Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad (1914–87)
Abraham John (1937–87)
Acharya, N. R. (1909–56)
Advani, Jagatrai Pesumal (b. 1903)
Agarwala, Jyotiprasad (1903–51)
Agradoot Ahluwalia, Sukhdev (b. 1932)
Akhtar, Javed [see Salim-Javed]
Akhtar, Sardar (1915–84)
Akhtar-ul-Iman (1915–96)
Ali, Muzaffar (b. 1944)
All-India Film
Altekar, Parshwanath Yeshwant (1898–1957)
Aman, Zeenat (b. 1951)
Amarnath, Gelaram Khetarpal (1914–83)
Amrohi, Kamal (1918–93)
A. Na. Kru [see Krishnarao, A. N.]
Anand, Chetan (1915–97)
Anand, Dev (b. 1923)
Anand, Inder Raj
Anand, Mukul Sudheswar (1951–97)
Anand, Vijay (b. 1935)
Anjaneyulu, Chilakalapudi Seeta Rama (1907–63)
Annadurai, Canjeevaram Natarajan (1909–69)
Anthony, P.J. (1923–79)
Apte, Narayan Hari (1889–1971)
Apte, Shanta (1916–64)
Arathi (b. 1954)
Aravindan, Govindan (1935–91)
Art Schools
Arudra (1925–98)
Arunaraje or Aruna-Vikas [see Raje, Aruna]
Ashwathamma, K. (1910–44)
Asif, Karimuddin (1924–71)
Athavale, Shantaram Govind (b. 1910)
Athreya, Acharya (1921–89)
Atma, K. P. [see Pratyagatma, K.]
Atma Ram (1930–94)
Atorthy, Premankur (1890–1964)
Atre, Pralhad Keshav (1898–1969)
Aurora Film Corporation
AVM Film Company
Azmi, Kaifi (b. 1925)
Azmi, Shabana (b. 1950)
Babu, Hanumappa Vishwanath (1903–68)
Baburaj, M. S. (b. 1921)
Bachchan, Amitabh (b. 1942)
Backer, P. A. (b. 1940–93)
Badami, Sarvottam (b. 1910)
Bagchi, Gurudas (b. 1926)
Bakshi, Anand (b. 1920)
Bakshi, Shanti Prakash (1925–88)
Balachander, Kailasam (b. 1930)
Balachander, Sundaram (1927–90)
Balakrishna (b. 1960)
Balaramaiah, Ghantasala (1906–53)
Balasaraswathi, R. (b. 1928)
Balasubramanyam, S. P. (b. 1945)
Bal Gandharva (1888–1967)
Bali, Geeta (1930–65)
Balkrishna, T. N. (1913–95)
Baloch, Mohammed [see Kumar, Mehul]
Bannerjee, Bhanu (1920–83)
Bannerjee, Durgadas (1893–1943)
Bannerjee, Jyotish (b. 1887)
Bannerjee, Kali (1921–93)
Bannerjee, Kanu (1905–85)
Bapaiah, K.
Bapu (b. 1933)
Baran, Timir (1904–87)
Barua, Brojen (1925–72)
Barua, Jahnu (b. 1952)
Barua, Munin (b. 1948)
Barua, Nip (1925–92)
Barua, Padum (b. 1924)
Barua, Pramathesh Chandra (1903–51)
Barua, Ramen (b. 1938)
Bedekar, Vishram (b. 1906)
Bedi, Narendra (1937–82)
Bedi, Rajinder Singh (1915–84)
Benegal, Shyam (b. 1934)
Betaab, Narayan Prasad (1872–1945)
Bhaduri, Sisir Kumar (1889–1959)
Bhagavathar, C. Honnappa (1914–92)
Bhagavathar, M. Krishnamurthy Thyagaraja (1909–59)
Bhagwan, Master (b. 1913)
Bhagyaraj, Krishnaswamy (b. 1953)
Bhanumathi, Paluvayi (b. 1924)
Bharathan, B. G. (1946–98)
Bharatidasan (1891–1964)
Bharathirajaa (b. 1944)
Bhasi, Adoor (1929–90)
Bhasi, Thoppil (1925–92)
