The year 2011 has ended and has left memories with us. Memories of some great people actually legends will be the perfect word for them who left us in the year. Bollywood & lovers lost 13 legends in the past year. There departure was not only a big lose for industry but also for the people who loved them. Lets remember them by going through there life & achievements which will always inspire us.
Suchitra Mitra: Suchitra Mitra (19 September 1924 – 3 January 2011) was an Indian singer and composer, as well as a well-respected exponent of Rabindra Sangeet or the songs of Bengal's poet laureate Rabindranath Tagore.Mitra was a playback singer, acted in a Bengali films as well,and was many years associated with IPTA. After prolonged illness Mitra died of a cardiac ailment on 3 January 2011, in Kolkata.
Shamin Desai:Director Shamin Desai passed away before his maiden directorial venture 24x7 Raftaar saw the light of the day. Shamin has also worked with Channel V in the past and directed singer K.K.'s popular music-video 'Pal'.
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi: Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi (February 4, 1922 – January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana (school), he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music (bhajans and abhangs). He was the most recent recipient of the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, awarded in 2008. Apart from Bharat ratna he was awarded with Padma Shree, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and many more.
He was suffering from prolonged illness and breathed his last at Sahyadri Hospital in Pune around 8.05 am on January 24, 2011.
Goga Kapoor: Ravinder Kapoor (15 December 1940 – 2 March 2011), popularly known as Goga Kapoor, was an Indian film actor, who appeared mostly in Bollywood films. He had played supporting roles of that of villain's henchmen or that of gangster. He is mostly remembered as Kamsa in the TV serial Mahabharat, Dinkar Rao in the film Agneepath and as the Don in the film Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa. His other notable works include films like Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak and Run.
He died in Mumbai due to prolonged illness at the age of 70.
Naveen Nischol: Navin Nischol (18 March 1946 – 19 March 2011) was an Indian actor. He made his debut with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon in 1970.He starred in several superhits, such as Victoria No. 203 (1972) and Dhund (1973).
At one time, he was popularly known as the "poor man's Rajesh Khanna" — an allusion to his being an inferior copy of the much-more-in-demand Rajesh Khanna. Later on, Nischol switched to character roles and carved out a successful career for himself in television. One of his most successful serials on television was Dekh Bhai Dekh, co-starring Sushma Seth, Shekhar Suman and Farida Jalal.[1] He also starred in the Punjabi films Aasra Pyar Da (1983) and Mahaul Theek Hai (1999).
Nischol died of a heart attack on 19 March 2011 en route from Mumbai to Pune. He was 65 years old.
MF ( Maqbool Fida) Hussain: Maqbool Fida Husain (17 September 1915 – 9 June 2011) commonly known as MF, was an eminent painter of Indian origin, although a Qatari national at the time of his death. He has been widely regarded as the "Picasso of India" and has influenced a whole generation of artists in the country
His narrative paintings, executed in a modified Cubist style, can be caustic and funny as well as serious and sombre. His themes—usually treated in series—include topics as diverse as Mohandas K. Gandhi, Mother Teresa, the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the British raj, and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. One of the most celebrated and internationally recognized Indian artists of the 20th century, he also received recognition as a printmaker, photographer, and filmmaker.
M F Husain died, aged 95, on 9 June 2011, following a heart attack.
Mani Kaul: Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian film director of Hindi films. He got awards for films like Duvidha, Sidheshvari, Uski Roti, Ashad Ke Ek Din , Idiot. Besides this he also did many films like Ghashiram Kotwal (1979),Satah Se Uthata Admi (1980),Dhrupad (1982),Mati Manas (1984), Nazar (1989), The Cloud Door (1995), Naukar Ki Kameez, Bojh.
In 1971, he was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.
He was a visiting lecturer at Harvard University for the 2000–2001 school year.
He died on 6 July 2011 after prolonged illness.
