11 Most Influential People of Bollywood for Generation X
by utpal_das | created - 22 Nov 2019 | updated - 22 Nov 2019 | PublicWe were born in the 70s and we grew with Bollywood when internet was no where and outdoor activity was everywhere, when there was no downloads, so the cinema was our holy place to go to our Utopian world and these were the most influential people for our generation
1. Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Director | Anand
By no means is he any glamorous director, yet Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most popular and beloved filmmakers in Indian cinema. His magic lay not in the glamor or largeness so often associated with cinema, but in its simplicity and warmth.
He began his career in Bombay, 1951, as an editor and...
Simple story telling and screenplay are all that you need to be that person who bought smile to every middle class Indian
2. Kishore Kumar
Music_department | Sholay
Abhas Kumar Ganguly was born in Khandwa, now in Madhya Pradesh. His dad's name was Kunjilal, a lawyer by profession, and his mom's name was Gouri Devi, who came from a wealthy family.
Kishore was the youngest in the Ganguly family, preceded by Ashok Kumar, Sati, & Anoop Kumar (I). Sati was married ...
You live through his songs, no single person have changed so many superstars life as much as Kishore da
3. Rahul Dev Burman
Music_department | Sholay
Rahul Dev Burman was born on June 27, 1939 in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was a composer and actor, known for Sholay (1975), 1942: A Love Story (1994) and Procession of Memories (1973). He was married to Asha Bhosle and Rita Patel. He died on January 4, 1994 in Bombay, ...
When you infuse trans continent music, get 'inspired' but then inspire trans continent, you know you have arrived and your inspiration is wholly and fully evident across the world
4. Gulzar
Music_department | Raazi
Gulzar is a writer, a lyricist, a director and, at heart, a poet. His films, sensitive, lyrical, and yet successful, were a welcome relief from the violent films that filled the 1970s and 1980s.
Born Sampooran Singh Kalra in Deena, in the Jhelum District in what is now Pakistan, he came to Delhi ...
Words would be just too less to advocate this poet but 'mera kuch yaaden... tumhare paas para he..."
5. Amitabh Bachchan
Actor | Black
Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in Allahabad, British India (present-day Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India) to legendary poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan & Teji Bachchan. He also has a brother named Ajitabh. He completed his education from Uttar Pradesh and moved to Bombay to find work as a ...
Renovation till this very day, innovation since the beginning and revolution for the entire film industry, the epitome of one man industry
6. Utpal Dutt
Actor | Agantuk
Utpal Dutt was born on March 29, 1929 in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India [now Bangladesh]. He was an actor and director, known for The Stranger (1991), Gol Maal (1979) and Bhuvan Shome (1969). He was married to Shobha Sen. He died on August 19, 1993 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
Along with Kader Khan, the 2 most genuine actors who understood 'acting' the way the audience wanted, and not to say the comic genius and even greater stage thespian, nothing compares to you
7. Kader Khan
Actor | Taqdeerwala
Kader Khan was an Indian actor, comedian, and screenwriter who worked in Hindi cinema. Khan's family migrated from Afghanistan to Mumbai, India, in 1942, and was raised in the neighbourhood of Kamathipura, Mumbai.
He completed his education at Ismail Yusuf College in Mumbai, earning a Master's ...
The king of sarcasm, the anti government agonist, ridiculed the system showing how corruption was ruling India during the 80s and 90s and the king of writing dialogues, the emperor of slapstick comedy
8. Govinda
Actor | Coolie No. 1
Govinda was born on December 21, 1963. Govinda has acted in over 120 films since his debut in 1986. Govinda is best-known for his comedy related roles; his powerful contribution in dancing in Bollywood is inevitable. He is one of the most successful actors and is definitely the best dancer in ...
The mad method actor, no one can duplicate him, this is a one time phenomena, never to happen again
9. Ramesh Sippy
Director | Sholay
Ramesh Sippy was born on January 23, 1947 in Karachi, Sind Province, British India. He is a director and producer, known for Sholay (1975), Saagar (1985) and Shaan (1980). He is married to Kiran Juneja.
The man who gave us glamour (Shaan), intensity (Shakti) and love (Saagar) in equal flavour
10. Prakash Mehra
Director | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar
Prakash Mehra, Born on 13th July 1939 in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh was a legendary film maker of Indian Cinema, also known as the Godfather of Amitabh Bachchan, a public and media given title, at which he often frowned upon, always clarifying that he was nobody's Godfather, fate introduced talent to ...
Shaarabi, Namak Halaal, Laawaris, thats a lifetime, but then you have Muqqadar Ka Sikander, you have Zanjeer, the trailblazer who probablt gave Amitabh the 'demi-God' status
11. Manmohan Desai
Director | Naseeb
Manmohan Desai was born on February 26, 1937 in Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Naseeb (1981), Kismat (1969) and Mard (1985). He died on March 1, 1994 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
Amar Akbar Anthony, Naseeb, Suhaag, Parwarish, Coolie, Mard, the king of multi cast, maybe he made Amitabh Bachchan or maybe Amitabh Bachchan made 'Manmohan Desai'
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