Bhaskara Das (1892–1952)
Bhaskaran, P. (b. 1924)
Bhatavdekar, Harishchandra Sakharam (b. 1868)
Bhatia, Vanraj (b. 1926)
Bhatt, Balwant N. (1909–65)
Bhatt, Mahesh (b. 1949)
Bhatt, Nanabhai N. (b. 1915)
Bhatt, Vijay Jagneshwar (1907–93)
Bhattacharya, Abhi (1922–93)
Bhattacharya, Ardhendu (1955–92)
Bhattacharya, Basu (1934–97)
Bhattacharya, Bijon (1917–78)
Bhattacharya, Dhiraj (1905–59)
Bhavnani, Mohan Dayaram (1903–62)
Bhimsingh, A. (1924–78)
Bhole, Keshavrao Vaman (1896–1967)
Bhosle, Asha (b. 1933)
Bilimoria, Dinshaw (b. 1904)
Bilimoria, Fali (b. 1923)
Biswas, Anil (b. 1914)
Biswas, Sachindranath [Chhabi] (1900–62)
Bombay Talkies
Boral, Rai Chand (1903–81)
Bordoloi, Atul (b. 1938)
Bose, Debaki Kumar (1898–1971)
Bose, Modhu (1900–69)
Bose, Nitin (1897–1986)
Bose, Sadhona (1914–73)
Bose, Satyen (1916–93)
Bose, Tapan (b. 1946)
Bourne & Shepherd
British Dominion Films
Burma, Phani (b. 1897)
Burman, Rahul Dev (1939–94)
Burman, Sachin Dev (1906–75)
Calcutta Theatres
Chakraborty, Madhabi [see Mukherjee, Madhabi]
Chakraborty, Mithun (b. 1956)
Chakraborty, Tulsi (1899–1961)
Chakraborty, Utpalendu (b. 1948)
Chakrapani (?–1975)
Chakravarty, Amiya (1912–57)
Chanakya, Tapi (1925–73)
Chander, Krishan (1914–77)
Chandra, N. (b. 1952)
Chandrakant Gaur (b. 1929)
Chandrakant Sangani [see Sangani, Chandrakant]
Chandramohan (1905–49)
Chandrasekhar, Raja (1904–71)
Chatterjee, Anil (b. 1928)
Chatterjee, Basu (b. 1930)
Chatterjee, Dhritiman (b. 1946)
Chatterjee, Nabyendu (b. 1937)
Chatterjee, Pashupati (1906–91?)
Chatterjee, Sabitri (b. 1937)
Chatterjee, Soumitra (b. 1934)
Chattopadhyay, Kartick (1912–89)
Cherian, P.J. (1891–1981)
Chinnappa, Pudukottai Ulaganathan (1915–51)
Children’s Film Society
Chiranjeevi (b. 1955)
Chitnis, Leela (b. 1912)
Chopra, Baldev Raj (b. 1914)
Chopra, Yash (b. 1932)
Choudhury, Ahindra (1897–1974)
Choudhury, Basanta (b. 1928)
Choudhury, Kosaraju Raghavaiah [see Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury]
Choudhury, Rama Shankar (1903–72)
Choudhury, Salil (1925–95)
Choudhury, Santi P. (1929–82)
Choudhury, Supriya
Chughtai, Ismat (1915–91)
Chunder, Hemchandra (b. 1907)
Chunder, Krishan [see Chander, Krishan (1914–77)]
Company Natak
Company School Painting
Cooper, Patience (b. 1905?)
Dakshinamurthy, V. (b. 1919)
Damle, Vishnupant Govind (1892–1945)
Dasjharana (b. 1945)
Dasgupta, Buddhadev (b. 1944)
Das Gupta, Chidananda (b. 1921)
Dasgupta, Harisadhan (b. 1923)
Dasgupta, Kamal (?-1974)
Dasgupta, Protima (b. 1922)
Dasgupta, Sukumar (b. 1907)
Date, Keshavrao (1889–1971)
Datta Keshav Kulkarni (b. 1932)
Dave, Mohanlal G.
