Gurgaon, Sep 26: Veteran actress Kamini Kaushal received the Kalpana Chawla Excellence Awards for Women at its 10th annual function here Wednesday for her contribution to Indian cinema.
The 86-year-old actress was last seen in Rohit Shetty's "Chennai Express".
She started her career with Chetan Anand's "Neecha Nagar" for which she was awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946.
During her time, she worked with top actors like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in films like "Shaheed", "Nadiya Ke Paar", "Shabnam", "Arzoo" and "Biraj Bahu".
From donning leading roles, the actress moved to character roles with "Shaheed" and was seen in many Manoj Kumar films.
She has essayed roles.
The 86-year-old actress was last seen in Rohit Shetty's "Chennai Express".
She started her career with Chetan Anand's "Neecha Nagar" for which she was awarded the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at the Cannes Film Festival in 1946.
During her time, she worked with top actors like Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in films like "Shaheed", "Nadiya Ke Paar", "Shabnam", "Arzoo" and "Biraj Bahu".
From donning leading roles, the actress moved to character roles with "Shaheed" and was seen in many Manoj Kumar films.
She has essayed roles.
- 9/25/2013
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
Vikramaditya Motwane’s “Udaan”, the film that made it to Un Certain Regard at Cannes International Film festival after seven years has been the talk of the town lately. With Udaan, Indian cinema’s seven year long jinxed relationship with the premier film festival has come to an end. Murali Nair’s Arimpara was the last film to have made it to Un Certain Regard, the section that carries the second most prestigious award, in the year 2003. Prior to that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was presented as a special screening out of competition at the festival in 2002.
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
Come to think of it, India and Cannes have had a cordial relationship right from the start. 1946, the year one of the oldest film festivals began at Cannes, Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar was screened as a Feature film in competition. Neecha Nagar was a pioneering effort in realistic Indian cinema and...
- 4/20/2010
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
It is the 44th death anniversary of one of the greatest directors that Bollywood has ever seen, Bimal Roy, fondly known as ‘Bimalda’. Born on July 12, 1909, he is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films like Do Bigha Zameen, Parineeta, Biraj Bahu, Madhumati, Sujata, and Bandini, making him an important director of Hindi cinema. He entered films as a cameraman with New Theatres Pvt. Ltd. where he photographed films like Devdas in 1935 and Mukti in 1937. His first film as director was Udayer Pathey in 1944 in Bengali, which was remade as Humrahi in 1945 in ...
- 1/6/2010
- Hindustan Times - Cinema
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