J. B. H. Wadia (1901 – 1986): Jamshedji Bomanji Hormasji Wadia (commonly referred to as JBH) was a scion of the Lavji Wadia family, Master Shipbuilders to the East India Company and later the Government of India. Armed with degrees …
PRAN KRISHAN SIKAND (1920 -2013) He was known as the “Gentleman Villain.” In an award-winning career spanning over six decades, Pran played over 350 roles that left an indelible mark on the history of Indian cinema. “Screen villainy is …
Born in 1943 in Mumbai, filmmaker, screenwriter and author, Saeed Akhtar Mirza, was one of the most important directors of the Indian cinema’s New Wave in the ‘70s and ‘80s. He started his career in advertising before joining the Film …
KIDAR SHARMA – STARMAKER (1910 – 1999) Raj Kapoor said he “is a one-man institution who taught me all I know about film-making.” He was speaking of Kidar Sharma: painter, poet, writer, lyricist and filmmaker who launched the careers of …
A.R. KARDAR (1904 -1989) Abdur Rashid Kardar was a man of many parts: actor, director, producer, writer –he was a pioneer of the Indian film industry. Born in Lahore, in pre-partition India, A.R. Kardar started his career as a calligraphist …