Dave, Ravindra (1919–92)
Debi, Suprabha (b. 1939)
Deol, Dharmendra (b. 1935)
Desai, Dhirubhai B. (1908–90)
Desai, Jayantilal Zinabhai (1909–76)
Desai, Manmohan (1936–94)
Desai, Nanubhai B. (1902–67)
Devarajan, Paravur
Devare, Narayan Gopinath (1899–1954)
Devi, Anjali (b. 1927)
Devi, Arundhati (1923–90)
Devi, B. Saroja (b. 1945)
Devi, Chhaya (b. 1914)
Devi, Kanan (1916–92)
Devi, Saraswati (1912–80)
Devi, Seeta (b. 1912)
Devi, Sitara (b. 1919)
Devika Rani [see Rani Choudhury, Devika]
Dey, Krishna Chandra (1893–1962)
Dey, Nirmal (b. 1913)
Dhaiber, Keshavrao (1890–1978)
Dharmadhikari, Dattatreya Jagannath (1913–82)
Dharmaraj, Rabindra (1949–82)
Dharma Rao, Tapi (1887–1973)
Dixit, Madhuri (b. 1967)
DMK Film
Doordarshan
Doshi, Chaturbhuj Anand (1894–1969)
Duncan, Ellis R. (b. 1908)
Durai
Dutt, Geeta (1930–72)
Dutt, Guru (1925–64)
Dutt, Sunil (b. 1929)
Dutt, Utpal (1929–93)
Dutta, J. P. (b. 1949)
East India Film Company
Ekalavya [see Ghosh, Robi]
Elangovan (1913–71)
Empire Films
Esoofally, Abdulally (1884–1957)
Fatma, Begum
Fattelal, Sheikh (1897–1964)
Fazil (b. 1953)
Film Advisory Board
Film and Television Institute of India
Film Finance Corporation [see National Film Development Corporation]
Filmistan
Films Division
Gadkar, Jayshree (b. 1942)
Gaggaiah, Vemuri (1895–1955)
Gandhi, Naval (b. 1897)
Ganesan, Sivaji (b. 1927)
Ganesh, Gemini
Ganguly, Dhirendranath (1893–1978)
Ganguly, Jahar (1904–69)
Ganguly, Jiban (1905–53)
Ganguly, Priyanath N. (1887–1956)
Gemini Pictures
General Pictures Corporation
George, Kulakkatil Geevarghese (b. 1945)
Ghai, Subhash (b. 1943)
Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao (1923–74)
Ghatak, Anupam (1911–47)
Ghatak, Ritwik Kumar (1925–76)
Ghose, Gautam (b. 1950)
Ghosh, Kaliprasad (b. 1889)
Ghosh, Nachiketa (1924–76)
Ghosh, Nemai (1914–88)
Ghosh, Parbati (b. 1944)
Ghosh, Robi (1931–97)
Gidwani, Moti B. (b. 1905)
Gohar, Kayoum Mamajiwala (1910–85)
Gopalakrishnan, Adoor (b. 1941)
Gopalakrishnan, K. S.
Gopi (b. 1937)
Gopichand, Tripuraneni (1910–62)
Govinda (b. 1963)
Gulzar, Sampooran Singh (b. 1936)
Gummadi [see Venkateswara Rao, Gummadi]
Gupta, Dinen (b. 1932)
Gupta, Hemen (1914–67)
Haider, Ghulam (1908–53)
Haldar, Krishna [see Atorthy, Premankur]
Hamsalekha (b. 1951)
Hariharan, T.
Hazarika, Bhupen (b. 1926)
Heblikar, Suresh (b. 1945)
Hindustan Cinema Films Company
Historicals
Hublikar, Shanta (1914–92)
Husnlal-Bhagatram [Husnlal (?-1968), Bhagatram (?-1973)]
Hussain, Anwar (b. 1929)
Hussain, Nasir (b. 1931)
Ilaiyaraja
Ilangovan [see Elangovan]
Imperial Films Company
Indian Kinema Arts
Indian Peoples’ Theatre Association
Information Films of India
Irani, Ardeshir Marwan (1886–1969)
Ishara, Babu Ram
Islam, Kazi Nazrul (1889–1976)
Iyer, Ganapathy Venkatramana (b. 1917)
Jaddanbai (b. 1892)
Jaffrey, Saeed (b. 1929)
Jaggaiah, Kongara (b. 1926)
Jagirdar, Gajanan (1907–88)
Jamuna, Nippani (b. 1937)
Janaki, S. (b. 1938)
Janaki, Sowcar (b. 1922)
Jaswantlal, Nandlal (b. 1906)
Jayalalitha Jayaram (b. 1948)
Jayamma, B. (1915–88)
Jayoo Nachiket [see Jayoo and Nachiket Patwardhan]
Jaywant, Nalini (b. 1926)
Jeetendra (b. 1942)
Jha, Prakash (b. 1952)
