Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema

Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad (1914–87)

Abraham, John (1937–87)

Acharya, N. R. (1909–93)

Advani, Jagatrai Pesumal (B. 1903)

Agarwala, Jyotiprasad (1903–51)

Agradoot

Ahluwalia, Sukhdev (B. 1932)

Akhtar, Sardar (1915–84)

Akhtar – Ul – Iman (1915–96)

Ali, Muzaffar (B. 1944)

All-India Film

Altekar, Parshwanath Yeshwant (1897–1957)

Aman, Zeenat (B. 1951)

Amarnath, Gelaram Khetarpal (1914–83)

Amrohi, Kamal (1918–93)

Anand, Chetan (1915–97)

Anand, Dev (B. 1923)

Anand, Inder Raj

Anand, Mukul Sudheshwar (1951–97)

Anand, Vljay (B. 1935)

Anjaneyulu, Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama (1907–63)

Annadurai, Canjeevaram Natarajan (1909–69)

Anthony, P. J. (1923–79)

Apte, Narayan Hari (1889–1971)

Apte, Shanta (1916?–64)

Arathi (B. 1954)

Aravindan, Govindan (1935–91)

Art Schools

Arudra (1925–98)

Ashwathamma, K. (1910–44)

Asif, Karimuddin (1924–71)

Athavale, Shantaram Govind (B. 1910)

Athreya, Acharya (1921–89)

Atma Ram (1930–94)

Atorthy, Premankur (1890–1964)

Atre, Pralhad Keshav (1898–1969)

Aurora Film Corporation

Avm Film Company

Azmi, Kaifi (B. 1925)

Azmi, Shabana (B. 1950)

Babu, Hanumappa Vishwanath (1903–68)

Baburaj, M. S. (B. 1921)

Bachchan, Amitabh (B. 1942)

Backer, P. A. (B. 1940–93)

Badami, Sarvottam (B. 1910)

Bagchi, Gurudas (B. 1926)

Bakshi, Anand (B. 1920)

Bakshi, Shanti Prakash (1925–88)

Balachander, Kailasam (B. 1930)

Balachander, Sundaram (1927–90)

Balaramaiah, Ghantasala (1906–53)

Balasaraswathi, R. (B. 1928)

Balasubramanyam, S. P. (B. 1945)

Bal Gandharva (1888–1967)

Bali, Geeta (1930–65)

Balakrishna (B. 1960)

Balkrishna, T. N. (1913–1995)

Bannerjee, Bhanu (1920–83)

Bannerjee, Durgadas (1893–1943)

Bannerjee, Jyotish (B. 1887)

Bannerjee, Kali (1921–93)

Bannerjee, Kanu (1905–85)

Bapaiah, K.

Bapu (B. 1933)

Baran, Timir (1904–87)

Barua, Brojen (1925–72)

Barua, Jahnu (B. 1952)

Barua, Munin (B. 1948)

Barua, Nip (1925–92)

Barua, Padum (B 1924)

Barua, Pramathesh Chandra (1903–51)

Barua, Ramen (B 1938)

Bedekar, Vishram (B. 1906)

Bedi, Narendra (1937–82)

Bedi, Rajinder Singh (1915–84)

Benegal, Shyam (B. 1934)

Betaab, Narayan Prasad (1872–1945)

Bhaduri, Sisir Kumar (1889–1959)

Bhagavathar, C. Honnappa (1914–92)

Bhagavathar, M. Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja (1909–59)

Bhagwan, Master (B. 1913)

Bhagyaraj, Krishnaswamy (B. 1953)

Bhanumathi, Paluvayi (B. 1924)

Bharathan, B. G. (1946–98)

Bharatidasan (1891–1964)

Bharathirajaa (B. 1944)

Bhasi, Adoor (1929–90)

Bhasi, Thoppil (1925–92)

Bhaskara Das (1892–1952)

Bhaskaran, P. (B. 1924)

Bhatavdekar, Harishchandra Sakharam (B. 1868)

Bhatia, Vanraj (B. 1926)

