INDIAN FILM EVENTS AND THE YEAR 1960

Scene from Bollywood film, "Barsaat Ki Raat"(1960)

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Film World Events of 1960

"Sujata" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".

Nutan and Sunil Dutt in "Sujata"
Excise duty begins to be levied on film prints.
The Film Finance Corporation (FFC) started.
"Mughal-e-Azam" is released.

Scene from "Mughal-e-Azam"
Mukesh wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Sab Kuch Seekha Humne from "Anari".

Mukesh
Prabhat Studios is acquired by the Indian Government to set up The Film Institute of India.
The Institute for Film Technology is started in Madras.
Film-maker / actor / playback-singer Kishore Kumar marries actress Madhubala (a.k.a. Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi). Because he is Hindu and she is Muslim, they opt for a civil ceremony.

Madhubala and Kishore Kumar in scene from "Chalti ka Naam Gaadi"
Shankar / Jaikishan win Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for their work in "Anari".
"Movieland", a weekly film tabloid is launched in Madras.
South Indian Actor M.G. Ramchandran is awarded the Padma Shree.

MGR
Raj Kapoor wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Raj Kumar in "Anari"

Raj Kapoor and Nutan in Anari
Nutan wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Sujata in "Sujata"

Nutan
Sanjeev Kumar make his film debut in "Hum Hindustani"

Sanjeev Kumar
Manoj Kumar has his first leading role in "Kaanch Ki Gudia"