Joshi, Manilal (1893–1927)
Kale, Keshav Narayan (1904–74)
Kalingrao, P. (1914–81)
Kalki (1899–1954)
Kallol Group
Kalpana (?-1979)
Kalyanasundaram, Pattukotai (1930–59)
Kalyanji-Anandji [Kalyanji Veerji Shah & Anandji Virjee Shah]
Kamalabai, Surabhi (b. 1913)
Kamalahasan (b. 1954)
Kambadasan
Kambhar, Chandrasekhar (b. 1937)
Kameshwara Rao, Kamalakara [see Rao, Kamalakara Kameshwara]
Kanagal, Subraveshti Ramaswamy Puttanna (1933–85)
Kanam, E.J. (1926–87)
Kanchanmala (1923–81)
Kannadasan (1927–81)
Kannamba, Pasupuleti (1912–64)
Kapoor, Prithviraj (1906–72)
Kapoor, Raj (1924–88)
Kapoor, Shammi (b. 1931)
Kapoor, Shashi (b. 1938)
Kapur, Shekhar (b. 1945)
Kar, Ajoy (1914–85)
Karanth, B. V. (b. 1929)
Karanth, Prema (b. 1936)
Kardar, Abdul Rashid (1904–89)
Kariat, Ramu (1927–79)
Karnad, Girish Raghunath (b. 1938)
Karnataki, Vinayak [see Vinayak, Master]
Karun, Shaji N. (b. 1951)
Karunanidhi, Muthuvel (b. 1924)
Kasaravalli, Girish (b. 1949)
Kashmiri, Aga Hashr (1879–1935)
Kathavachak, Radheshyam (b. 1890)
Kaul, Mahesh (1911–72)
Kaul, Mani R. (b. 1942)
K.D. Brothers
Khan, Shah Rukh (b. 1965)
Khandekar, Vishnu Sakharam (1898–1976)
Khanna, Rajesh (b. 1942)
Khayyam, Mohammed Zahur (b. 1927)
Khosla, Raj (1925–91)
Khote, Durga (1905–91)
Kohinoor Film Company
Koirala, Manisha
Kolhapur Cinetone
Komala, A. P. (b. 1934)
Kondke, Dada (1932–98)
Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury (1905–87)
Kottarakkara, Kuttan Pillai (b. 1924)
Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair [see Nair, Kottarakkara Sridharan]
Krishen, Pradip (b. 1949)
Krishna Film Company
Krishna, Ghantamneni (b. 1943)
Krishnakant (b. 1922)
Krishnamurthy, Hunsur (b. 1914)
Krishnan, Nagerkoyil Sudalaimuthu (1905–57)
Krishnan-Panju [R. Krishnan (b. 1909), S. Panju (b. 1915)]
Krishnarao, Arakalagudu Narasinga Rao (1908–71)
Krishnarao Phulambrikar, Master (1891–1974)
Krishna Shastry, Devulapalli [see Sastry, Devulapalli Krishna]
Krishnaveni, C. (b. 1924)
Kulkarni, Datta Keshav [see Datta Keshav Kulkarni]
Kumar, Anup (b. 1932)
Kumar Ganguly, Ashok (b. 1911)
Kumar, Dilip (b. 1922)
Kumar, Hemant [see Mukherjee, Hemanta]
Kumar, Kalyana (b. 1936)
Kumar, Kishore (1929–87)
Kumar, Manoj (b. 1937)
Kumar, Mehul (b. 1949)
Kumar, Rajendra (b. 1929)
Kumar, Sampath [see Kumar, Kalyana]
Kumar, Udaya (1930–86)
Kumar, Uttam (1926–80)
Kumaran, K. P.
Kumari, Meena (1932–72)
Kumari, Usha [see Vijayanirmala]
Kunchako (1912–76)
Kurup, O. N. V. (b. 1931)
Lahiri, Bappi
Lahiri Nirendranath (1908–72)
Lajmi, Kalpana (b. 1954)
Lakshminarayan, N. (?-1991)
Lakshminarayan, Sattiraju [see Bapu]
Lakshmirajyam (1922–87)
Lankesh, P. (b. 1935) Laxmikant-Pyarelal [Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (1937–98), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (b. 1940)]
Leela, P. (b. 1933)
Leelavathi (b. 1938)
Ludhianvi, Sahir (1921–80)
Luhar, Chimanlal Muljibhoy (1901–48)
Madan Theatres
Madgulkar, Gajanan Digambar (1919–77)
Madhu
Madhubala (1933–69)
Mahapatra, Manmohan (b. 1951)
Mahapatra, Nirad
Maharashtra Film Company
Mahendra, Balu (b. 1946)
Mahendran, J. (b. 1939)
Majid, Abdul (b. 1932)
Majumdar, Nagendra (b. 1894)