Bhatt, Balwant N. (1909–65)

Bhatt, Mahesh (B. 1949)

Bhatt, Nanabhai N. (B. 1915)

Bhatt, Vijay Jagneshwar (1907–93)

Bhattacharya, Abhi (1922–93)

Bhattacharya, Ardhendu (1955–92)

Bhattacharya, Basu (1934–97)

Bhattacharya, Bijon (1917–78)

Bhattacharya, Dhiraj (1905–59)

Bhavnani, Mohan Dayaram (1903–62)

Bhimsingh, A. (1924–78)

Bhole, Keshavrao Vaman (1896–1967)

Bhosle, Asha (B. 1933)

Bilimoria, Dinshaw (B. 1904)

Bilimoria, Fali (B. 1923)

Biswas, Anil (B. 1914)

Biswas, Sachindranath [Chhabi] (1900–62)

Bombay Talkies

Boral, Rai Chand (1903–81)

Bordoloi, Atul (B. 1938)

Bose, Debaki Kumar (1898–1971)

Bose, Modhu (1900–69)

Bose, Nitin (1897–1986)

Bose, Sadhona (1914–73)

Bose, Satyen (1916–93)

Bose, Tapan (B. 1946)

Bourne & Shepherd

British Dominion Films

Burma, Phani (B. 1897)

Burman, Rahul Dev (1939–94)

Burman, Sachin Dev (1906–75)

Calcutta Theatres

Chakraborty, Mithun (B. 1956)

Chakraborty, Tulsi (1899–1961)

Chakraborty, Utpalendu (B. 1948)

Chakrapani (?–1975)

Chakravarty, Amiya (1912–57)

Chanakya, Tapi (1925–73)

Chander, Krishan (1914–77)

Chandra, N. (B. 1952)

Chandrakant Gaur (B. 1929)

Chandramohan (1905–49)

Chandrasekhar, Raja (1904–71)

Chatterjee, Anil (B. 1928)

Chatterjee, Basu (B. 1930)

Chatterjee, Dhritiman (B. 1946)

Chatterjee, Nabyendu (B. 1937)

Chatterjee, Pashupati (1906–91?)

Chatterjee, Sabitri (B. 1937)

Chatterjee, Soumitra (B. 1934)

Chattopadhyay, Kartick (1912–89)

Cherian, P.J. (1891–1981)

Chinnappa, Pudukottai Ulaganathan (1915–51)

Children's Film Society

Chiranjeevi (B. 1955)

Chitnis, Leela (B. 1912)

Chopra, Baldev Raj (B. 1914)

Chopra, Yash (B. 1932)

Choudhury, Ahindra (1897–1974)

Choudhury, Basanta (B. 1928)

Choudhury, Rama Shankar (1903–72)

Choudhury, Salil (1925–95)

Choudhury, Santi P. (1929–82)

Choudhury, Supriya

Chughtai, Ismat (1915–91)

Chunder, Hemchandra (B. 1907)

Company Natak

Company School Painting

Cooper, Patience (1905?–?)

Dakshinamurthy, V. (B. 1919)

Damle, Vlshnupant Govind (1892–1945)

Das, Jharana (B. 1945)

Dasgupta, Buddhadev (B. 1944)

Das Gupta, Chidananda (B. 1921)

Dasgupta, Harisadhan (B. 1923)

Dasgupta, Kamal (?-1974)

Dasgupta, Protima (B. 1922)

Dasgupta, Sukumar (B. 1907)

Date, Keshavrao (1889–1971)

Datta Keshav Kulkarni (B. 1932)

Dave, Mohanlal G.

