History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Mohammed Rafi completed his 25 years as a playback singer.
¤ Ritwik Ghatak joined the Film Institute of India.
¤ Ramu Kariat's Chemeen won the President's Gold Medal as Best Feature of 1965, the first Malayalam Film to win the honour.
¤ Karnataka govt. initiated a scheme to subsidize all films made in the State. The initial subsidy being Rs 50,000 for a B/W and Rs 1,00,000 for a colour film.
¤ Death of producer-director Bimal Roy and lyricist Shailendra.
Teesri Manzil: Vijay Anand
Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Prem Nath
Anupama: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore
Love In Tokyo: Pramod Chakraborty
Joy Mukherjee, Asha Parekh
Mamta: Asit Sen
Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Suchitra Sen
Suraj: T Prakash Rao
Rajendra Kumar, Vyajayantimala
Teesri Kasam: Basu Bhhatacharya
Raj Kapoor, Wahida Rehman
O Hasena Zulfon Wali : Teesri Manzil
Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle
Baharon Phool Barsao : Suraj
Mohd. Rafi
Chand Ko Kya Maaloon : Laal Bangla
Mukesh
Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo : Teesri Kasam
Mukesh
Rahen Na Rahen Hum : Mamta
Lata Mangeshkar
Baharon Mera Jiwan Bhi : Aakhiri Khat
Lata Mangeshkar
Total Films Released : 312
Hindi : 100 Bengali : 30 Tamil : 61
Telugu : 41 Marathi: 12 Others: 68
Basu Bhattacharya
Basu Bhattacharya started his career by assisting Bimal Roy in 1958. Later, he directed some of the most critically acclaimed films like, Teesri Kasam, Aavishkar, Anubhav, Griha Pravesh, Tumhara Kalloo, Panchvati etc. He married Bimal Roy's daughter, Rinki Bhattacharya, much to Roy's disapproval. Basu made films on human relationships, but he himself failed on domestic front. Due to domestic abuse Rinki left him in 1984.
