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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:43 am 
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MN Nambiar is apparently acting from 1935!!! he is now running 88 and 72 years in movie. He acted in one movie (forgot the title) where he played 11 characters. Still looking young.


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Pran Turns 88
(Born Feb 1920)
Happy Birthday Pran Saahib.
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http://www.indiafm.com/news/2008/02/12/10884/index.html
Wishing Pran a very Happy Birthday

By Bollywood Hungama News Network, February 12, 2008 - 11:40 IST

A famous proverb says that, "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." Well, this is exactly what our today's Birthday Boy is all about! He is none other than the 'Oldest Living Young Man of Bollywood'…Pran! One can even imagine fishes without water, but just cannot imagine Bollywood without this man! Having started off his career with Yamala Jat, he has left a mark that no one in Bollywood can even dream of!


Does that make Pran the oldest film personality in Bollywood ?? (Dilip Kumar is 1922 born, 1 - 2 Yrs younger than Pran, Achla Sachdev ??)

Among all of Indian film industry, who is the oldest film personality ??
M N Nambiar ??, Pran ?? Achla Sachdev ??
bgee wrote:
Aug 11, 2007:
MN Nambiar is apparently acting from 1935!!! he is now running 88 and 72 years in movie. He acted in one movie (forgot the title) where he played 11 characters. Still looking young.

BTW, M N Nambiar has been in a 2006 film, Sudeshi and also in a 2002 famous film Baba.

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Achla Sachdev is 1917 born making her older than Dilip, Pran, M N Nambiar.
She appeared in Saawaria recently ??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achala_Sachdev

Zohra Sehgal 1912 born (27-4-1912)
Appeared in Saawaria recently.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782247/bio


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 20, 2009 6:22 pm 
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Time goes fast.
Guess who (very famous name) made into the "40 Yrs or more in film business" club ??

Amitabh Bachchan.

Saw a TV clip where he stated that he has been in film business for 40 Yrs, signed his first film Saat Hindustani in Feb 1969.

(I entered his name in the starting post).


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PostPosted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 9:30 pm 
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rana wrote:
Zohra Sehgal 1912 born (27-4-1912)
Appeared in Saawaria recently.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782247/bio

Happy Birthday Zohra Sehgal.
She completed a century.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:00 am 
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VijayDinanathChavan wrote:
rana wrote:
Zohra Sehgal 1912 born (27-4-1912)
Appeared in Saawaria recently.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782247/bio

Happy Birthday Zohra Sehgal.
She completed a century.


Live long and stay healthy:) What an icon and achievement:)


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PostPosted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:16 am 
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Sachin Pilgaonkar (known as Sachin) has completed 50 years in Film Business.
He had received national award for child artist in year 1962 for Marathi film 'Ha Majha Marg Ekla'.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 11:51 am 
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Naushad (first film as an independent music director was Rattan (1940) ) and his last score was Taj Mahal (2005).

Farida Dadi (not sure of her first appearance, but I'm certain that she played the role of young Vyjayanthimala in Sangam (1964)). Her last movie was perhaps 3 Idiots as Farhan's mother. She still appears in Hindi TV shows though


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:48 am 
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Bump
(See page 1, Ist post. Some names added today)


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PostPosted: Wed Apr 08, 2020 1:53 am 
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rana wrote:
Let's list Indian Film personalities that have been in film business for more than 40 Yrs and are still active in business.

Achla Sachdev 1938
Pran 1941
Dilip Kumar 1944
Shashi Kala 1944
Lata Mangeshkar 1945
Dev Annand 1946
Manna Dey 1948 (imdb doesn't list any recent films, but Manna Dey has been performing live concerts all the time. So, counting him as 'active')
B R Chopra 1949
Tanuja 1950
Helen 1951
Shashi Kapoor 1951
Asha Bhosle 1952
Shammi Kapoor 1953
Jagdeep 1953
Waheeda Rehman 1955
Yash Raj Chopra 1957
Honey Irani 1959
Dara Singh (1959 Jagga Daku; Was he really in Pehli Jhalak 1955, Sangdil 1952 ??)
Sharmila Tagore 1959, (Kashmir Ki Kali in 1964)
Dharmendra 1960
Farida Jalal 1960
Prem Chopra 1960
Hema Malini 1961 dancer, (1968 first film)
Aruna Irani 1961
Gulzar 1961
Bindu 1962
Randhir Kapoor (1964 Sangam Child Actor; may be earlier too??)
Jeetendra 1964
Mac Mohan 1964
Rekha 1966
Rajesh Khanna 1966
Ameen Sayani 1952
Nagesh ?? (See beegee post)
Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (1923–2014) IMDB lists films during 1941-2014