Dave, Ravindra (1919–92)

Debi, Suprabha (B. 1939)

Desai, Dhirubhai B. (1908–90)

Desai, Jayantilal Zinabhai (1909–76)

Desai, Manmohan (1936–94)

Desai, Nanubhai B. (1902–67)

Desai, Vasant (1912–75)

Devarajan, Paravur

Devare, Narayan Gopinath (1899–1954)

Devi, Anjali (B. 1927)

Devi, Arundhati (1923–90)

Devi, B. Saroja (B. 1945)

Devi, Chhaya (B. 1914)

Devi, Kanan (1916–92)

Devi, Saraswati (1912–80)

Devi, Seeta (B. 1912)

Devi, Sitara (B. 1919)

Dey, Krishna Chandra (1893–1962)

Dey, Nirmal (B. 1913)

Dhaiber, Keshavrao (1890–1978)

Dharmadhikari, Dattatreya Jagannath (1913–82)

Dharmaraj, Rabindra (1949–82)

Dharma Rao, Tapi (1887–1973)

Dharmendra Deol (B. 1935)

Dixit, Madhuri (B. 1967)

DMK Film

Doordarshan

Doshi, Chaturbhuj Anandji (1894–1969)

Duncan, Ellis R. (B. 1908)

Durai

Dutt, Geeta (1930–72)

Dutt, Guru (1925–64)

Dutt, Sunil (B. 1929)

Dutt, Utpal (1929–93)

Dutta, J. P. (B. 1949)

East India Film Company

Elangovan (1913–71)

Empire Films

Esoofally, Abdulally (1884–1957)

Fatma, Begum

Fattelal, Sheikh (1897–1964)

Fazil (B. 1953)

Film Advisory Board

Film and Television Institute of India

Filmistan

Films Division

Gadkar, Jayshree (B. 1942)

Gaggaiah, Vemuri (1895–1955)

Gandhi, Naval (B. 1897)

Ganesan, Sivaji (B. 1927)

Ganesh, Gemini

Ganguly, Dhirendranath (1893–1978)

Ganguly, Jahar (1904–69)

Ganguly, Jiban (1905–53)

Ganguly, Priyanath N. (1887–1956)

Gemini Pictures

General Pictures Corporation

George, Kulakkatil Geevarghese (B. 1945)

Ghai, Subhash (B. 1943)

Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (1923–74)

Ghatak, Anupam (1911–47)

Ghatak, Ritwik Kumar (1925–76)

Ghose, Gautam (B. 1950)

Ghosh, Kaliprasad (B. 1889)

Ghosh, Nachiketa (1924–76)

Ghosh, Nemai (1914–88)

Ghosh, Parbati (B. 1944)

Ghosh, Robi (1931–97)

Gidwani, Moti B. (B. 1905)

Gohar Kayoum Mamajiwala (1910–85)

Gopalakrishnan, Adoor (B. 1941)

Gopalakrishnan, K. S.

Gopi (B. 1937)

Gopichand, Tripuraneni (1910–62)

Govinda (B. 1963)

Gulzar, Sampooran Singh (B. 1936)

Gupta, Dinen (B. 1932)

Gupta, Hemen (1914–67)

Haider, Ghulam (1908–53)

Hamsalekha (B. 1951)

Hariharan, T.

Hazarika, Bhupen (B. 1926)

Heblikar, Suresh (B. 1945)

Hindustan Cinema Films Company

Historicals

Hublikar, Shanta (1914–92)

Husnlal-Bhagatram (Husnlal: ?-1968; Bhagatram: ?-1973)

Hussain, Anwar (B. 1929)

Hussain, Nasir (B. 1931)

Ilaiyaraja

Imperial Films Company

Indian Kinema Arts

Indian Peoples' Theatre Association

Information Films of India

Irani, Ardeshir Marwan (1886–1969)

Ishara, Babu Ram

Islam, Kazi Nazrul (1889–1976)

Iyer, Ganapathy Venkatramana (B. 1917)

Jaddanbai (B. 1892)

Jaffrey, Saeed (B. 1929)

Jaggaiah, Kongara (B. 1926)

Jagirdar, Gajanan (1907–88)

Jamuna, Nippani (B. 1937)

Janaki, S. (B. 1938)

Janaki, Sowcar (B. 1922)

Jaswantlal, Nandlal (1906–61)

Jayalalitha Jayaram (B. 1948)

Jayamma, B. (1915–88)

Jaywant, Nalini (B. 1926)

Jeetendra (B. 1942)

