After the social-realist film '' Neecha Nagar '' received the Palme d'Or at the inaugural 1946 Cannes Film Festival , Hindi films were frequently in competition for Cannes ' top prize during the 1950s and early 1960s and some won major prizes at the festival . Guru Dutt , overlooked during his lifetime , received belated international recognition during the 1980s . Film critics polled by the British magazine '' Sight & Sound '' included several of Dutt 's films in a 2002 list of greatest films , and Time 's All-Time 100 Movies lists '' Pyaasa '' as one of the greatest films of all time . During the late 1960s and early 1970s , the industry was dominated by musical romance films with romantic-hero leads ; the most popular star was Rajesh Khanna . Other actors during this period include Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor , the younger brothers of Raj Kapoor , Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar ; actresses include Sharmila Tagore , Mumtaz , Saira Banu , Helen , and Asha Parekh
1946 Cannes Film Festival
1946 Cannes Film Festival
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