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List Of Hindi Films Of 1955
This is a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1955: Highest-grossing films The eleven highest-grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1955 were: A-C D-J K-Q R-Z References External links Bollywood films of 1955at the Internet Movie Database Indian Film Songs from the Year 1955- A look back at 1955 with a special focus on Hindi film songsListen to songs from Bollywood films of 1955 {{DEFAULTSORT:Hindi films of 1955 1955 Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ... Films, Bollywood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bollywood
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The industry, producing films in the Hindi language, is a part of the larger Indian cinema industry, which also includes Cinema of South India, South Indian cinema and other smaller Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries. The term 'Bollywood', often mistakenly used to refer to Indian cinema as a whole, only refers to Hindi-language films, with Indian cinema being an umbrella term that includes all the Cinema of India#Cinema by language, film industries in the country, each offering films in diverse languages and styles. In 2017, Indian cinema produced 1,986 feature films, of which the largest number, 364, have been in Hindi. In 2022, Hindi cinema represented 33% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Bina Rai
Bina Rai (13 July 1931 – 6 December 2009), sometimes referred to as Beena Rai, was an Indian actress, primarily of the black and white era of Hindi cinema. She is most known for her roles in classics such as '' Anarkali'' (1953), '' Ghunghat'' (1960) and ''Taj Mahal'' (1963), and won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in ''Ghunghat''. Early life Bina Rai, born as Krishna Sarin, hailed from Lahore, Punjab, British India in 1931. Her family was uprooted from Lahore during the communal frenzy and was resettled in Uttar Pradesh. She went to school in Lahore and then attended IT college in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. Bina Rai lived in Kanpur until she moved out for acting. She had to convince her parents to allow her to act in films, she claimed that she went on a hunger strike to convince her disapproving parents to let her join films, and they finally relented. Career Bina Rai was a first year student of Arts in the Isabella Thoburn College of Lucknow i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chitra (Hindi Actress)
Chitra may refer to: Art * Chitra (art), a historic art that includes paintings, sketching with or without multiple colors People * Chithra, Indian playback singer * Chitra (actress), Indian film actress (1965-2021) * V. J. Chitra, Indian television actress (1992-2020) * Chitra Bahadur K.C., Nepalese politician * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (born 1956), Indian-American author, poet, and professor of English * Chitra Bharucha (born 1945), former Consultant Haematologist and Vice Chair of the BBC Trust * Chitra Dewi (1934–2008), Indonesian actress * Chitra Ganesh (born 1975), artist based in Brooklyn, New York * Chitra Jeremiah (born 1971), Nauruan diplomat * Chitra Lekha Yadav, Nepalese politician * Chitra Mudgal (born 1944), literary figure in modern Hindi literature * Chitra Sarwara (born 1975), Indian politician from Haryana * Chitra Singh (born 1945), female ghazal singer * Chitra Soman (born 1983), Indian sprinter * Chitra Subramaniam (born 1958), Indian journa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Leela Chitnis
Leela Chitnis (''née'' Nagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from the 1930s to the 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later roles playing a virtuous and upright mother to leading stars. Early life She was born in a Marathi-speaking Brahmin family, in Dharwad, Karnataka. Her father was an English literature professor. With a B.A. degree, she was one of the first educated film actresses. After graduation she joined Natyamanwantar, a progressive theater group that produced plays in her native Marathi language. The group's works were greatly influenced by Ibsen, Shaw and Stanislavsky. With the theatre group, Leela played the lead role in a series of comedies and tragedies and even founded her own repertory. Career Chitnis' early stage work included comedy ''Usna Navra'' (1934) and with her own film group ''Udyacha Sansar''. She started acting to support her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aaj Ki Baat
is a 1955 Hindi language Bollywood film directed by Leela Chitnis which began filming in 1953 as the first film of her entity "Leela Chitnis Productions", and stars Bipin Gupta, Manmohan Krishna, and Sunder. Plot Cast * Ajit Khan * Leela Chitnis * Chitra * Bipin Gupta * Manmohan Krishna * Sunder Songs #"Kabhi Aap Hanse Kabhi Nain Hanse" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Mohabbat Bane Hai Wo Din Suhane" - Talat Mahmood #"Aaj Ki Raat Dil Me Na Rakhna" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Wo Chali Gham Ki Hawa" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Meri Nagri Me Kyo Aaya" - Asha Bhosle #"Jo Na Mujhse Dekhi Jaye" - Talat Mahmood #"Sukh Gaye Palko Par Aansu" - Talat Mahmood #"Pyar Ki Nazro Se Unko Dekhta Jata Hai Dil" - Talat Mahmood Reception References External links at the Internet Movie Database IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Vyjayanthimala
Vyjayanthimala Bali ( Raman; born 13 August 1933), known mononymously as Vyjayanthimala, is an Indian parliamentarian, dancer and former actress. Regarded as one of Hindi cinema's greatest actresses and dancers, she is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards and two BFJA Awards. Considered the first female superstar of Indian Cinema, she made her screen debut at the age of 16 with the Tamil film '' Vaazhkai'' (1949), and followed this with a role in the Telugu film '' Jeevitham'' (1950). Her first work in Hindi cinema was the social guidance film '' Bahar'' (1951), which she headlined, and achieved her breakthrough with the romance '' Nagin'' (1954). She garnered widespread critical acclaim for her role in the period drama '' Devdas'' (1955), where she played Chandramukhi, a ''tawaif'' with a heart of gold. The film and her acting was highly praised, later considered to be her magnum opus. For ''Devdas'', she won the Filmfare Award for Best Sup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Suchitra Sen
