Down the Years( frame to frame) - Page 11

1965

Dev anand and wahida rehmaan in guide

Dev Anand's Company Navketan produced jointly with Pearl Buck an American version of Guide based on R.K. Narayan's novel and directed by Ted Danielowski.

Miss India Persis Khambata got a small role in Watan.

Death of actor Motilal on 17th June, actress Geeta Bali on 21st January and singer Amirbai Karnatki .

R D Burman married Rita all of a sudden.

1966

Raj kapoor in teesri kasam

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

Year 1966

popular films

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



Popular songs

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



Films released

Total Films Released : 312

Hindi : 100

Bengali : 30

Tamil : 61

Telugu : 41

Marathi : 12

Kannada : 21

Others : 47

1967

Dev anand and Vyajayantimala in Jewel thief

Pachhi's Around the World becomes first 70mm Indian Film.

The Vividh Bharati Channel on All India Radio commercialized in Bombay, Nagpur and Pune.

Sunil Dutt made world's first 'One Artist' film Yaadein.

M. G. Ramachandran was shot at and injured by co-star M. R. Radha.

Death of music director Roshan on 16th November, music director Keshav Rao Bhole and film-maker Baburao Pendharkar.

1968

Kishore kumar and sunil dutt in padosan

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas's 'A Tale of Four Cities' sparked a major censorship controversy.

A manifesto for New Indian Cinema is issued by Mrinal Sen and Arun Kaul, advocating a state sponsored author-cinema.

The State owned Jyoti-Chitraban studio is inaugurated in Kahilipara, Guwahati, Assam.

The Khosla Committee submitted its report on censorship to the Government.

1969

Aradhana

Mrinal Sen's Bhuvan Shome in Hindi became a trendsetter for low budget offbeat films.

Shakti Samanta's Aradhana made Rajesh Khanna a superstar, and it also started the second phase of Kishore Kumar's film career. He became the voice of the youth.

Death of actress Madhubala (February 22), actor Jagdish Sethi (June 12), film-maker Ardeshir Irani (October 14), S S Vasan and the first hero of Indian talkie Master Vitthal (Alam Ara).

First Satyajit Ray retrospective held at the Cinematheque, Paris.