Majumdar, Phani (1911–94)
Majumdar, Sushil (1906–88)
Majumdar, Tarun (b. 1932)
Malayil, Sibi
Malini, Hema (b. 1948)
Malvankar, Damuanna (1893–1975)
Mammootty (b. 1953)
Mane, Anant (1915–95)
Mangeshkar, Lata (b. 1929)
Mani Rathnam [see Rathnam, Mani]
Manto, Sadat Hasan (1912–55)
Marudakasi, Ayyamperumal (1920–89)
Master, Homi (?–1949)
Mathur, Vishnu (b. 1944)
Mazumdar [see Majumdar]
Mehboob (1906–64)
Mehra, Krishna Dev (1907–95)
Mehra, Prakash (b. 1939)
Mehta, Harshadrai Sakerlal
Mehta, Ketan (b. 1952)
Mehta, Vijaya (b. 1934)
Meiyappan Chettiar, A. V. [see AVM Film Company]
Melodrama
Menon, P. N. (b. 1928)
Menon, S. Balachandra (b. 1954)
Minerva Movietone
Mir, Ezra (1903–93)
Mirza, Saeed Akhtar (b. 1943)
Mishra, Bhagwati Prasad (1896–1932)
Mishra, Sisir (b. 1942)
Mistri, Babubhai (b. 1919)
Mitra, Kamal (1911–93)
Mitra, Naresh Chandra (1888–1968)
Mitra, Premendra (1904–88)
Mitra, Sombhu (1916–97)
Modak, Shahu (1918–93)
Modern Theatres
Modi, Sohrab Merwanji (1897–1984)
Mohanan, K. R. (b. 1947)
Mohan Kohli, Madan (1924–75)
Mohanlal (b. 1962)
Mohapatra [see Mahapatra]
Motilal Rajvansh (1910–65)
Mudaliar, Pammal Vijayaranga Sambandham (1872–1964)
Mudaliar, R. Nataraja (1885–1972)
Mukherjee, Gyan (1909–59)
Mukherjee, Hemanta Kumar (1920–89)
Mukherjee, Hrishikesh (b. 1922)
Mukherjee, Madhabi (b. 1943)
Mukherjee, Sailajananda (1901–76)
Mukherjee, Subodh (b. 1921)
Mukkamala, Krishnamurthy (1920–87)
Mullick, Amar (1899–1972)
Mullick, Pankaj (1905–78)
Munshi, Kanhaiyalal Maneklal (1887–1971)
Murugadasa (b. 1900)
Music Schools
Muthuswamy, A. [see Murugadasa]
Muzumdar [see Majumdar]
Mythologicals
Nadia (1908–96)
Nadkarni, Sundarrao
Nag, Anant (b. 1948)
Nag, Shankar (1954–90)
Nagabharana, T. S. (b. 1953)
Nagabhushanam, Kadaru (b. 1902)
Nagaiah, Chittor V. (1904–73)
Nagalingam, P. K. [see Sandow, P. K. Raja]
Nagarajan, A. P.
Nagarjuna, Akkineni (b. 1959)
Nagendra Rao, Pingali [see Rao, Pingali Nagendra]
Nagendra Rao, R. [see Rao, Nagendra R.]
Nageshwara Rao, Akkineni [see Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara]
Nageshwara Rao, Pendyala [see Pendyala Nageshwara Rao]
Nageshwara Rao, Rajanala [see Rao, Rajanala Nageshwara]
Naik, Prabhakar [see Nayak, Prabhakar]
Nair, Kottarakkara Sridharan (1922–86)
Nair, Madathu Thekepattu Vasudevan (b. 1934)
Nair, Mira (b. 1957)
Nair, Thikkurisi Sukumaran (1917–97)
Nanda, Prashanta (b. 1947)
Narasaraju, Datla Venkata (b. 1920)
Narasimha Rao, Bhimavarapu [see Rao, Bhimavarapu Narashimha]
Narasimha Rao, Chitrapu [see Rao, Chitrapu Narasimha]
Narasinga Rao, Bongu [see Rao, Bongu Narasinga]
Narayana Kavi, Udumalai (1899–1981)
Narayanamurthy, Chitrapu (1913–85)
Narayanan, A. (1900–39)
Narayana Rao, Adi [see Rao, Adi Narayana]
Narayana Rao, Dasari [see Rao, Dasari Narayana]
Narayan Kale, K. [see Kale, K. Narayan]
Narayan Rao, Balkrishna [see Rao, Balkrishna Narayan]
Nargis (1929–81)
National Film Development Corporation
Naushad Ali (b. 1919)
Navketan [see Chetan Anand]
Navya Movement
Navyug Chitrapat
Naxalite
Nayak, Prabhakar Manajirao (1920–86)
Nayyar, Omkar Prasad (b. 1926)
Nazir, Prem (1928–89)
Neelakantan, P. (b. 1916)
Neerja [see Vijayanirmala]
