History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ First Bhojpuri film, Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaube, released.
¤ Satyajit Ray's first color film, Kanchenjunga, released.
¤ Indian Film Culture, the journal of the Federation of Film Societies of India is launched in Calcutta.
¤ Bengali film Dada Thakur bagged the national award for the best film.
¤ Radhakrishan, known for his comic roles dies.
Bees Saal Baad: Biren Nag
Waheeda Rehmaan, Vishwajeet
China Town: Shakti Samanta
Shammi Kapoor, Shakila
Professor: Lekh Tandon
Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Lalita Pawar
Aarti: Fani Majumdar
Ashok Kumar, Pradip Kumar, Mina Kumari
Baat Ek Raat Ki: Shankar Mukherjee
Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman
Manmauji: Krishnan-Panju
Kishore Kumar, Sadhna, Pran
Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha : Anpadh
Lata Mangeshkar
Na Tum Hamen Jano : Baat Ek Raat Ki
Hemant Kumar
Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil : Bees Saal Baad
Lata Mangeshkar
Piya Aiso Jiya Me : Sahab Biwi Aur Ghulam
Geeta Dutt
Bahut Shukriya : Ek Musafir Ek Hasina
Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle
Tujhe Jiwan Ki Dor Se : Asli Naqli
Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
Total Films Released : 315
Hindi : 90 Bengali : 42 Tamil : 60
Telugu : 48 Marathi: 22 Others: 54
Radhakrishan
Radhakrishan was a comedian who started his career with Padosi in 1941. He played a villain in the film. He is known for his acts in New Delhi, Begunaah, Naya Daur, Sadhna, Chhoti Behan etc. He tried his hands as a producer with the film Amar Rahe Hum, in 1961, but , the film failed and he could not survive the loss. He died in 1962.
