September 11th, 2010

Bollywood – Year by Year – 1942

Important Events

Shortage in raw film and equipment restricts the length of film to conserve stock for war propasganda films.

Filmistan Studio, a rival to Bombay Talkies, is set up by Shashadhar Mukherjee, Gyan Mukherjee, Rai Bahadur Chunilal and Ashok Kumar.

Directors V. Shantaram, Mehboob Khan and A.R. Kardar set up their independent production units.

Debuts

Noor Jehan in Khandaan (1942) – her first leading role in a Hindi/Urdu Film.

Births

Amitabh Bachan (actor) – 11th October 1942

Rajesh Khanna (actor) – 29th December 1942

Timeline