Chennai: Popular Tamil film and TV actor Mohan Raman, also a well known philatelist, was pleasantly surprised when the government honoured actors he had recommended from the south through 50 stamps that were released at the 60th National Film Awards.
President Pranab Mukherjee released the stamps Friday commemorating 50 iconic film personalities who brought changes to Indian cinema.
"I was approached by a member of the film chamber few months back requesting me to suggest names of actors from south to be honoured through postal stamps. I suggested few names from all four southern film industries and to my surprise a few from the list I had recommended were honoured," Mohan told IANS.
"I felt like the squirrel that helped lord Rama in building the bridge in 'Ramayana'. I'm extremely happy with the list and feel everyone in it truly deserved the honour," added the actor known for his work in Tamil films such as 'Mahanadi', 'Minsara Kanavu', 'Padayappa' and 'Kuselan'. The postal stamps were of Ashok Kumar, Dev Anand, Yash Chopra, Smita Patil, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Geeta Dutt, and Tapan Sinha among others....
more
12:25 PM, May 06, 2013
A rare photo of actors Deepti Naval and Smita Patil hanging out together in jeans, shirts, high boots and sneakers. Naval posted this photo on her official Facebook page. ...
10:15 AM, Apr 04, 2013
Smita Patil and Raj Babbar's son Prateik is taking a long sabbatical from the public eye until his next release. ...
10:32 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Smita Patil was known for her work in films like 'Bhumika', 'Shakti' and 'Arth'. The actress died in 1986. ...
01:05 PM, Dec 27, 2012
Mumbai: Almost after three decades, veteran filmmaker Govind Nihalani is all set to make a sequel of his 1983 hit cop drama 'Ardh Satya'. The highly acclaimed film had Om Puri, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Naseeruddin Shah, and Sadashiv Amrapurkar in the lead. The protagonist, played by Om Puri, is a policeman struggling with the evils around him and with his own frailties. "We are working on the sequel of...
02:21 PM, Aug 06, 2012
Bangalore: Bollywood actor Prateik Babbar says he was excited about playing with guns and doing stunts in his first action movie 'Issaq' where he plays a 'Banarasi' boy in the lead role. "It's very exciting for any young man... it's a dream to play with guns and do stunts. It was very exciting for me," Prateik, the son of actor-politician Raj Babbar and late actress Smita Patil, told PTI here....
01:43 PM, Jul 15, 2012
New Delhi: A radiant smile, intense eyes, sensuous looks and a fearless attitude, actress Smita Patil was undoubtedly a bundle of talent. Filmmakers who got an opportunity to work with her claim that no actress can match her finesse in acting. Actor Raj Babbar's wife and Prateik's mother, Smita passed away at the age of 31. Just two weeks after giving birth to her first child, Smita died because of...
04:51 PM, Dec 13, 2011
Mumbai: If you don't believe in ghosts, then this is not the story for you. There's an eerie story secretly doing the rounds among the cast and crew of 'My Friend Pinto'. Apparently a lot of the crew members, including Prateik, director Raghav Dhar and producer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, felt late actress Smita Patil's presence while shooting with her son Prateik. "We don't know what it was. But we certainly...
12:35 PM, Oct 16, 2011
Bhopal: Three assistant directors and more than 65 supporting artists are among the many Bhopal locals who have got a golden opportunity to be part of Bollywood, thanks to Prakash Jha's Aarakshan. Some are just happy to feature in the crowds in film scenes. The film is helping budding talent from the city find a foothold in showbiz, says Zohaib Ali who has been hired as an assistant director to...
05:07 PM, Feb 18, 2011
CNN-IBN looks back at the life and times of Smita Patil, an actress par excellence. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 12, 2011
CNN-IBN looks back at the life and times of Smita Patil, an actress par excellence. ...
10:59 PM, Feb 12, 2011
Mumbai: Almost three decades after his near fatal injury during the filming of a fight scene for the film Coolie, Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Wednesday revealed that actress Smita Patil had a premonition about the accident a day before it took place. "Smita was a unique lady and she had a premonition about my accident," Amitabh told reporters here. "I was shooting for Coolie in Bangalore in 1982. One...
03:34 PM, Dec 23, 2010
Kareena Kapoor will be honoured with the Smita Patil Memorial Award for her contribution to the film industry. ...
08:16 PM, Aug 29, 2006
