Indian actors on stamps

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 03:46:33 am

These are the stamps I have of Indian Actors/Movie related stamps of India-

Another page from my album-

Thats the new album I purchased after reading on stampboard the importance of storing stamps properly. I have put all the mint stamps in this album.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 06:46:43 am

Nice album - and glad you found some good advice/information here on Stampboards.

Maybe you could show us some larger scans of your favourites and tell us a little about the actors. :idea:

Many of us in "the West" have little idea about Indian movies. For instance, I know that Bollywood make more movies than Hollywood, but I know very few of the Bollywood movie idols :oops:

birder · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 09:52:41 am

The lovely Madhubala is a favourite with many collectors.

Easily available stamp.

birder · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 09:54:59 am

Another stamp I could not spot on your collection is of the legendary Nargis :

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 15:20:41 pm

Yes, I have both the stamps and they are on other pages of my album.Both were legendary movie stars!! I had a huge poster of madhubala in my room during my college days!!

The first stamp on the page-

legendary actor of my state of Karnataka. He has acted from the Black and white movies era in more than 200 movies of the Kannada language. Was also a great singer and his fan following was legendary with people queuing up a day before to buy tickets to watch his movies!!
He was the actor kidnapped by the notorious sandalwood smuggler and held hostage for ransom before his release.That created quite an uproar here.
That was life imitating art!!

He passed away in 2009.
More actors and their stories in the days to come.

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2013 21:54:55 pm

Do you have Saif Ali Khan on Australia 2006 Commonwealth Closing ceremony stamp? I have one used extra, will upload the image later this weekend. Let me know if you need it

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Fri Jan 11, 2013 00:04:34 am

Kennethsequeira wrote:

Do you have Saif Ali Khan on Australia 2006 Commonwealth Closing ceremony stamp? I have one used extra, will upload the image later this weekend. Let me know if you need it

Wow, did not know, on a real stamp? amazing, would love to have it. Am mailing my request. Let me know what I can exchange for it please, my range of stamps are limited, but will try to hunt them down

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Fri Jan 11, 2013 21:37:05 pm

Here is the image of the used stamp

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 03:25:15 am

Thanks for the scan. Hope to find something to exchange. Though Saif is not collector material, it is the stamp that matters!! was it a MS or a single stamp? That must have been the Commonwealth games before the messy one in India. I have a MS of the CW games in Delhi if you want for a swap.
Comming back to the actors stamps - The other south Indian stars are-
MGR or M G Ramachandran and NTR or N T Rama Rao. Both Actors/Politicians from Tamil Nadu and Andra Pradesh respectively. Hugely popular as actors and politicians they were chief ministers for quite a few years.
There are not many stamps on "Bollywood" actors. There is Rajkapoor, His father Prithviraj Kapoor and Uttam Kumar.
This is MGR-

and this is NTR-

another popular south Indian actor, Shivaji Ganeshan-

Now the bollywood guys- Rajkapoor, Pritviraj Kapoor and Uttam Kumar-

Some more singers in the next post.
Well Gavin H these are some of the Indian actors on stamps.
Most are south indians and have political links. India releases a lot of stamps on politicians and I have to dig around to know who the person is on whom the stamps are released!!

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 03:31:31 am

A MS on legendary playback singers-

Kishore Kumar was a versatile singer and amazing actor. A true genius and his songs are still popular today. The rest of the singers are Mukesh, Mohamad Rafi and Hemant Kumar. Immensely popular and great persons, all of them. I grew up listing to their songs on the radio.

Another MS on legendary actresses-

There are more and will post later

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 04:26:17 am

Another one was issued by France Post in 2009 on actress Nandita Das

This self-adhesive stamp was released as part of the project "Women of the world" by Titouan Lamazou

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 15:26:24 pm

nice.
There seems to be quite a few stamps on indian actors issued by other countries!!

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sun Jan 13, 2013 19:05:30 pm

Another one on Satyajit Ray released by Tuvalu during Indipex 2011

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Jan 13, 2013 19:53:44 pm

Girish Vaidya wrote:

Well Gavin H these are some of the Indian actors on stamps.

Wow, thank you Girish - you're doing a really good job of bringing these stamps to life. Some really interesting stories on this thread.

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sun Jan 13, 2013 22:35:44 pm

Satyajit Ray featured on a Dominica 2000 issue - Berlin International Filmfest - Silver Bear winner

birder · **Posted:** Sun Jan 13, 2013 23:55:17 pm

Kennethsequeira wrote:

Another one on Satyajit Ray released by Tuvalu during Indipex 2011

Kennethsequeira,

You are sharing some very nice images.

Thanks and regards.

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2013 00:05:38 am

birder wrote:

Kennethsequeira,

You are sharing some very nice images.

Thanks and regards.

Thanks birder

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2013 01:51:26 am

Yes indeed.
Beautiful stamps. Do you have all these stamps?