Nene, Raja (1912–75)
New Indian Cinema
New Theatres
Nihalani, Govind (b. 1940)
Nurjehan (b. 1929)
Nutan Samarth (1936–91)
Osten, Franz (1876–1956)
Pachajanya [see Mahapatra, Nirad]
Padmanabhan, R. (b. 1896)
Padmarajan, P. (1936–91)
Padmini, S. (b. 1934)
PAG [see Progressive Artists Group]
Pagnis, Vishnupant (1892–1943)
Painter, Baburao (1890–1954)
Pal, Niranjan (1889–1959)
Palekar, Amol (b. 1944)
Palit, Nitai (b. 1923)
Pancholi, Dalsukh M. (1906–59)
Pande, Vinod
Pandharibai (b. 1930)
Panthulu, Budugur Ramakrishnaiah (1911–74)
Paranjpe, Raja (1910–79)
Paranjpye, Sai (b. 1936)
Parsee Theatre
Patankar, Shri Nath (?–1941)
Patekar, Nana (b. 1951)
Patel, Jabbar (b. 1942)
Pathy, P. V. (1906–61)
Patil, Dinkar Dattajirao (b. 1915)
Patil, Smita (1955–86)
Pat Painting
Pattanayak, Kabichandra Kalicharan (b. 1900)
Patwardhan, Anand (b. 1950)
Patwardhan, Nachiket (b. 1948) and
Patwardhan, Jayoo (b. 1949)
Pavithran, Vattaparambil Krishnan (b. 1950)
Pawar, Lalita (1916–98)
Pendharkar, Baburao (1896–1967)
Pendharkar, Bhalchandra Gopal [Bhalji] (1898–1994)
Pendyala Nageshwara Rao (1924–84)
Phadke, Sudhir Vinayak (b. 1919)
Phalke, Dhundiraj Govind (1870–1944)
Phalke Films Company
Photography
Pillai, Muthukulam Raghavan (b. 1909)
Pothan, Prathap K. (b. 1952)
Prabhat Film Company
Prakash, Khemchand (1907–50)
Prakash, Raghupati Surya (1901–56)
Prakash Rao, Kovalapati Surya (1914–96)
Prakash Rao, Tatineni (1924–92)
Prasad, L. V. (1908–94)
Pratyagatma, Kotayya (b. 1925)
Priyadarshan
Progressive Artists Group
Progressive Writers Association
Pullaiah, Chittajallu (1895–1967)
Pullaiah, P. (1911–85)
Punatar, Ratilal Hemchand (b. 1913)
Punjab Film Corporation
Puri, Om (b. 1950)
Puttanna, S. R. [see Kanagal, S. R. Puttanna]
PWA [see Progressive Writers Association]
Qadir, Kozhikode Abdul
Rafi, Mohammed (1924–80)
Raghava, Bellari (1880–1946)
Raghavacharya, Samudrala (1902–68)
Raghavaiah, Kosaraju [see Kosaraju Raghavaiah Choudhury]
Raghavaiah, Vedantam (1919–71)
Raghavendra Rao, K.
Raghunath, T. R. (1912–90)
Raghuramaiah, Kalyanam (1915–68)
Rai, Himansu (1892–1940)
Rajalakshmi, T. P. (?-1964)
Rajamma, M. V. (b. 1923)
Rajanikant [see Rajnikant] Rajan-Nagendra [Rajan (b. 1933), Nagendra (b. 1935)]
Rajarathnam, Bezawada (b. 1921)
Raja Sandow [see Sandow, P. K. Raja]
Rajdutt (b. 1932)
Raje, Aruna (b. 1946)
Rajendar, Thesingu (b. 1955)
Rajendran, Lenin (b. 1952)
Rajendra Singh, S. V. [see Singh, S. V. Rajendra]
Rajeswara Rao, Saluri [see Rao, Saluri Rajeswara]
Rajkamal Kalamandir
Rajkumar (b. 1929)
Rajnikant (b. 1950)
Raju, Thotakura Venkata (1921–73)
Ramabrahmam, Gudavalli (1902–46)
Ramachandran, Marudur Gopalamenon (1917–87)
Ramaiyadas, Thanjai (1914–69)
Ramakrishna Rao, P. S. [see Rao, P. S. Ramakrishna]
Raman, Mahalingam Venkat (b. 1913)
Rama Rao, Nandamuri Taraka (1923–96)
Rama Rao, Tatineni (b. 1938)
Ramchandra, Narhar Chitalkar (1918–82)
Ramnoth, K. (1912–56)
Ramsay Brothers
Ranga, B. S. (b. 1918)
Ranga Rao, Samrla Venkata (1918–74)
Rani, Bulo C. (1920–93)
Rani Choudhury, Devika (1907–94)
Ranjit Movietone
Rao, Adi Narayana (1915–91)
Rao, Akkineni Nageshwara (b. 1924)
Rao, A. Subba [see Subba Rao, A.]
