INDIAN FILM SONGS AND THE YEAR 1964

Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari in scene from Bollywood film, "Benazir"(1964)

This page is but a small sampling of film songs for the year 1964. So sit back, relax, and enjoy

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World Events of 1964

China explodes its first atomic bomb.

Chinese atomic bomb test
An alleged attack on a US ship (subsequently debunked) is used as a rationalisation for US Congress to pass the "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution". The US / Vietnam War officially starts.
Kosygin takes over as premier of the Soviet Union, replacing Krushchev. However, Brezhnev is made the first secretary of the Communist Party.
Nelson Mandela receives a life sentence in South Africa.

Nelson Mandela
United States Surgeon General Luther Leonidas Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government).

Tobacco researchers
Plans to build the New York World Trade Center are announced.

World Trade Center
Beatles embark upon tour of the US.

Beatles USA tour
James Bond's "Goldfinger" is released.

"Goldfinger" is released.
Anti-imperialist movement begins in Panama
University of California Regents forbid protests of the Vietnam war on the campus. This starts the Free Speech movement that shuts down the University of California at Berkeley. In the end 800 students are arrested, but serves as model for civil disobedience which is used at other campuses.

Action act UC Berkely

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Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru dies after a five-month illness.

Jawaharlal Nehru
Charanjeet Singh (hockey player) is awarded the Padma Shri.
Jigme Dorji, Premier of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, is shot dead by an unidentified assassin in Puncholing, near the Indian border.
Billy Meier takes photograph of UFO near New Delhi (yea... right).

UFO?
First Femina Miss India held. Meher Mistry / Castelino is awarded the title "Miss India of 1964".

Meher Mistry / Castelino

Cigarette ad

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"Bandini" wins Filmfare Award for "Best Picture".

Bandini
Sunil Dutt acts in India's first one actor/ one set film; this is "Yaadein"

Sunil Dutt in scene from "Yaadein"
Roshan wins Filmfare award for "Best Music Director" for his work in "Taj Mahal".
Mahendra Kapoor wins the Filmfare Award for "Best Male Playback" for the song Chal Ek Bar from "Gumrah".
The National Film Archive of India established in Pune.
Sunil Dutt wins the "Filmfare Best Actor Award" for his performance of Thakhur Jernail Singh in "Mujhe Jeene Do"

Sunil Dutt
Nutan wins the "Filmfare Best Actress Award" for her performance of Kalyani in "Bandini"

Nutan in scene from "Bandini"
Hema Malini Tries unsucessfully to get into films. Tamil director Sridhar is reputed to have said that she has no star appeal.

No star appeal?