When DadaSaheb Phalke made first silent film "Raja Harishchandra "in 1913 he would have never imagined that he was planting a sapling which would eventually grow to huge tree in twenty first century and Bombay ( Mumbai) Studios will be churning out as many as 200 films in a year and about one thousand films would be made nation wide in year earlier part of this century.
The success of Hindi Cinema can be attributed to many stalwarts and artistes who worked hard . Several names from Ashok Kumar to present generation of actors come to mind. Balraj Sahni, Devanand, DilipKumar, Motilal, Raj Kapoor, Rajendra Kumar,Pran,Madhubala,Meena Kumari,Nargis,Vyjantimala, Waheeda Rehman became the icon stars in this family tree of Indian Cinema industry and will shine and be part of its history forever. They ruled from 1950s to late 60,s. Seventies saw Rajesh Khanna born as a new shining star. Amitabh Bachchan was to follow with equal and more powerful performances and history continued to be written.Sanjeev Kumar was another actor without whose mention history will remain incomplete.
1980s saw new generation of actors like Amrish Puri,Naseeruddin Shah, Ompuri, Smita Patil ,Shabana Azmi,Nana Patekar coming to limelight of Indian Cinema.