Shammi Kapoor: Shammi Kapoor (21 Oct 1931 - 14 Aug 2011) is hailed as one of the most entertaining lead actors that Hindi cinema has ever produced. He was one of the leading stars of Hindi cinema during the late 1950s, the 1960s and early '70s. He made his Bollywood debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, and went on to deliver hits like Tumsa Nahin Dekha, Dil Deke Dekho, Junglee, Dil Tera Diwana, Professor, China Town, Rajkumar, Kashmir Ki Kali, Janwar, Teesri Manzil, An Evening in Paris, Bramhachari, Andaz and Vidhaata.
He died of kidney failure at the Breach Candy Hospital at 5.15 am on Sunday, 14th August. The 79-year-old dancing star had been unwell for some time and was on dialysis.
Jagmohan Mundhra: Jagmohan "Jag" Mundhra (29 October 1948 – 4 September 2011) was an Indian filmmaker best known for his early career as an American exploitation film writer-director and his later career as maker of such issue-oriented films as Bawandar and Provoked.
After his first dramas, Suraag, and the socially-relevant film, Kamla,Mundhra directed, in the late 1980s and the 1990s, a string of horror and erotic thriller movies for theatrical distribution and direct to video, including The Jigsaw Murders(1988), Halloween Night (1988), Night Eyes(1990), L.A. Goddess(1993), Sexual Malice (1994), Tales of The Kama Sutra:The Perfumed Garden(2000) and Tales of The Kama Sutra 2:Monsoon(2001).
Beginning with Bawandar(2000), which he directed under the name Jagmohan, Mundhra was back to issue-oriented films. Bawander is about the fight of a poor woman for justice and was based on the sad story of a woman in the state of Rajasthan, Bhanwari Devi. After the film's release Ashok Gehlot, the chief minister of Rajasthan called him and said, "Aapke bawandar ne bada bawander machaya hai." He gave Rs 50,000 and land for Bhanwari Devi and also money for her son's education. To Mundhra, "It's not a movie about rape, but the empowerment of a woman. This character could be fictitious and yet the story would have had the same powerful message".In his own words, Kamla, Bawander and Provoked are his trology of strong women centric films.
He died on 4th sept due to internal bleeding
Surinder Kapoor: Surinder Kapoor (23 December 1925 – 24 September 2011) was a Bollywood film producer and was President of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India from 1995 to 2001. His three sons, Boney, Anil and Sanjay, are also involved in the film industry. He was born in Peshawar, British India. His daughter, Reena, is married to Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films & Video Studios. He started his film career as a secretary to actress Geeta Bali.
He died on 24th Sept in Mumbai following a massive cardiac arrest.
Jagjit Singh: Jagjit Singh (8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was a prominent Indian Ghazal singer, composer, music director, activist and entrepreneur.Known as "The Ghazal King", he gained acclaim together with his wife, another renowned Indian Ghazal singer Chitra Singh in 1970's and 80's as the first successful husband-wife duo act in the history of recorded Indian music.Together, they are considered to be the pioneers of modern Ghazal singing and regarded as most successful recording artistes outside the realm of Indian film music.He had sung in Punjabi, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Gujarati, Sindhi and Nepali languages.He was awarded India's third highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan, in 2003 for his contribution to the fields of music and culture.
Jagjit Singh died on 10 October 2011 due to Brain Hamerrohage.
Bhupen Hazarika: Bhupen Hazarika (1926–2011) was an Indian lyricist, musician, singer, poet and film-maker from Assam. His songs, written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood; and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notable in Bengali, and Hindi. Known for writing bold lyrics with themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, his songs have become popular among all sections of ethnic and religious communities in Assam, besides West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is acknowledged widely in the Hindi film industry for introducing Hindi film to the sounds and folk music of Assam and Northeast India.
He died of multi-organ failure on 5 November 2011.
Dev Anand: Dharam Dev Pishorimal Anand (September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian film actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. Part of the Anand family, he co-founded Navketan Films in 1949, with his elder brother Chetan Anand.
The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2001 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2002 for his contribution to Indian cinema. His career spanned more than 65 years with acting in 114 Hindi films of which 110 have him play the main lead actor.
Dev Anand died in his room at The Washington Mayfair Hotel in London at the age of 88 on 3 December 2011 (4 December 2011 by Indian Standard Time) of a cardiac arrest.
May there soul Rest in Peace....
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