FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

fIDUSTAN CHITRA (Bombay) "nder the banner of this new conProducer-director-artiste Kire Sahu is making rapid progress i its maiden production "Sawan-Re", the outdoor scenes of which e shot at Xaini Tal recently. The ture stars Kishore Sahu opposite nola, with David leading the supting cast consisting of Ramesh )ta, Sophia. Mohana and Gulab. ■riONAL THEATRES (Bombay) iHul Chul", their maiden producli, starring Nargis, Sitara, Yakub. lir and Dilip Kumar being proled by K. Asif under the direction ■S. K. Ojha at the Famous Cine Hios is fast nearing completion. Bad is responsible for the music )fhe picture which has been alread\ ■uired for territorial distribution ■ Bombay. Bengal. Sind and West ■ Pakistan by various firms of leadn distributors. Ijha nanda productions i Bombay) Iheir maiden social, "Singhar" Huced by R. B. Haldia and starI Suraiya. Madhubala. Jairaj. ■ga Khote with a supporting casl ■ by K. N. Singh is progressing I under the direction of J. K. Nan ■t the Shree Sound Studios. Khur I Anwar is directing the music for (picture. ■ . FILMS (Bombay) Iffoducer-dirertor-artiste Raj Ka o i l>us\ ilav and night trvinj; wmplete his second picture "Bar ■ ' starring Xargis. Premnath and |fl Kapoor himself. World distri u >n ri<jht for the picture have mdy been sold to the All India li Corporation. Bombay, and terflial rights for Bombav. U.P. and »p i. bast Punjab. Bengal and CP. ■ and Pakistan have been acquir ■ espectively by Messrs. Javsinli ■ires, Bombay, Wadia Paramount il Di-tributors, Delhi, "Friends Is", Jullundur City, Kapurchand S|o., Bombay and Idd Mohmad lip., Lahore. ASHOK FILM DISTRIBUTORS (Bombay) Taj Mahal Pictures' "Chandni Raat ', produced and directed by Ehsan, starring beautiful Xaseem, Shyam, Ullhas, David and Parveen is now in the editing room. Shakil Badayuni composed the lyrics for the picture and Xaushad gave the music. INDIA FILM CORPORATION LTD. (Bombay) "Nai Reet". their maiden production, produced by R. N. Simhal Rebana puts rhythm in her work in "Actress" produced by Filmistan Ltd. and directed by S. K. Ojha, stars Sulochana Chatterji, Rajendra and Ceeta Bali in the leading roles, with a supporting cast led by Leela Misra. The lyrics are composed by Kumar Gupta and music by S. K. Pal. The picture is shortly to be released at Delhi. Calcutta, Bombay and other leading stations. JAGAT PICTURES (Bombay) Their latest picture. "Sunhere Din" directed by Satish Xigam. is now in the editing room and is expected to be released next month at Delhi. Lucknow. Kanpur. Allahabad. Karachi. Calcutta and other stations in India and Pakistan. It stars Rehana. Raj Kapoor. Nigar and Roop Kamal. The lyrics have been composed by Madhok and the music is directed bv Juan Dutt. The muhurt ceremonv of their third picture '"Shair" starring Suraiya. Kamini Kaushal. De\ Anand. Atia. \ eena Kohli and Cuckoo was recently performed. Shakil Badavuni has composed the lyrics and Ghulam Mohommed is giving the music. It is being directed by Chawla. a former assistant of Shaukat Hussein. FILMISTAN LTD. (Bombay) Two new pictures. "Sanwariya" a musical comedy and "Actress'' a social picture are shortly being released at the Koxy and the Xoveltv respectively. The former stars a debutante. Hafeez Jehan with Rehman and Veera, for which Santoshi wrote the lyrics and C. Kamchandra composed the music. "Actress" is directed by .\ajam Xaqvi and stars Rehana, Prem Adib and Meena. Its music comes from Shyam Sunder and lyrics from Xakshab and Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. Three more pictures "Satnadhi" (directed by Ramesh Saigal), "Shabnam" (directed by Bibhuti Mitral and "Sargam" (directed by Santoshi I are rapidly progressing at the studios. MADHUKAR PICTURES (Bombay) Their maiden picture "Bazar", starring X'igar, Shyam, Gope and Yakub 69