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29 Sep, 1927

Cinemaazi remembers Krishna Goel on his birth anniversary.

29 Sep, 1932

Cinemaazi remembers Mehmood on his birth anniversary

29 Sep, 1946

Cinemaazi remembers Ravi Baswani on his birth anniversary

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30August

30 Aug 2005

Cinemaazi remembers Colin Pal on his death anniversay

Actor, technician, and journalist, Colin Pal was also a publicist for approximately 175 Hindi films. He is known for films such as Bees Saal Baad (1962), Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968), Sawan Bhadon (1970), and Anand (1971).

30 Aug 1963

Cinemaazi remembers T R Sundaram on his death anniversay

T R Sundaram (TRS), popularly called “Mudhalali” in the film trade, was the founder of Modern Theatres Studio at Salem. He began film production in 1933 by joining hands with Angel Films, Salem.

30 Aug 1940

Cinemaazi wishes Shubha Khote a very happy birthday

Cinemaazi wishes Shubha Khote a very Happy Birthday. She was born on this day, 30 August 1940. Film and stage actress, Shubha has been working in the industry since 1955 and still continues to work sporadically on television.

30 Aug 1936

Cinemaazi remembers Jamuna on her birth anniversay

Even though Kannada was her mother tongue, Jamuna acted primarily in Telugu films, starring in more than 150 films. Besides Telugu films, she also acted in Kannada, Tamil and Hindi films from the 1950s to the 1980s.

30 Aug 1927

Cinemaazi remembers Van Shipley on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Van Shipley, the iconic violin and guitar player in Hindi playback songs and stage shows around the world, on his birth anniversary. He also assisted many music directors in composing songs. Raj Kapoor heard him play the violin and invited him to play the violin in Barsaat (1949). He became an integral part of Raj Kapoor's team of musicians after that

30 Aug 1923

Cinemaazi remembers Shailendra on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Shailendra on his birth anniversary. He was a revered lyricist of Hindi cinema.

29August

29 Aug 2008

Cinemaazi remembers Jayshree Gadkar on her death anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers Jayshree Gadkar on her death anniversary. The actress and director, known for Saranga (1961), Lav-Kush (1967) and Sampoorna Mahabharat (1983), passed away this day, 29 August, in 2008. Born in 1942, she acted in numerous Marathi and Hindi films in leading and supporting roles from the 1950s up until 2000.

29 Aug 1959

Cinemaazi wishes Nagarjuna on his Birthday

Cinemaazi wishes Telugu superstar Nagarjuna a very happy birthday. Son of legendary actor A Nageswara Rao, Nagarjuna made it big both in Telugu as well as in the Hindi Cinema and continues to reign since his debut in 1986. In an illustrious career spanning over three decades, the actor has given remarkable hits like Aakhari Poratam (1988), Shiva (1989), Geetanjali (1989), Killer (1992), Hello Brother (1994), and Annamaya (1997). He made his...

29 Aug 1950

Cinemaazi wishes Leena Chandavarkar on her birthday

The cherubic-faced and doll-like beauty Leena Chandavarkar, with more than 30 films to her credit, is known for her perky performances in a string of landmark films such as Man Ka Meet (1969), Humjoli (1970), Main Sundar Hoon (1971), Anhonee (1973), Manchali (1973), Bidaai (1974), and Qaid (1975).

29 Aug 1917

Cinemaazi remembers N A Ansari on his birth anniversary.

N A Ansari has given some of the most prolific performances as a villain in Indian cinema. He was also a director, producer and a crime stories fanatic who ventured into making thriller films such as Mr Murder (1969) and Jurm Aur Saza (1974). Cinemaazi remembers him on his birth anniversary.

28August

28 Aug 1990

Cinemaazi remembers Sumitra Devi on her death anniversary

Known for films like Andhare Alo (1957), Mere Arman Mere Sapne (1963), Door Wadiyon Mein Kahin (1980), Mashaal (1983) and many more, Sumitra Devi passed away on this day, 28 August 1990. Cinemaazi remembers the renowned Bengali and Hindi cinema actress on her death anniversary.

28 Aug 1928

Cinemaazi remembers Ustad Vilayat Khan on his birth anniversary

Bharat Sitar Samrat Ustad Vilayat Khan, along with his father, grandfather and brother, is widely credited with developing the gayaki ang of sitar playing. Cinemaazi remembers the legend on his birth anniversary (28 August 1928) Vilayat composed and conducted the score for three feature films – Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar (1958) in Bengali, Merchant-Ivory Productions' The Guru (1969) in English, and Madhusudan Kumar's...

28 Aug 1903

Cinemaazi remembers Dr Safdar Aah on his birth anniversary

Cinemaazi remembers the legendary lyricist, Safdar Aah Sitapuri on his birth anniversary today. The man who aided Mukesh's first big break in the Hindi film industry, he was the one behind the famous lyrics of the song - Dil jalta hai toh jalne de, which resounds in the minds of all cinema lovers to this day.

28 Aug 1897

Cinemaazi remembers Dewan Sharar on his birth anniversary.

Cinemaazi remembers Dewan Sharar, on his birth anniversary. Born as Atmaram Sharar, he was an illustrious dialogue writer, lyricist, producer, and actor in Hindi cinema.

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