100 years of Indian Cinema
DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday released commemorative postage stamps on the eve of 100 years of Indian Cinema depicting 50 iconic bollywood personalities including Dev Anand, Smita Patil and Yash Chopra. "Six Miniature Sheets depicting 50 iconic personalities of Indian Cinema to commemorate this century long journey" were released by the President, according an official statement by Department of Posts.
"This issue of 50 stamps is the biggest issue to commemorate an occasion by India Post," the statement said.
First two Mini-sheets comprising nine stamps, depict some Dadasaheb Phalke awardees and rest four with eight stamps each depict personalities from various fields of cinema.
"The personalities depicted in Stamps include, Ashok Kumar, Bhalji Pendharkar, Durga Khote, Dev Annad, Yash Chopra, Smita Patil, Rajesh Khanna, Shammi Kapoor, Suraiya, Geeta Dutt, Sohrab Modi, Tapan Sinha, CV Sridhar, Bhanumathi etc.," the statement said.
India's first full length feature film Raja Harishchandra by Dada Saheb Phalke was released on May 3, 1913.
These stamps will be made available for sale to all Philatelic Bureaux in the month of June 2013. First two Miniature Sheets consist of nine stamps each and depicts some Dadasaheb Phalke awardees. The other four with eight stamps each depict personalities from various fields of cinema. The denomination of each Stamp is Rs. 5/-. Single stamp sheets are not being issued/ printed.
Notification For Commemorative Postage Stamps on 100 Years of Indian Cinema
2. The details of above issue are as follows:-
i. Six Miniature Sheets with a print order of 8.1 Lakhs each are being issued. First two Miniature Sheets consist of nine stamps each and depict some Dadasaheb Phalke awardees. The other four with eight stamps each depict personalities from various fields of cinema.
ii. The denomination of each Stamp is Rs. 5. Single stamp sheets are not being issued/ printed.
iii. Sufficient numbers of First Day Covers and Information Brochures will be available for sale with the stamps at the Philatelic Bureaux.
iv. First Day of Cancellation will be available for six months from the date of release as a special case.
v. The images of the stamps will be uploaded on the India Post website after release.
3. The date from which these stamps will be available for sale at the Philatelic Bureaux shall be intimated on India Post website in due course.
Here is the complete list of film personalities.
M/S No. 1: Ashok Kumar, Bhalji Pendharkar, Dhirendranath Ganguly, B. N. Sirkar, Bhupen Hazarika, Durga Khote, B. R. Chopra, Dev Anand and Hrishikesh Mukherjee.
M/S No. 2: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Naushad, Nitin Bose, Prithviraj Kapoor, Raichand Boral, Ruby Myers, Sohrab Modi, Tapan Sinha and Yash Chopra.
M/S No. 3: Allu Ramalingiah, Balraj Sahni, C.V. Sridhar, Kamaal Amrohi, Ashok Mehta, Bhanumathi, Chetan Anand and Geeta Dutt.
M/S No. 4: Kannadasan, Mehmood, Nagesh, Prem Nazir, Madan Mohan, Motilal, O. P. Nayyar and R. D. Burman.
M/S No. 5: Raj Khosla, Rajesh Khanna, Salil Chowdhury, Shailendra, Rajendra Kumar, S. V. Ranga Rao, Sanjeev Kumar and Shakeel Badayuni.
M/S No. 6: Shammi Kapoor, Smita Patil, Tarachand Barjatya, Utpal Dutt, Shankar Jaikishan, Suraiya, T. R. Sundaram and Vishnu Vardhan.
