released film with Laxmikant–Pyarela...
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26 Oct 1937

Cinemaazi wishes Hridaynath Mangeshkar a very Happy Birthday!

Cinemaazi wishes music composer Hridaynath Mangeshkar a happy birthday. Known for his selective yet influential ouevre of music in films like Dhanwan(1981),Chakra(1981), Mashaal (1984) and Lekin (1990), his range of influences include Koli geet to Bhakti and Sufi musical practices. 
25October
25 Oct 1980

Cinemaazi remembers Sahir Ludhianvi on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi salutes the contributions of the legendary Sahir Ludhianvi on his 40th death anniversary. The venerable poet passed away on this day in 1980.
25 Oct 1945

Cinemaazi wishes Aparna Sen a happy birthday.

Cinemaazi wishes celebrated actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen a happy birthday. The daughter of noted critic Chidananda Dasgupta and Supriya Dasgupta, she made her film debut at the age of 15 in Satyajit Ray's Teen Kanya (1961). She returned to cinema with Mrinal Sen's Akash Kusum (1965) and went on to become a leading star in Bengali cinema for the next three decades, appearing in many successful films like Baksha Badal (1970), Memshaheb...
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25 Oct 1937

Cinemaazi remembers Sharda Iyengar on her birth anniversary

Cinemaazi wishes popular playback artiste Sharda Iyengar a happy birthday. Fondly remembered for singing many beloved numbers like Titli udi from Suraj (1966), she was born on this day in 1938. 
24October
24 Oct 2016

Cinemaazi remembers Krishnakant on his death anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers the actor-director Krishnakant on his death anniversary. Born as Krishnakant Maganlal Atmaram Bukhanwala, on 15 september, 1922 in Howrah Bengal, he started as a character actor and went on to direct films in Hindi and Gujarati for several decades. An electrical engineer by profession, Krishnakant or KK as he was fondly called joined Rooptara Studios in Bombay. Having assisted director Nitin Bose for about five years, led to a...
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24 Oct 2013

Cinemaazi remembers Manna Dey on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the legendary singer Manna Dey on his death anniversary. He was encouraged in his career as a singer and composer by the famous singer, K.C. Dey, his uncle. He sang his first song for the screen for the 1942 release Tamanna. He lent his voice to a number of devotional films, including the well-known Ram Rajya (1943). He won his first Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) in 1972 for Raj Kapoor’s Mera N...
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24 Oct 1991

Cinemaazi remembers Ismat Chughtai on her death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers one of the most popular Muslim woman writer and a doyenne of modern Urdu fiction,Ismat Chughtai on her death anniversary. Born to an affluent family from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh Chughtai began writing in her early teens, her influences came from the stories around her, stories about the society, man and woman, love and despair. Her literary career began with the short story collection Fasadi in 1938. A graduate from Isabell...
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24 Oct 1915

Cinemaazi remembers Jeevan on his birth anniversary

Jeevan, born on this day in 1915, became the actor he is known today by chance but he continued to impress the audience with his stellar performances. He joined the industry with Fashionable India (1935). He had famously played the role of Narad in over 60 films in the span of his career. Cinemaazi remembers the veteran character actor on his birth anniversary.
24 Oct 1910

Cinemaazi remembers Leela Chandragiri on her birth anniversary

Today is the birth anniversary of Leela Chandragiri, who was born on this day, October 24 in the year 1910. Known for her films like Bhakt Damaji (1942), Maya Machhindra (1932), Maharathi Karna (1944) and Chhatrapati Shivaji (1952), she was born into a family of singers at Chikodi near Kolhapur, and thus learnt singing from a young age. Catching the attention of the Prabhat film company, Leela made her debut in V Shantaram’s silen...
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24 Oct 1903

Cinemaazi remebers P C Barua on his birth anniversary

One of the most prominent filmmakers of early Indian cinema, Pramathesh Chandra Barua's name is forever etched in history. The son of the wealthy Maharaja of Gauripur, he travelled to Europe after graduating from Presidency College in 1924. Influenced by the films of Rene Clair and Ernst Lubitsch, he started off as an actor. He became a shareholder of Dhiren Ganguly's British Dominion films in 1928. He soon started Barua Pictures in Calcu...
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