V. Shantaram biography: born in 1901, the director and producer of Duniya Na Mane and Do Aankhen Barah Haath made socially conscious…
Dr. Rajkumar biography: born in 1929, the actor and singer known as Annavru was the cultural icon of Karnataka, starring in more…
Savitri biography: born in 1935, the actress known as Mahanati was the greatest star of Telugu and Tamil cinema in the 1950s…
Sharmila Tagore biography: born in 1944, the actress began in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, became a top star of Hindi cinema and…
Sivaji Ganesan biography: born in 1928, the actor known as Nadigar Thilagam dominated Tamil cinema for four decades with performances of great…
Nutan biography: born in 1936, the actress of Seema, Sujata and Bandini won five Filmfare Awards for Best Actress and is regarded…
Pran biography: born in Delhi in 1920, the actor was Hindi cinema's greatest villain for two decades and then its favourite character…
Sanjeev Kumar biography: born in Surat in 1938, the actor of Koshish, Aandhi and Sholay was among the most versatile performers in…
Ashok Kumar biography: born in 1911, the actor known as Dadamoni was Hindi cinema's first great star and worked in films for…
Himanta Biswa Sarma biography: born in 1969, the former Congress minister joined the BJP in 2015, built its base across the North-East…
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer biography: born in 1908, the Malayalam writer known as the Beypore Sultan turned a wanderer's life into short novels…
Kalki Krishnamurthy biography: born in 1899, the Tamil journalist and freedom fighter wrote Ponniyin Selvan, the most popular historical novel in the…
