Down The Melody Lane

History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell

1978

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¤ The Orissa Film Development Corporation announced the financing of 'Janta Cinema Houses' in rural and semi-urban areas.

¤ Govt. collected Rs. 187 crores from entertainment tax collections.

¤ Box-office earned Rs. 247 crores as net profit.

¤ Famous director Nitin Bose, awarded Dada Sahab Phalke Award for his services to Indian cinema.

¤ Music director-singer-actor Pankaj Mullick died on 19th February. Director Dhiren Ganguly passed away the same year.

Popular Films

Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se: Hiren Nag
Sachin, Ranjita, Madan Puri

Des Pardes: Dev Anand
Dev Anand, Tina Munim

Ghar: Manik Chatterjee
Vinod Mehra, Rekha

Toote Khilone: Ketan Anand
Shekhar Kapoor, Shabana Azmi

Muqqadar Ka Sikandar: Prakash Mehra
Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Vinod Khanna

Trishool: Yash Chopra
Amitabh, Shashi Kapoor, Sanjeev Kumar

Popular Songs

Yashomati Maiya Se : Satyam Shivam Sundaram - Lata Mangeshkar

Nazraana Bheja Kisine : Des Pardes
Kishore Kumar

Dil Ke Tukde Tukde Karke : Dada
Yesudas

Rote Hue Aate Hain : Muqqadar Ka Sikandar
Kishore Kumar

Aaj Kal Paon Zameen Par : Ghar
Lata Mangeshkar

Mana Ho Tum Behad Haseen : Toote Khilaone - Yesudas

Films Released

Total Films Released : 602
Hindi : 116    Bengali : 32    Tamil : 105
Telugu : 94    Malyalam: 123    Others: 132

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