Dear All,
Today, July 9, 2025, marks the 100th birth anniversary of the legendary Indian filmmaker Guru Dutt. His real name was Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone. He was born on 9 July 1925 in Bangalore in the present-day state of Karnataka in India into a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmin family. He had his early education in Calcutta before training under dance maestro Uday Shankar after which he joined Prabhat Studios…
Proud to mention that, we had given tribute to him at historic event of 100 Years of Indian Cinema held in Pune on April 29, 2012 respectively in exhibition with rare photographs from our collection…
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https://youtu.be/7Z6Lr0JYAro
Thanx with regards,
Jayant.
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Please read the brief press report of the event below…
Times of India: A five-day cultural festival, comprising music, dance, films and exhibition, has been organized between April 29 and May 3 at the National Film Archive of India to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema.It was on May 3, 1913, when founder of the Indian film industry Dadasaheb Phalke screened the first movie Raja Harishchandra at Coronation theatre in Mumbai.Addressing a news conference here on Wednesday, Congress corporator Aba Bagul, chairman of Pune Navratra Mahotsav, the main organizer of the festival, said, “On May 3, the film industry will enter the 100th year of its foundation. During the festival, US-based Jayant Kulkarni, who has a huge collection of rare photographs of artists from the early days, will open his treasure for cinema lovers.”
