FilmIndia (Dec 1937 - Apr 1938)

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'OL. 3 No. 8 ' were tempted to see the pictures felt terribly lonely in the theatre and craved for company. And yet the producers of Sulochana are still under the impression that Sulochana is a box-office star, when the very first show of "Wahari Duniya" was a flop. 2. The next in rank in monthly earnings is Miss Gohur. In addition to "being a 'star' she is also a partner in the Ranjit Movietone. The business acumen of her partner has given Gohur a large invested stake in life. There was a time, when this emotional artiste, for truly she has talent far above the ordinary, used to draw crowds. But all her recent pictures, including some 'superbs' like "Toofani Taruni", "Prabhu-Ka-Pyara" and "Flower Girl", failed to draw. Like a wise woman, having the resources and control to do so, this one-time great artiste is resting on her oars just at present. She should do so till a suitable vehicle is found for her histrionic expression. 3. Sabita Devi of Sagar Movietone is another Jew girl whom her producers have mentally placed on the supposed pedestal of stardom. She is drawing nearly Rs. 3000| a month. No girl in the film industry gets the help and push that Sabita gets from her producers. FILMINDIA Special stories are written for her — great classic writers like K. M. Munshi and Ramanlal Vasantlal are commissioned to write her stories — elaborate settings are erected — plenty of rehearsals are gone through — dialogues are altered to fit the lips — while wild pre-release publicity attends every picture. And yet not one picture of Sabita has proved a real roaring success. While some of her pictures like, "Dr. Madhurika", "Village Girl".. "Kokila" failed rather badly. And in spite of all this, Sabita Devi is still the cock of the walk in the Sagar studios. Sagar's clever propiretor has always balanced the big drain of such supposed super pictures by producing small pictures with an unassuming cast and by a lucky and strange coincidence every one of these second raters has proved a real box-office success. A recent proof of this statement is "Jagirdar" which gave Sagar some big profits which they hadn't seen for some time. 4. After a tame debut in "Trapped", a Bhavnani picture, Mrs. Durga Khote, a society lady and an excellent artiste, made a great impression in Prabhat's first talkie "King of Ayodhya". She is to-day drawing Rs. 300(V a month. An ambitious woman, she soon became a free lancer and earned a good lot of money.