Jha, Prakash (B. 1952)

Joshi, Manilal (1893–1927)

Kale, Keshav Narayan (1904–74)

Kalingrao, P. (1914–81)

Kalki (1899–1954)

Kallol Group

Kalpana (?-1979)

Kalyanasundaram, Pattukotai (1930–59)

Kalyanji-Anandji

Kamalabai, Surabhi (B. 1913)

Kamalahasan (B. 1954)

Kambadasan

Kambhar, Chandrasekhar (B. 1937)

Kanagal, Subraveshti Ramaswamy Puttanna (1933–85)

Kanam, E. J. (1926–87)

Kanchanmala (1923–81)

Kannadasan (1927–81)

Kannamba, Pasupuleti (1912–64)

Kapoor, Prithviraj (1906–72)

Kapoor, Raj (1924–88)

Kapoor, Shammi (B. 1931)

Kapoor, Shashi (B. 1938)

Kapur, Shekhar (B. 1945)

Kar, Ajoy (1914–85)

Karanth, Babukodi Venkatramana (B. 1929)

Karanth, Prema (B. 1936)

Kardar, Abdul Rashid (1904–89)

Kariat, Ramu (1927–79)

Karnad, Girish Raghunath (B. 1938)

Karun, Shaji Narayanan (B. 1952)

Karunanidhi, Muthuvel (B. 1924)

Kasaravalli, Girish (B. 1949)

Kashmiri, Aga Hashr (1879–1935)

Kathavachak, Radheshyam (B. 1890)

Kaul, Mahesh (1911–72)

Kaul, Mani R. (B. 1942)

K. D. Brothers

Khan, Shah Rukh (B. 1965)

Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam (1898–1976)

Khanna, Rajesh (B. 1942)

Khayyam, Mohammed Zahur (B. 1927)

Khosla, Raj (1925–91)

Khote, Durga (1905–91)

Kohinoor Film Company

Koirala, Manisha

Kolhapur Cinetone

Komala, A. P. (B. 1934)

Kondke, Dada (1932–98)

Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury (1905–87)

Kottarakkara, Kuttan Pillai (B. 1924)

Krishen, Pradip (B. 1949)

Krishna Film Company

Krishna, Ghantamneni Sivarama (B. 1943)

Krishnakant (B. 1922)

Krishnamurthy, Hunsur (B. 1914)

Krishnan, Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu (1905–57)

Krishnan-Panju: R. Krishnan (B. 1909) and S. Panju (B. 1915)

Krishnarao, Arakalagudu Narasinga Rao (1908–71)

Krishnarao Phulambrikar, Master (1891–1974)

Krishnaveni, C. (B. 1924)

Kumar, Anup (B. 1932)

Kumar Ganguly, Ashok (B. 1911)

Kumar, Dilip (B. 1922)

Kumar, Kalyana (B. 1936)

Kumar, Kishore (1929–87)

Kumar, Manoj (B. 1937)

Kumar, Mehul (B. 1949)

Kumar, Rajendra (B. 1929)

Kumar, Udaya (1930–86)

Kumar, Uttam (1926–80)

Kumaran, K. P. (B. 1938)

Kumari, Meena (1933–72)

Kunchako (1912–76)

Kurup, O. N. V. (B. 1931)

Lahiri, Bappi

Lahiri, Nirendranath (1908–72)

Lajmi, Kalpana (B. 1954)

Lakshminarayan, N. (?-1991)

Lakshmirajyam (1922–87)

Lankesh, P. (B. 1935)

Laxmikant-Pyarelal [Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (1937–98)] and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (B. 1940)

Leela, P. (B. 1933)

Leelavathi (B. 1938)

Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–80)

Luhar, Chimanlal Muljibhoy (1901–48)

Madan Theatres

Madgulkar, Gajanan Digambar (1919–77)

Madhu

Madhubala (1933–69)

Mahapatra, Manmohan (B. 1951)

Mahapatra, Nirad

Maharashtra Film Company

Mahendra, Balu (B. 1946)

Mahendran, J. (B. 1939)

