September 14th, 2010

Bollywood – Year by Year – 1982

Important Events

Amitabh Bachchan and Rati Agnihotri in Coolie (1983)

Amitabh Bachchan and Rati Agnihotri in Coolie (1983)

India’s greatest screen icon Amitabh Bachchan has a near-fatal accident on the sets of Manmohan Desai’s Coolie.

Bhanu Athaiya is the first Indian to win an Oscar for her costumes in Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, in which Ben Kingsley immortalized the role of M.K. Gandhi.

A massive musical show named ‘Mortal Men Immortal Melodies’ is held on 12th February 1982 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Sound in Indian cinema. It is organized by Cinema Vision India (Mr. Siddharth kak) along with the Music Directors’ Association at Shanmukhananda Hall, Mumbai. Noor Jehan from Pakistan is the special guest at the occasion.

Births

Ranbir Kapoor (actor) – 28th September 1982

Timeline