Mallikarjun Mansur biography: born in 1910 near Dharwad, the khayal singer of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana was a master of rare ragas who…
Alla Rakha biography: born in Jammu in 1919, the tabla master accompanied Ravi Shankar across the world and was the father and…
Vilayat Khan biography: born in 1928 into a family of sitar players, he made the instrument sing like the human voice and…
Smita Patil biography: born in 1955, the actress of Bhumika, Chakra and Mirch Masala was the face of India's parallel cinema and…
Balraj Sahni biography: born in Rawalpindi in 1913, the actor of Do Bigha Zamin and Garm Hava brought a natural, unmannered style…
Mrinal Sen biography: born in 1923, the Bengali director of Bhuvan Shome launched India's New Wave and made politically charged films that…
Bimal Roy biography: born in 1909, the director of Do Bigha Zamin, Devdas, Madhumati and Bandini brought realism and restraint to Hindi…
Meena Kumari biography: born in 1933, the actress known as the Tragedy Queen of Hindi cinema starred in Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam…
R. D. Burman biography: born in 1939, the composer known as Pancham transformed Hindi film music in the 1970s with new rhythms…
Mukesh biography: born in Delhi in 1923, the playback singer was the voice of Raj Kapoor and the master of the sad…
Ritwik Ghatak biography: born in Dhaka in 1925, the director of Meghe Dhaka Tara made the Partition of Bengal the subject of…
Subramania Bharati biography: born in 1882, the Tamil poet and journalist known as Mahakavi Bharathiyar sang of national freedom, women's rights and…