Majid, Abdul (B. 1932)

Majumdar, Nagendra (B. 1894)

Majumdar, Phani (1911–94)

Majumdar, Sushil (1906–88)

Majumdar, Tarun (B. 1932)

Malayil, Sibi

Malini, Hema (B. 1948)

Malvankar, Damuanna (1893–1975)

Mammootty (B. 1953)

Mane, Anant (1915–1995)

Mangeshkar, Lata (B. 1929)

Manto, Sadat Hasan (1912–55)

Marudakasi, Ayyamperumal (1920–89)

Master, Homi (?-1949)

Mathur, Vishnu (B. 1944)

Mehboob (1906–64)

Mehra, Krishna Dev (1907–95)

Mehra, Prakash (B. 1939)

Mehta, Harshadrai Sakerlal

Mehta, Ketan (B. 1952)

Mehta, Vijaya (B. 1934)

Melodrama

Menon, P. N. (B. 1928)

Menon, S. Balachandra (B. 1954)

Minerva Movietone

Mir, Ezra (1903–93)

Mirza, Saeed Akhtar (B. 1943)

Mishra, Bhagwati Prasad (1896–1932)

Mishra, Sisir (B. 1942)

Mistri, Babubhai (B. 1919)

Mitra, Kamal (1911–93)

Mitra, Naresh Chandra (1888–1968)

Mitra, Premendra (1904–88)

Mitra, Sombhu (1916–97)

Modak, Shahu (1918–93)

Modern Theatres

Modi, Sohrab Merwanji (1897–1984)

Mohanan, K. R. (B. 1947)

Mohan Kohli, Madan (1924–75)

Mohanlal (B. 1962)

Motilal Rajvansh (1910–65)

Mudaliar, Pammal Vijayaranga Sambandham (1872–1964)

Mudaliar, R. Nataraja (1885–1972)

Mukherjee, Gyan (1909–57)

Mukherjee, Hemanta Kumar (1920–89)

Mukherjee, Hrishikesh (B. 1922)

Mukherjee, Madhabi (B. 1943)

Mukherjee, Sailajananda (1901–76)

Mukherjee, Subodh (B. 1921)

Mukkamala, Krishnamurthy (1920–87)

Mullick, Amar (1899–1972)

Mullick, Pankaj (1905–78)

Munshi, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal (1887–1971)

Murugadasa (B. 1900)

Music Schools

Mythologicals

Nadia (1908–1996)

Nadkarni, Sundarrao

Nag, Anant (B. 1948)

Nag, Shankar (1954–90)

Nagabharana, T. S. (B. 1953)

Nagabhushanam, Kadaru (B. 1902)

Nagaiah, Chittor V. (1904–73)

Nagarajan, A. P.

Nagarjuna, Akkineni (B. 1959)

Nair, Kottarakkara Sridharan (1922–86)

Nair, Madathu Thekepattu Vasudevan (B. 1934)

Nair, Mira (B. 1957)

Nair, Thikkurisi Sukumaran (1917–97)

Nanda, Prashanta (B. 1947)

Narasaraju, Datla Venkata (B. 1920)

Narayana Kavi, Udumalai (1899–1981)

Narayanamurthy, Chitrapu (1913–85)

Narayanan, A. (1900–39)

Nargis (1929–81)

National Film Development Corporation

Naushad Ali (B. 1919)

Navya Movement

Navyug Chitrapat

Naxalite

Nayak, Prabhakar Manajirao (1920–86)

Nayyar, Omkar Prasad (B. 1926)

Nazir, Prem (1928–89)

Neelakantan, P. (B. 1916)

Nene, Raja (1912–75)

New Indian Cinema

New Theatres

Nihalani, Govind (B. 1940)

Nurjehan (B. 1929)

Nutan Samarth (1936–91)

Osten, Franz (1876–1956)

Padmanabhan, R. (B. 1896)

Padmarajan, P. (1936–91)

Padmini, S. (B. 1934)

Pagnis, Vishnupant (1892–1943)

Painter, Baburao (1890–1954)

