Jamshedji Framji Madan was one of the earliest pioneers of cinema in the Indian sub-continent. From exhibiting films in a …
Pahari Sanyal
Pahari Sanyal was without doubt one of the finest actors that both, Bengali and Hindi cinema have seen. He was …
Munawar Sultana
Munawar Sultana had a short but glorious film career from 1945-50 where she excelled as the ideal self-sacrificing, suffering Indian …
Ismat Chughtai
The phrase Revolutionary Feminist Politics, so fashionable today within creative fiction and non-fiction in all languages, did not exist in …
Vimi
From a dream debut in BR Chopra’s Hamraaz (1967) starring opposite two top stars of the day, Sunil Dutt and Raaj …
Shamim Ara
Shamim Ara was Pakistani cinema’s top actress of the 1960s, taking over from the legendary Sabiha Khanum. What’s more, she has …
Leela Naidu
Leela Naidu was one of the most stunning looking actresses in Indian cinema and was even named by Vogue magazine …
KK Mahajan
KK Mahajan was undoubtedly one of India’s foremost cinematographers with a body of work comprising of 80 odd feature films, …
Naseem Banu
Naseem Banu was one of the most beautiful Hindi film heroines ever. The original beauty queen with perfectly yet delicately …
Dilip Gupta
It is sad that the contribution of people in the world of cinema, who operate behind the camera and remain …