Down the Years( frame to frame) - Page 8

1954

Mirza ghalib

Indian Film Festival held in the Soviet Union. Awaara (1951) was a major hit in the USSR.

Government published its decision on the S.K. Patil Enquiry Committee Recommendations.

The second song-less film Munna released.

Last ditch effort to save Bombay Talkies - Badbaan failed.

Due to doing repeated tragic roles in films Dilip Kumar got himself into depression. Psychiatrists suggested him to do comedy films. Then came Aazad, Kohinoor, Insaniyat etc.

1953

Motilal and dilip kumar in devdas

Pather Panchali directed by Satyajit Ray had its world premier at Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Festivals of Indian Cinema held in Beijing and London.

Children Film society established.

Sunil Dutt made his debut in films with Ramesh Sehgal's Railway Platform.

Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali got the National Award for the best film.

Shammi Kapoor married Geeta Bali, and Johnny Walker tied knot with Noor.

1956

Kishore Kumar in new delhi

Silver Jubilee of the Indian Talkie (1931-56) celebrated in Bombay.

Mukesh ji Anuraag bombed at box office. This affected his singing at large. Manna Dey got the chance to sing for Raj Kapoor in Chori Chori.

Pather Panchali won Best Human Document award at Cannes.

Dilip Kumar came in news when he declared publicly that he loves Madhubala.

Jaagte Raho awarded in Karlovi Vary Film Festival.

1957

dilip kumar and ajit in naya daur

Satyajit Ray's Aparajito (1956) won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival.

Chidananda Das Gupta, Satyajit Ray and others started the Indian Film Quarterly.

Khawaja Ahmad Abbas made the first Indo-Soviet co-production Pardesi.

Mehboob released Mother India which was the re-make of his earlier film Aurat.

Vijay Anand made his directorial debut with Nau Do Gyarah.

Death of film-maker Amiya Chakraborty and comedian Gope.

Year 1957

Popular fims

Naya Daur : B R Chopra
Dilip Kumar, Vyajayantimala, Ajit

Asha : M V Raman
Kishore Kumar, Vyajayantimala

Bhabhi : Krishnan-Panju
Balraj Sahni, Nanda

Mother India : Mehboob
Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajkumar, Dilip Kumar

Pyaasa : Guru Dutt
Guru Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Mala Sinha

Tumsa Nahin Dekha : Nasir Hussain
Shammi Kapoor, Amita

Popular songs


Zara Samne To Aao : Janam Janam Ke Fere
Lata Mangeshkar

Hamse Aaya Na Gaya : Dekh Kabira Roya
Talat Mahmood

Ude Jab Jab Julfen Teri : Naya Daur
Mohd. Rafi, Asha Bhosle

Aankhon me Kya Ji : Nau Do Gyarah
Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle

Jane Wo Kaise Log The : Pyaasa
Hemant Kumar

Mana Janab Ne Pukara Nahi : Paying Guest
Kishore Kumar


Films released


Total Films Released : 293

Hindi : 115

Bengali : 55

Tamil : 45

Telugu : 36

Marathi : 14

Kannada : 14

Others : 14

1958

Chalti ka naam gaadi

Mother India won an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Film and lost to Fellini's Nights of Caberia by a solitary vote.

Nargis won Best Actress for the film at Karlovy Vary Festival.

Do Aankhen Barah Haath won the President's Gold Medal for Best Feature of 1957.

Do Aankhen Barah Haath won a Silver Bear at Berlin and the Samuel Goldwyn Award for Best foreign film.

Death of D. N. Sampat, founder of Kohinoor Talkies and character artist Yaqoob who acted in more than two hundred silent films.