Pal, Niranjan (1889–1959)

Palekar, Amol (B. 1944)

Palit, Nitai (B. 1923)

Pancholi, Dalsukh M. (1906–59)

Pande, Vinod

Pandharibai (B. 1930)

Panthulu, Budugur Ramakrishnaiah (1911–74)

Paranjpe, Raja (1910–79)

Paranjpye, Sai (B. 1936)

Parsee Theatre

Patankar, Shrinath (?-1941)

Patekar, Nana (B. 1951)

Patel, Jabbar (B. 1942)

Pathy, P.V. (1906–61)

Patil, Dinkar Dattajirao (B. 1915)

Patil, Smita (1955–86)

Pat Painting

Pattanayak, Kabichandra Kalicharan (B. 1900)

Patwardhan, Anand (B. 1950)

Patwardhan, Nachiket (B. 1948)/Patwardhan, Jayoo (B. 1949)

Pavithran, Vattaparambil Krishnan (B. 1950)

Pawar, Lalita (1916–98)

Pendharkar, Baburao (1896–1967)

Pendharkar, Bhalchandra Gopal [Bhalji] (1898–1994)

Pendyala Nageshwara Rao (1924–84)

Phadke, Sudhir Vlnayak (B. 1919)

Phalke, Dhundiraj Govind (1870–1944)

Phalke Films Company

Photography

Pillai, Muthukulam Raghavan (B. 1909)

Pothan, Prathap K. (B. 1952)

Prabhat Film Company

Prakash, Khemchand (1907–50)

Prakash, Raghupati Surya (1901–56)

Prakash Rao, Kovalapati Surya (1914–96)

Prakash Rao, Tatineni (1924–92)

Prasad, L.V. (1908–94)

Pratyagatma, Kotayya (B. 1925)

Priyadarshan

Progressive Artists Group

Progressive Writers Association

Pullaiah, Chittajallu (1895–1967)

Pullaiah, P. (1911–85)

Punatar, Ratilal Hemchand (B. 1913)

Punjab Film Corporation

Puri, Om (B. 1950)

Qadir, Kozhikode Abdul

Rafi, Mohammed (1924–80)

Raghava, Bellari (1880–1946)

Raghavacharya, Samudrala (1902–68)

Raghavaiah, Vedantam (1919–71)

Raghavendra Rao, K.

Raghunath, T.R. (1912–90)

Raghuramaiah, Kalyanam (1915–68)

Rai, Himansu (1892–1940)

Rajalakshmi, T.P. (?-1964)

Rajamma, M.V. (B. 1923)

Rajan-Nagendra (Rajan, B. 1933; Nagendra, B. 1935)

Rajarathnam, Bezawada (B. 1921)

Rajdutt (B. 1932)

Raje, Aruna (B. 1946)

Rajendar, Thesingu (B. 1955)

Rajendran, Lenin (B. 1952)

Rajkamal Kalamandir

Rajkumar (B. 1929)

Rajnikant (B. 1950)

Raju, Thotakura Venkata (1921–73)

Ramabrahmam, Gudavalli (1902–46)

Ramachandran, Marudur Gopalamenon (1917–87)

Ramaiyadas, Thanjai (1914–69)

Raman, Mahalingam Venkat (B. 1913)

Rama Rao, Nandamuri Taraka (1923–96)

Rama Rao, Tatineni (B. 1938)

Ramchandra, Narhar Chitalkar (1918–82)

Ramnoth, K. (1912–56)

Ramsay Brothers

Ranga, B.S. (B. 1918)

Ranga Rao, Samarla Venkata (1918–74)

Rani, Bulo C. (1920–93)

Rani Choudhury, Devika (1907–94)

Ranjit Movietone

Rao, Adi Narayana (1915–91)

Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara (B. 1924)

Rao, Balkrishna Narayan (B. 1909)

Rao, Bhimavarapu Narasimha (?-1957)

Rao, Bongu Narasinga (B. 1946)

Rao, Chitrapu Narasimha (B. 1911)

Rao, Chittajalu Srinivasa (B. 1924)

Rao, Dasari Narayana (B. 1947)

Rao, Kamalakara Kameshwara (B. 1911)

Rao, Pingali Nagendra (1901–71)

Rao, R. Nagendra (1896–1977)

Rao, Rajanala Nageshwara (1926–59)

Rao, P.S. Ramakrishna (1918–86)

Rao, Saluri Rajeswara (B. 1922)

Rao, Singeetham Srinivasa

Rao, Yaragudipati Varada (1903–73)

Raskapur, Manhar (1922–80)

Rathnam, Mani (B. 1956)

Rathod, Kanjibhai J.