Shobha Khote (Since 1955, still active in 2019)
Lalita Pawar (1918–98) (active 1928-98)
P.Jairaj (Paidee Jairaj) (1909-2000) (active 1930-2000, last film released 2004, acted in SHOLAY)



Almost 40 Yrs:

Junior Mehmood 1968
Vinod Khanna 1968
Bappi Lahiri 1969
March 2009 edit: the above 3 are in the "40 Yrs in film business" club now.
Plus Amiabh Bachchan who signed his first film Saat Hindustani in Feb 2009.

Who else can you think of ??
Personnel from Non Hindi films ??

M N Nambiar (since 1935) Recent films: Sudesi-2006, Baba-2002
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Some famous names but don't think they appeared in any film for long time:
Dilip Kumar 1944
Vyjanthi Mala 1949
A K Hangal 1966


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Some who got included in the list initially but had/ have passed away:
Johny Walker 1951
M N Nambiar (Passed away Nov 19, 2008)
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Some that got left out but names recalled after they passed away:
Rajinder Nath
Manorama (since 1926 as per imdb credits ) really ??

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As more names are pointed out or as I think of, I'll keep on editing this post, for a while, to include them.

Thanks.


Does it make Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (1923–2014) active in films 1942-2014 (72 Yrs) as the longest active actor in India Films ??


Last edited by rana on Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:32 pm, edited 3 times in total.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 09, 2020 8:13 pm 
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rana wrote:

Does it make Akkineni Nageshwara Rao (1923–2014) active in films 1942-2014 (72 Yrs) as the longest active actor in India Films ??


Trying to figure this out, found out/ realized, we missed:
1) "LALITA PAWAR'.
Not only we missed naming her, it turns out she holds the record 'Bollywood actress with the longest film career'. (entered on 1st page as well)
2) P.Jairaj (Paidee Jairaj) (1909-2000) (active 1930-2000, last film released 2004, acted in SHOLAY), Hero in many films.

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https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/wo ... d-actress/
The Bollywood actress with the longest film career was Lalita Pawar (India, 1918–98), who acted continuously for 70 years. She made her debut at the age of 12 and appeared in more than 700 films.


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Babubhai Mistry
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592985/

He has a huge repertoire, that has roots in the 1940s. His first venture seems to be associate director of Jungle Princess (1942), next venture as director of Muqabala (1942). Titles listed under his direction has 65 in number, and he has provided special effects for 30 titles; according to imdb.

His final venture as special effects director is listed as the 1990 film Sheshnag, and his final venture as director is listed as Shiv Mahapuran, a TV show of the year 2002.


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PostPosted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 10:12 pm 
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The length of Babubhai Mistry's career pleasantly surprised all of us. It was one that spanned 60 years. Here is another forgotten artiste who's career ran for 69 years!

RAJENDRA NATH
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707398/

His career departed in 1938 with the film Vachan, and his last work was in the year 2006 (Shahji Ki Advice). I guess he started off as a child artiste, for according to his year of birth he'd have been 7 by the time Vachan released!!


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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2020 1:55 am 
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Another suggestion for the list: Ramesh Deo

He’s been active since 1955, if his Wikipedia information is anything to go by. He appeared in Ghayal Once Again (2016). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesh_Deo
His year of birth is written as 1926, making him a nonagenarian.

I’d also suggest to list his wife, actress Seema Deo. She’s been active since 1960 and was last reported to appear in 2011 film “Dubhang”.
https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0219947/filmo ... _=m_nmfm_1


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PostPosted: Sat May 30, 2020 3:33 pm 
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Padmini Ramachandran

If her iMDb entries are accurate, the actress began acting in films in 1933, when she was merely a year old. The last entry for her acting career is a TV show of the year 2002 called An American Dream. She also remained engaged in running her own dance school, which she inaugurated in 1971. Therefore, that must also stand for a part of her stream of activity, which only hit the ocean when she passed away in 2006.


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B. Saroja Devi: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044600/
Jamuna (Milan, Hamraahi fame): https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0417270/


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