So next in the series of stamps are the directors-
And it has to be Satyajit Ray. A master story teller and a great director, he was also a great artist. As Kenneth Sequera has show there are stamps from other contries as well on him. He also won an oscar. This is the setanant released by India-

and a definitive

Then there is the grand old man of Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke on whose name there is a life time achievement award-

The other great directors- Bimal Roy, Mehboob Khan and Ritwick Ghatak. Mehboob Khan directed Mother India, I think India;s first entry to the oscars. Nargis Dutt features in the background of the stamp in a scene from that movie. Ritwick Ghatak was a great film director of the Art cinema.
Mehboob Khan-

Bimal Roy-

Ritwik Ghatak

And who can forget GuruDutt. A great actor and director, who made great movies. Died at young age of 36 Yrs due to a drug overdose due to alleged personal problems-

Next we have S D Burman. Great music director and who was a prince from the royal family of Tripura. Great songs and great music-

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Mon Jan 14, 2013 03:40:38 am

Girish Vaidya wrote:

Yes indeed.
Beautiful stamps. Do you have all these stamps?

Yes Girish, I do have these stamps. Email me I can try & get them for you.

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 16:15:43 pm

Hi Girish,

Stamp on the way.

Btw did u see this postmark

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sun Jan 20, 2013 17:26:07 pm

No
That is a really nice post mark. Should have been used on his stamp instead of Rabindranath Tagore.
Any way he was a great singer and there will not be another like him!!
Thanks for the stamp!!

To continue with the stamps on entertainers, here are the singers-

Begum Aktar- the stamp printed with water soluble ink and therefore withdrawn and a bit rare-

Dinanath Mangeskar- Father of Lata Mangeskar and a big music composer in Marathi film industry

Ghantasala- Great singer in south Indian films and also a great music composer

and who can forget the great Kundan Lal Saigal, None of the present age youngsters know of him but a legendary voice-

They were great entertainers and truly worthy of being commemorated on a stamp! and I have all the above stamps!
more in the next post!!

birder · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 04:35:20 am

I remember K L Sehgal and "Ik Raje ka Beta.."

Can I get the Begam Akhtar Stamp?..How much would a decent copy cost ??

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Mon Jan 21, 2013 16:02:14 pm

I have one used and one mint. The MNH may cost around Rs 400 here. Will check and let you know the correct price and availability?

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2013 00:06:18 am

Kennethsequeira wrote:

Here is the image of the used stamp

The stamp finally arrived today!!
Took almost a month
Thanks Kenneth and nice stamp on the cover too!!
Girish Vaidya

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2013 20:59:12 pm

A stamp in noted lyricist for Hindi films, Sahir Ludhianvi was released today. Picked up a few stamps and a few FDC's for my thematic collection!! will post the image soon.

Two other stamps also- Para regiment and Officers Training Academy was released

Girish Vaidya

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 17:36:07 pm

here is the image of Sahir Ludhianvi stamp -

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sat Mar 09, 2013 17:41:19 pm

For the hindi movie buffs, a song from the film Pyasa-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSo3KVwrp8M

sung by Mohammad Rafi- stamp released on him

music by S D Burman- stamp released on him

Song written by Sahir Ludhianivi- stamp released on him

Actor/director on whom pictured - Guru Dutt- Stamp released on him

enjoy :mrgreen:

a sad song though

yves · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 07:02:26 am

Hello,
I'm trying to complete my collection of Indian stamps (here: http://www.letstalkaboutbollywood.com/article-indian-cinema-on-stamps-111523640.html) and was wondering if anybody had knowledge of some which I would have omitted...
Thanks for any suggestion!

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 15:19:34 pm

Hi Yves

Visited your webpage and you seem to have all the Indian stamps on actors already!! as you mention, the Ginieu Bissau stamps don't look real.

You have some stamps which I don't have :cry:

the cover on the Travancore sisters is great

As per this sites rules you need 20 posts and 20 days before you can start swamping stamps.

So look around and post on topics related to your interests and we will be in touch with each other as we have a common thematic taste!! You can also email me.

I also collect actors of other countries and any stamps related to entertainment- stage, music, pop stars, theater etc.

Do you collect only Indian actors or other countries too ?

Girish Vaidya

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Mon Mar 11, 2013 21:44:29 pm

Hi everybody,

I have realized I dont have this stamp of a Indian Film Director-
Jyothi Prakash Agarwal year of release 2004

and this stamp in Childrens film society 2005

and this cover of the Travancore sisters, three great actresses of south India-

any body having these and willing for exchange ?

Girish Vaidya

yves · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 01:37:34 am

Girish Vaidya wrote:

Hi Yves
Visited your webpage and you seem to have all the Indian stamps on actors already!! as you mention, the Guinee Bissau stamps don't look real.

