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INDIAN FILM EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1954

Scene from Bollywood film, "Nagin"(1954)

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Film World Events of 1954

"Do Bigha Zameen" becomes the first film to win the new "Filmfare Awards" for "Best Picture".

Scene from "Do Bigha Zameen"
Film Producers Guild is formed.
Music director Anil Biswas ("Kismet"-1943, "Milan"-1946, "Hum Log"-1984) separates from his wife Asha Lata. They later divorce.
First National Awards are held. P.K. Atre's Marathi film "Shyamchi Aayee" wins first President's Gold Medal for the Best feature film of 1953.
Madhubala's heart condition, which had been kept from the public for years, becomes widely known and reported in the press.

Madhubala
Naushad wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Baiju Bawra" for song Tu Ganga Ki Mauj.
K.A. Abbas's film "Munna" becomes the second film to be made without songs.
Talks between the Film Federation of India (FFI) and the Indian government collapse. These talks were in reference to All India Radio's (AIR) policy of playing pre-recorded film songs without crediting their sources. The failure of these talks pushes Indian entertainment producers to deal with Radio Ceylon.
The music director Hemant Kumar is thrust into the national limelight with the release of "Nagin"

Disk of music for "Nagin"
The compulsory showing of "approved" films (Government propaganda) is declared to be unlawful.
Pioneering film director Baburao Painter dies.
Dilip Kumar wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Shankaar in "Daag"

Nimmi and Dilip Kumar in "Daag"
Meena Kumari wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Gauri in "Baiju Bawra"

Meena Kumari in "Baiju Bawra"
Future actress Rekha is born in Madras. Her name at birth is Bhanurekha Ganesan. Her father is the famed Tamil actor Gemini Ganeshan and her mother is the Telugu actress Pushpavalli.
Dharmendra marries his first wife, Prakash Kaur