Rathod, Kantilal (1925–88)

Rawail, Harnam Singh (B. 1921)

Rawail. Rahul (B. 1951)

Ray, Satyajit (1921–92)

Reddi, Bommireddi Narasimha (1908–77)

Reddy, Hanumappa Muniappa (1882–1960)

Reddy, Kadri Venkata (1912–72)

Reddy, Pattabhi Rama (B. 1919)

Reddy, S.V. Krishna

Rehman, Allah Rakha (B. 1966)

Rehman, Waheeda (B. 1938)

Rekha (B. 1954)

Roy, Blmal (1909–66)

Roy, Charu (1890–1971)

Roy, Jahar (1929–77)

Roy, Nirupa (B. 1931)

Sadanandan, S.L. Puram (B. 1927)

Sagar, Ramanand (B. 1917)

Sagar Film Company

Sahni, Balraj (1913–73)

Sahu, Kishore (1915–80)

Saigal, Kundan Lal (1904–46)

Saikia, Bhabendranath (B. 1932)

Saint Films

Salim-Javed (Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar)

Samanta, Shakti (B. 1925)

Samarth, Shobhana (B. 1916)

Sami, Arul Susai Anthony (B. 1915)

Sandow, P.K. Raja (1894–1942)

Sangani, Chandrakant (B. 1927)

Sangeet Natak

Sanyal, Pahadi (1906–74)

Saraiya, Govind (B. 1929)

Sarhadi, Zia (B. 1914)

Sarma, Phani (1910–70)

Sarpotdar, Narayanrao Damodar (1896–1940)

Sasi, I.V. (B. 1948)

Sasikumar

Sastry, Bellave Narahari (1881–1961)

Sastry, Devulapalli Krishna (1897–1980)

Sathyan (1912–71)

Sathyu, Mysore Srinivasa (B. 1930)

Satyanarayana, E.V.V.

Saurashtra Film Company

Savitri, Kommareddy (1937–81)

Segal, Mohan (B. 1921)

Sen, Aparna (B. 1945)

Sen, Asit (B. 1922)

Sen, Hiralal (1866–1917)

Sen, Mrinal (B. 1923)

Sen, Satu (1902–72)

Sen, Suchitra (B. 1931?)

Sethumadhavan, K.S. (B. 1926)

Shah, Chandulal Jesangbhai (1898–1975)

Shah, Kundan (B. 1947)

Shah, Naseeruddin (B. 1950)

Shahani, Kumar (B. 1940)

Shailendra (1923–66)

Shankar-Jaikishen, Aka Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi (?-1987) and Jaikishen Dayabhai Panchal (1929–71).

Shantaram, Rajaram Vankudre (1901–90)

Sharada (B. 1945)

Sharda Film Company

Sharma, Aribham Syam (B. 1939)

Sharma, Kidar Nath (B. 1910)

Sharma, Ramesh

Shobhan Babu (B. 1936)

Shorey, Roshan Lal

Shorey, Roop Klshore (1914–73)

Simha, H.L.N. (1904–72)

Singh, Dara (B. 1928)

Singh, M.A.

Singh, Shankar V. Rajendra (B. 1948)

Singh, Suchet (?-1920)

Singh, Surinder (B. 1945)

Sinha, Mala (B. 1936)

Sinha, Tapan (B. 1924)

Sippy, Gopaldas Parmanand (B. 1915)

Sippy, Ramesh (B. 1947)

Sivan, Papanasam (1894–1973)