History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ National Film Archive set up in Pune.
¤ Madras Film Institute started at Adyar.
¤ First Kasmiri film Naizraat, released.
¤ Sunil Dutt made world's first 'One Artist' film Yaadein.
¤ Death of film-maker Mehboob on 27th May, singer-actress Shanta Apte on 25th February and actor-director Guru Dutt on 10th October.
¤ Report on Indian Cinema for UNESCO by Jerzy Toeplitz, President of FIAF.
Sangam: Raj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar, Vyajayantimala
Rajkumar: K Shankar
Shammi Kapoor, Sadhna
Dosti: Satyen Bose
Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar
Kashmir Ki Kali: Shakti Samanta
Shammi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore
Woh Kaun Thi: Raj Khosla
Manoj Kumar, Sadhna
Haqeeqat: Chetan Anand
Dharmendra, Balraj Sahani, Priya
Man Re Too Kahe Na : Chitralekha
Mohd. Rafi
Aa Chal Ke Tujhe : Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Me
Kishore Kumar
Chahunga Tujhe Main Sanjh Savere : Dosti
Mohd. Rafi
Kar Chale Hum Fida : Haqeeqat
Mohd. Rafi
Dost Dost Na Raha : Sangam
Mukesh
Ye Nayan Dare Dare : Kohraa
Hemant Kumar
Total Films Released : 305
Hindi : 101 Bengali : 38 Tamil : 44
Telugu : 41 Marathi: 16 Others: 65
Yaadein
It was the first Indian film that features only a single actor, Sunil Dutt. It find its way into the Guinness Book of World Records in the category 'Fewest actors in a narrative film'. The film progresses through dialogues and background music only. Film's music was composed by Vasant Desai. The film won the National award for best film category in 1964. It was made under Sunil's own Ajanta Arts banner.
Priya Rajvansh
Priya Rajvansh was born as Vera Sunder Singh, debuted with Haqeeqat. She studied in London and was cast in the film by Chetan Anand. Later, Chetan fell for her and she appeared in the central role in all his films. Despite being a highly talented actress, her anglicised accent and western femininity did not click well with the Indian audience. Chetan divorced his wife to live with Rajvansh. She met a tragic end in 2000.