Rao, Balkrishna Narayan (b. 1909)
Rao, Bhimavarapu Narasimha (?-1957)
Rao, Bongu Narasinga (b. 1946)
Rao, Chitrapu Narasimha (b. 1911)
Rao, Chittajalu Srinivasa (b. 1924)
Rao, Dasari Narayana (b. 1947)
Rao, Ghantasala Venkateswara [see Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao]
Rao, Kamalakara Kameshwara (b. 1911)
Rao, Pendyala Nageshwara [see Pendyala Nageshwara Rao]
Rao, Pingali Nagendra (1901–71)
Rao, Prakash [see Prakash Rao, K. S.]
Rao, Raghavendra [see Raghavendra Rao, K.]
Rao, R. Nagendra (1896–1977)
Rao, Rajanala Nageshwara (1926–59)
Rao, Rama [see Rama Rao, N. T. or Rama Rao, Tatineni]
Rao, P. S. Ramakrishna (1918–86)
Rao, Ranga [see Ranga Rao, S. V.]
Rao, Saluri Rajeswara (b. 1922)
Rao, Singeetham Srinivasa
Rao, T. Prakash [see Prakash Rao, Tatineni]
Rao, Yaragudipati Varada (1903–73)
Raskapur, Manhar (1922–80)
Rathnam, Mani (b. 1956)
Rathod, Kanjibhai J.
Rathod, Kantilal (1925–88)
Rawail, Harnam Singh (b. 1921)
Rawail, Rahul (b. 1951)
Ray, Satyajit (1921–92)
Reddi, Bommireddi Narasimha (1908–77)
Reddy, Hanumappa Muniappa (1882–1960)
Reddy, Kadri Venkata (1912–72)
Reddy, Pattabhi Rama (b. 1919)
Reddy, S.V. Krishna
Rehman, Allah Rakha (b. 1966)
Rehman, Waheeda (b. 1938)
Rekha (b. 1954)
Roy, Bimal (1909–66)
Roy, Charu (1890–1971)
Roy, Jahar (1929–77)
Roy, Nirupa (b. 1931)
Rupkonwar [see Agarwala, Jyotiprasad]
Sabhyasachi [see Kar, Ajoy]
Sadanandan, S. L. Puram (b. 1927)
Sagar, Ramanand (b. 1917)
Sagar Film Company
Sahni, Balraj (1913–73)
Sahu, Kishore (1915–80)
Saigal, Kundan Lal (1904–46)
Saikia, Bhabendranath (b. 1932)
Saint Films
Salim-Javed [Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar]
Samanta, Shakti (b. 1925)
Samarth, Nutan [see Nutan Samarth]
Samarth, Shobhana (b. 1916)
Sami, Arul Susai Anthony (b. 1917)
Sandow, P. K. Raja (1894–1942)
Sangani, Chandrakant (b. 1927)
Sangeet Natak
Sanyal, Pahadi (1906–74)
Saraiya, Govind (b. 1929)
Sardar Begum [see Akhtar, Sardar]
Sarhadi, Zia (b. 1914)
Sarma, Phani (1910–70)
Sarpotdar, Narayanrao Damodar (1896–1940)
Sasi, I. V. (b. 1948)
Sasikumar
Sastry, Bellave Narahari (1881–1961)
Sastry, Devulapalli Krishna (1897–1980)
Sathyan (1912–71)
Sathyu, Mysore Srinivasa (b. 1930)
Satyanarayana, E.V.V.
Saurashtra Film Company
Save Dada [see Bhatavdekar, H. S.]
Savitri, Kommareddy (1937–81)
Segal, Mohan (b. 1921)
Sekhar, Raja C. [see Chandrasekhar, Raja]
Sen, Aparna (b. 1945)
Sen, Asit (b. 1922)
Sen, Hiralal (1866–1917)
Sen, Mrinal (b. 1923)
Sen, Satu (1902–72)
Sen, Suchitra (b. 1931?)