Suchitra Sen, widely known as the Mahanayika (), was an Indian actress who worked in Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali and Hindi cinema. The movies in which she was paired opposite actor Uttam Kumar became classics in the history of Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali cinema. Sen was the first Indian actress to receive an award at an international film festival when, at the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, she won the Silver Prize for Best Actress for ''Saat Pake Bandha (1963 film), Saat Pake Bandha''. She was catapulted to stardom after she was cast as Vishnupriya by Devaki Kumar Bose in his ''Bhagaban Shree Krishna Chaitanya'' (1953). In 1972, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India. From 1979 on, she retreated from public life and shunned all forms of public contact; for this she is often compared to Greta Garbo. In 2005, she refused the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest cinematic award in India, to stay out of the public eye. In 2012, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Devdas (1955 Film)
''Devdas'' is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language period drama film directed by Bimal Roy, based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel '' Devdas''. It starred Dilip Kumar in the title role, Vyjayanthimala in her first dramatic role as a tawaif named Chandramukhi and Suchitra Sen in her Bollywood debut as Parvati "Paro". Motilal, Nazir Hussain, Murad, Pratima Devi, Iftekhar, Shivraj co-starred, along with Pran, Johnny Walker in extended cameo appearances. In 2005, ''Indiatimes Movies'' ranked the movie amongst the ''Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films''. Devdas was also ranked at #2 on the University of Iowa's List of Top 10 Bollywood Films. The film was also noted for its cinematography and lighting by Kamal Bose. ''Forbes'' included Kumar's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema". Although ''Devdas'' was a moderate success at the box-office when initially released, partly due to its heavy themes, and the release of several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Geeta Bali
Geeta Bali (born Harkirtan Kaur; 15 November 1930 ‒ 21 January 1965) was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Bali is regarded among the finest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Bali acted in over 75 films in a career spanning over two decades. She was twice nominated for Filmfare Awards. She started her career as a child artist with ''The Cobbler'' (1942) and had her first success with '' Sohag Raat'' (1948). After working in '' Badi Bahen'' (1949), Bali went onto establish herself as a leading lady of the 50s with films such as '' Bawre Nain'' (1950), '' Albela'' (1951), '' Baazi'' (1951), '' Jaal'' (1952), '' Anand Math'' (1952), '' Vachan'' (1955), ''Milap'' (1955), '' Faraar'' (1955), '' Jailor'' (1958) and '' Mr. India'' (1961). For ''Vachan'', she was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She married actor Shammi Kapoor in 1955, with whom she has two children including actor Aditya Raj Kapoor. Bali died in 1965 due to small pox. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ajit Khan
Hamid Ali Khan (27 January 1922 – 22 October 1998), better known by his stage name Ajit, was an Indian actor active in Hindi films. He acted in over two hundred movies over a period of almost four decades. Ajit is also credited for starring as a lead actor in popular Bollywood movies such as '' Beqasoor'', , ''Bada Bhai'', ''Milan'', ''Bara Dari'', and later as a second lead in ''Mughal-e-Azam'' and . Early life Ajit was born as Hamid Ali Khan into a Muslim family of Shahjahanpur and was brought up in Hyderabad city. The family belonged to the Barozai clan of Pashtuns, Ajit's ancestors having moved from Kandahar in Afghanistan to Shahjahanpur in Uttar Pradesh before settling down in Hyderabad. His father was a personal driver of Nizam of Hyderabad Mir Osman Ali Khan. Career According to Ajit's son Shehzad when Ajit first arrived in Mumbai from Hyderabad, he had so little money that he lived in cement pipes on Mohammad Ali Road. Local gangsters controlled these makeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nutan
Nutan Samarth-Bahl ( Samarth; 4 June 1936 – 21 February 1991), known mononymously as Nutan was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses in the history of Indian cinema, Nutan was noted for her naturalistic acting in parts of conflicted women often deemed unconventional. In a career spanning four decades, she appeared in more than 80 films, that ranged in genre from urban romances to socio-realist dramas. She was the recipient of six Filmfare Awards, including a record five Filmfare Award for Best Actress. In 1974, Nutan received the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award. Born in Bombay to filmmaker Kumarsen Samarth and film actress Shobhna Samarth, Nutan started her career at the age of 14 in the 1950 film '' Hamari Beti'', directed by her mother. She subsequently starred in the films '' Nagina'' and '' Hum Log'' (both 1951). Her role in '' Seema'' (1955) garnered her wider recognition and her first Filmfare Award f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Balraj Sahani
Balraj Sahni (born Yudhishthir Sahni; 1 May 1913 – 13 April 1973) was an Indian film and stage actor, who is best known for (1946), '' Do Bigha Zameen'' (1953), '' Chhoti Bahen'' (1959), '' Kabuliwala'' (1961), Waqt (1965) and '' Garm Hava'' (1973). He was the brother of Bhisham Sahni, the Hindi writer, playwright, and actor. He won a Filmfare Special Award for outstanding contribution to Indian films in 1970. Early life Sahni was born on 1 May 1913 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India. His father belonged to the Arya Samaj organization, a Hindu reformist movement, and stressed the importance of social reforms as well the independence movement also admiring individuals such as Gandhi and Tagore, which would instill an early idealism in the mind of Sahni. His son Parikshit Sahni would say that, later in his life, Sahni would keep such idealism but with a non-religious approach, as he'd identify with Marxism and declare himself an atheist. He studied at Government Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
