FilmIndia (Dec 1937 - Apr 1938)

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VOL. 3 No. 3 FILMINDIA of January. Starring Durgabai Khote and supported by Mubarak, Nyampally and others this social picture which is written by Mama Warerkar and directed by Altekar is expected to be a sensational success. Aryan Pictures: Arrangements have now been made by the distributors, Raja Bahadur Mukundlal Bansilal to release their first picture "Path of Glory", starring Prabha, and very soon we shall have the good fortune of seeing this picture on the screen. General Films Ltd.: "Chandra Rao More", directed by Mr. Arolkar has just been completed and will be on the screen sometime in the month of January. Director Abdul Rasheed Kardar from Calcutta has taken up a story called "Bagwan", written by Begum Ansari, as his first subject and will soon go into shooting of the same, while Director Atorthy is taking up a social subject called "The Educated Fool", starring Shobhanadevi Samarth. POONA. Prabhat Film Co.: Between "Tukaram" and "The Unexpected" almost all the cine-going public of the city has been monopolised by these two pictures of Prabhat. The success of "The Unexpected" has been expected by the producers so much all along that the minutest preparations were made for its publicity and release well in advance and in terms of success. At the studios Directors Damle and Fathelal are shooting "Gopalkrishna", one of the greatest mythological pictures of all times, which picture will be ready for release by the end of January. Director Shantaram is, in the meanwhile, utilising his time in studying a social subject written by a prominent journalist of Bombay. Jaishree Films: The shooting of "Nandkumar" 'J ' ; v * j * ยป.? in three versions, namely, Marathi, Hindi and Tamil, is fast nearing completion. The picture will now go into the editing room and under the expert handling of Mr. Keshavrao Dhaiber we shall soon get an ideal story for the screen. Starring Durgabai Khote and Govindrao Tembe, this picture is going to be not only gorgeous in spectacle but superb in action as well. Saraswati Cinetone: Dada Torney has at last taken delivery of his new R.C.A. machine with ultra-violet recording and the plans for producing "Gopichand" are being discussed vigorously from day to day. Huge settings which might require weeks of preparation have already gone into making under the able supervision of Bhal G. Pendharkar. The busiest man in Poona to-day is Dada Torney, who has not only to find new talent, new designs, new technique and new girls for his picture but has also to run about There is a bush between them, but that doesn't stop them from making eyes at each other. Surendra and Maya provide a rare musical feast in "Eternal Music" a Sagar Picture now running at the Imperial Cinema. 41