1947: His first wife
Damayanti, an actress, died in young age.
1949: He
married his first cousin, Santosh Chandhok.
1953: He
was first recognized as an actor in Bimal Roy's classic Do
Bigha Zameen. The film won the international prize at the
Cannes Film Festival.
1960: After a visit to
Pakistan, he wrote Mera Pakistani Safar.
1969:
His book Mera Rusi Safarnama, which he had written after a
tour of the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1969, earned him the
'Soviet Land Nehru Award'.
May 03, 2013:
A postage stamp, bearing
his face, was released by India Post to honour him on this day.
General
Balraj Sahni, born Yudhishthir Sahni,
was a noted Indian film and stage actor.
He is best known for Dharti Ke Lal (1946),
Do Bigha Zameen (1953), Kabuliwala (1961) and Garam Hawa (1973).
Sahni was also a gifted writer;
his early writings were in English, though later in life he switched
to Punjabi, and became a writer of repute in Punjabi literature.
He contributed many poems and
short stories in magazines and also penned his autobiography, Meri
Filmi Aatmakatha.
'Punjabi Kala Kender', founded in 1973
at Mumbai by Balraj Sahni, gives away the annual Balraj Sahni
Award', and also the 'All India Artists' Association'.
Balraj
Sahni - Biography
Do Bigha
Zamin - Balraj Sahni - Nirupa Roy - Hindi Full Movie
Haqeeqat
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Kath
Putli 1957 - Vyjayanthimala - Balraj Sahni - Old Hindi Songs -
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