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30 Sep, 1915

Cinemaazi remembers Madan Puri on his birth anniversary

30 Sep, 1919

Cinemaazi remembers Pandit Feroze Dastoor on his birth anniversary

30 Sep, 1992

Cinemaazi remembers Aziz Qaisi on his death anniversary

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30 Jul 1990

Cinemaazi remembers Dhirubhai Desai on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Dhirubhai Desai (January 31, 1908 - July 30, 1990) on his death anniversary. He was one of the few silent filmmakers, who had a long career in Hindi and Gujarati films. He directed films like Bulbul-e-Paristan (1934), Lal Cheeta (1935), and Bhakta Pundalik (1949). An enterprising film director, he set up Vishnu Cinetone in 1933. He directed 17 silent films and 56 talkie films in Hindi

30 Jul 1983

Cinemaazi remembers Dr Vasantrao Deshpande on his death anniversary

One of the legends of natya sangeet, Dr Vasantrao Deshpande passed away on 30 July, 1983. A musical vagabond of sorts, Dr. Deshpande picked up his musical training from a number of teachers, beginning with Shankarrao Sapre and Sureshbabu Mane, and later picking up the gayaki of Dinanath Mangeshkar. With the help of his uncle who stayed in Punjab, he also learnt from Asad Ali, Barkat Ali and Bade Ghulam Ali. An intrepid student of music, no bounda...

30 Jul 1973

Sonu Nigam

Cinemaazi wishes a very Happy Birthday to singer Sonu Nigam who was born on 30 July 1973 at Faridabad, Haryana.

30 Jul 1963

Cinemaazi wishes Mandakini a very Happy Birthday

Mandakini was born Yasmeen Joseph on 30 July 1963 in Meerut into an Anglo-Indian family. Her performance in the 1985 Raj Kapoor blockbuster directorial, Ram Teri Ganga Maili, earned a Filmfare Best Actress nomination.

30 Jul 1928

Cinemaazi wishes Sulochana Latkar on her birth anniversary

Cinemaazi wishes veteran actress Sulochana Latkar on her birth anniversary. Known for her performances in Marathi films such as Sasurvas(1946), Vahinichya Bangdya (1953), and Dhakti Jau, she also played both lead and character roles in Hindi films.

29July

29 Jul 2008

Cinemaazi remembers F C Mehra on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Fakir Chand Mehra, better known simply as FC Mehra on his death anniversary. He was the founder of Eagles film banner. Productions had a big role to play from the mid-1950s in creating the larger-than-life identity of mainstream Hindi cinema. FC Mehra started his career with a ground job in the Royal Indian Air Force and was posted to Bombay. Once when he noticed a British officer involved in some hanky-panky, he informed...

29 Jul 2006

Cinemaazi remembers S D Batish on his death anniversary

Pandit Shiv Dayal Batish (known as S D Batish) was a true master of the various vocal and instrumental styles of North Indian music. Cinemaazi remembers the great music composer on his 14th death anniversary. Batish started his career as a singer-actor and was affectionately called as young Sehgal. He quickly got bored with acting and returned to Patiala, his home town. In 1942, Batish teamed up with his distant cousin Pandit Amarnath in Laho...

29 Jul 2003

Cinemaazi remembers Johnny Walker on his death anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers the great actor Johnny Walker on his death anniversary. He was born on 11 November 1926 as Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, and grew up to rule over millions of hearts with his comic roles. Walker was born to a family of mill workers in Indore. When his father lost his job, the family moved to Bombay where Walker found a job as a BEST bus conductor. He entertained his passengers with his comical ways. Balraj Sahni&nbs...

29 Jul 2002

Cinemaazi remembers Sudhir Phadke on his death anniversary

Known for his classical influenced delicate numbers, the music composer and singer Sudhir Phadke passed away on 29 July, 2002.

29 Jul 1959

Cinemaazi wishes a very Happy Birthday to Sanjay Dutt

Sanjay Dutt was born on 29 July 1959 to Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He was debuted in the film Rocky (1981) directed by his father. He is a recipient of Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his role in Vaastav: The Reality (1999).

29 Jul 1953

Anup Jalota

Actor, singer and musician Anup Jalota was born on 29 July 1953 in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh. He is mainly popular for singing Bhajans and also some Ghazals. Cinemaazi wishes him a very Happy Birthday.

28July

28 Jul 2020

Cinemaazi remembers Kumkum on her death anniversary

Kumkum, an extraordinarily graceful dancer, she had shot to fame after appearing in Guru Dutt' s Aar Paar in the song Kabhi aar kabhi paar laga teer e nazar. Some evergreen numbers of the golden era would be incomplete without her spell binding presence like Ae dil hai mushkil jeena yahan (CID), Ja ja re ja balamwa (Basant Bahar), Reshmi salwar kurta jaali ka (Naya Daur), Diya na bujhe ri aaj hamara (Son of India). She will live on in the mem...

28 Jul 2013

Cinemaazi remembers Jagdish Raj on his death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Hindi cinema's quintessential cop, Jagdish Raj, on his death anniversary. He, in fact, holds the Guinness world record for playing a police inspector in an astonishing 144 films.

28 Jul 2009

Cinemaazi remembers Leela Naidu on her death anniversary

Remembering the fantastic Leela Naidu on her death anniversary.

28 Jul 1928

Cinemaazi remembers Kalyan Kumar on his birth anniversary

Kalyan Kumar worked primarily in Kannada and Tamil cinema, and became one of the most sought after actors from the 1950s to the 1970s. Credited as one of the first Kannada actors to star in a colour film, Kalyan Kumar appeared in the titular role in the film Amarashilpi Janakachari (1964). He was cast alongside Jayalalitha in the acclaimed 1965 release Mavana Magalu and Badakuva Daari (1966). His other female co-stars included B Saroja Devi,...

28 Jul 1912

Cinemaazi remembers Kamal Dasgupta and his wife Feroza Begum on their birth anniversaries

Cinemaazi remembers Kamal Dasgupta (28 July 1912-20 July 1974) and his wife Feroza Begum (28 July 1930-9 September 2014) on their birth anniversaries. The film career of Dasgupta started with Moshai (1936, Bangla). He composed in a few more films in Calcutta before Prathmesh Chandra Barua gave him the big break in Jawaab(1942). The film was an instant hit. It had cult numbers like Toofan mail ye duniya toofan mail, Ae chand chhup na...

28 Jul 1907

Cinemaazi remembers A V Meiyappan on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers A V Meiyappa Chettiar, aka, A V Meiyappan, on his birth anniversary. He is considered one of the pioneers of Tamil Cinema. His production house, AVM Productions, rolled out a battery of blockbusters. He was the first to produce a dubbed film — Harishchandra. The film was dubbed in Tamil from the original in Kannada. He was also one of the pioneers, who introduced playback singing in the Tamil industry (film Nandakum...

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