Hello Girish,
Thanks for the message; did you notice other stamps on my page that seemed not genuine? I myself am not a specialist as to why there would be some "real" or "non real" ones.
Please notice that of course I don't have the stamps themselves; I'm just intrigued about the sociological fact that some Indian cinema people have been chosen to appear on stamp while others haven't. First, as you must have read, the Indian Postage only prints stamps for deceased people. Any stamps with living persons come from other countries. But it also has choices, which for me aren't quite clear, apart from the vague idea that it has chosen the "greatest" people... But why no stamp of such worthies as Johnny Walker or Prem Nath, KN Singh, Lalita Pawar or Nadira? Who decides what is celebrity?
A penny for your thoughts.

yves · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 01:41:13 am

Girish Vaidya wrote:

Do you collect only Indian actors or other countries too ?
Girish Vaidya

This gives me an idea: this could be great! I suppose there are pages on this site with actors from all countries...!
yves

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Tue Mar 12, 2013 02:14:39 am

Hi Yves

Well, to begin with who decides stamps in India? It is complicated, and I presume bureaucratic.

But generally the rules are that stamps are released on the 10 death anniversary of the person and there should be a proponent, ie somebody or institution that proposes a person.

There have been exceptions where living persons have been honored -
Mother Theresa was honored with a stamp when she got the Nobel peace prize

Sir M Vishweshariah, who was Knighted by the British, a great Engineer and Administrator from my state of Karnataka was honored with a stamp when he turned 100 yrs old

Also Karve, an educationist was honored when he turned 100 yrs old

Other than above, in India the person has to have passed away for a stamp on him.

But most of the stamps are on politicians these days.

As regards actors, Indian Cinema has a lot of regional cinema as well and a lot of South Indian stars have been honored with stamps as you can see in my posts above. It helped that most of them were politically active during their heydays!!

As regards Bollywood or the Hindi cinema, there have been a number of great stars but not all of them had mass appeal and duration in the limelight.

Most of the great stars like Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna etc have passed away recently and I am sure stamps will be released on them sooner than later

As regards others that you have mentioned, well I think there have been no proponents or they were not famous enough in the eyes of the bureaucrats in the Ministry of Communications, Govt of India.

I hope I have given a pennys worth of thoughts :mrgreen:

And I collect stamps on actors from all countries

As of now I have from USA, England, Australia and on the look out from Greece and Spain. There is a thread started by me viewtopic.php?f=12&t=42400 regarding hollywood stars.

It is a nice theme and a nice way to spend a sunday :lol:

( if the wife permits :mrgreen:

)

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sat May 04, 2013 20:53:02 pm

Girish Vaidya wrote:

As regards Bollywood or the Hindi cinema, there have been a number of great stars but not all of them had mass appeal and duration in the limelight.

Most of the great stars like Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna etc have passed away recently and I am sure stamps will be released on them sooner than later

Someone in India Post must have read this. On 100 years of Indian Cinema, 50 stamps were released today

New Delhi, May 3 : At 60th National Film Awards ceremony here Friday, President Pranab Mukherjee Friday released postal stamps commemorating 50 iconic film personalities who brought changes in the Indian cinema.Minister of Communication and Information Technology Kapil Sibal said that as the country celebrates the 100 years of Indian cinema, it is vital to honour the past.”Commemorating 50 iconic personalities of Indian cinema simultaneously, I am happy to say that these 50 stamps are the first ever issued by the department of post. It’s an honour to be part of the centenary celebration of Indian stamps "said Sibal.

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Sat May 04, 2013 23:12:25 pm

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Mon May 06, 2013 14:23:16 pm

Thanks Kenneth,

Where did you get the images from? the stamps are yet to be released!!

Do you have image of Rajesh Khanna stamp? If so please post it here.

Girish Vaidya

Kennethsequeira · **Posted:** Mon May 06, 2013 16:13:52 pm

Girish Vaidya wrote:

Thanks Kenneth,

Where did you get the images from? the stamps are yet to be released!!

Do you have image of Rajesh Khanna stamp? If so please post it here.

Girish Vaidya

Hi Girish,

Images are from indiastampghar

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Tue May 07, 2013 15:52:10 pm

Superb!!

Later I got to see all the MS on the site- stamps of India. But they have embedded their website across the image

The stamp on Rajesh Khanna is nice. I wonder why India Post release the images but defer release of the stamps themselves!!

Any way, looking forward to the stamps!!

Girish Vaidya

soumik · **Posted:** Thu May 09, 2013 18:43:47 pm

those stamps of 100 years of Indian cinema will be available at Indian philatelic bureau from June onwards.

Girish Vaidya · **Posted:** Sun May 12, 2013 16:27:23 pm

Yes, I finally got to read the press announcement to that effect, it was put up in the GPO here :wink:

Nice stamps and looking forward to picking them up!!
Girish Vaidya


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