Sethumadhavan, K. S. (b. 1926)
Shah, Chandulal Jesangbhai (1898–1975)
Shah, Kundan (b. 1947)
Shah, Naseeruddin
Shahani, Kumar (b. 1940)
Shailendra (1923–66)
Shankar-Jaikishen [Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi (?-1987), Jaikishen Dayabhai Panchal (1929–71)]
Shantaram, Rajaram Vankudre (1901–90)
Sharada (b. 1945)
Sharda Film Company
Sharma, Aribam Syam (b. 1939)
Sharma, Kidar Nath (b. 1910)
Sharma, Ramesh
Sharmaji [see Khayyam, Mohammed Zahur]
Shobhana Samarth [see Samarth, Shobhana]
Shobhan Babu (b. 1936)
Shorey, Roshan Lal
Shorey, Roop Kishore (1914–73)
Simha, H. L. N. (1904–72)
Singh, Dara (b. 1928)
Singh, M. A.
Singh, Shankar V. Rajendra (b. 1948)
Singh, Suchet (?-1920)
Singh, Surinder (b. 1945)
Sinha, Mala (b. 1936)
Sinha, Tapan (b. 1924)
Sippy, Gopaldas Parmanand (b. 1915)
Sippy, Ramesh (b. 1947)
Sivan, Papanasam (1891–1973)
Social
Soundararajan, S. (?-1966)
Sridevi (b. 1960)
Sridhar, Chingelpet V.
Srinivasan, M. B. (1925–88)
Sriranjani Junior (1927–74)
Sriranjani Senior (1906–39)
Sri Sri (1910–83)
Stage Backdrops
Subbaiah Naidu, M. V. (1896–1962)
Subba Rao, Adurthi (1921–75)
Subburaman, C. R. (1921–52)
Subramanyam, Krishnaswamy (1904–71)
Subramanyam, P. (1910–78)
Suhasini (b. 1961)
Sukhdev Singh Sandhu (1933–79)
Sulochana (1907–83)
Sultanpuri, Majrooh (b. 1924)
Sundaram, Tiruchengodu Ramalinga (1907–63)
Sundarrajan, S [see Soundararajan, S.]
Suraiya Jamal Sheikh (b. 1929)
Suryakant (b. 1925)
Suryakumari, Tantaguri (b. 1925)
Swadeshi
Swaminathan, Komal (1935–1995)
Tagore, Rabindranath (1861–1941)
Tagore, Sharmila (b. 1944)
Tarafdar, Rajen (1917–87)
Tembe, Govindrao (1881–1955)
Tendulkar, Vijay (b. 1925)
Thakur, Raja (1923–75)
Thakur, Ramchandra (1908–92)
Thakur, Siva Prasad (b. 1939)
Timirbaran [see Baran, Timir]
TKS Brothers
Torney, Ramchandra Gopal (1880–1960)
Trivedi, Upendra
Urs, D. Kemparaj (1918–82)
Vairamuthu
Vakil, Nanubhai B. (1904–80)
Vali
Vamsy (b. 1956)
Vanisree (b. 1951)
Varalakshmi, Garikipati (b. 1926)
Varalakshmi, S. (b. 1927)
Varkey, Mutatthu (b. 1918)
Varkey, Poonkunnam (b. 1908)
Varma, Raja Ravi (1848–1906)
Varma, Ram Gopal (b. 1961)
Varma, Vyalar Rama (1929–75)
Vasan, S. S. (1903–69)
Vasudevan Nair, M. T. [see Nair, Madathu Thekepattu Vasudevan]
Vauhini Pictures
Veeranna, Gubbi (1890–1972)
Vel Pictures
Venkaiah, Raghupathi (?–1941)
Venkatesh, Daggubati (b. 1960)
Venkatesh, G. K. (1927–93)
Venkateswara Rao, Ghantasala [see Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao]
Venkateswara Rao, Gummadi (b. 1927)
Venkatramaiah, Relangi (1910–75)
Venu, Master (1916–81)
Vijaya Pictures
Vijayabhaskar (b. 1931)
Vijayanirmala (b. 1945)
Vinayak Damodar Karnataki, Master (1906–47)
Vincent, Aloysius (b. 1928)
Vishnuvardhan (b. 1952)
Vishwanath, Kashinadhuri (b. 1930)
Vithal, Master (P-1969)
Vittalacharya, B. (b. 1920)
Vyas, Avinash (1912–84)
Vyas, Vishnukumar Maganlal (b. 1905)
Vyjayanthimala (b. 1936)
Wadia, Homi Boman (b. 1911)
Wadia, Jamshed Boman Homi (1901–86)
Wadia Movietone
Wadkar, Hansa (1923–72)
Walker, Johnny (b. 1925)
Yagnik, Indulal (1892–1972)
Yatrik see Majumdar, Tarun
Yesudas, K.J. (b. 1940)
Yoganand, D. (b. 1922)
Yusufali, Abdulali [see Esoofally, Abdulally]
Zils, Paul (1915–79)