FilmIndia (Dec 1937 - Apr 1938)

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'Talvarka Dhani", a stunt picture is getting ready for release on the day of Bakri Id. It is intended to release this picture in half a dozen stations in the Punjab. Bhavnani Productions: "Amar Prem", the picture which Mr. Bhavnani was shooting at Kashmir has now been completed and will be seen on the screen very soon. Mr. Bhavnani with his usual enterprise is now thinking of producing "Daughter of Zambo" another jungle picture and for which he intends to go to the jungles of Nepal to secure a realistic atmosphere. Sangeet Film Co.: Bai Jaddan Bai that able proprietress of this company is seriously thinking of shifting her MARGARET LINDSAY A Warner Star. Here's an i n 1 eresting si i u a I i o n from. Jwala a Huns Piclure. activities to Bhopal. We wish her well. Mohan Sound Studios: "Chabukwali" a 'quickie' with plenty of action is fast progressing in its shooting from day to day. The programme for the next picture is not yet fixed up. Nataraj Films: By the time this is in print, their maiden picture called "Sathi" will have been censored and ready for release. The picture features Durgabai Khote, Mubarak, Nayampally and others and great things are expected by the producers in the way of box-office success. POONA Prabhat Film Co.: Writing more about "Tukaram" and its unique success is like painting the lily. The picture has secured such overwhelming popularity amongst all classes ot people that it threatens to run for a long time to come in different parts of the city. This superb production of Prabhat can never be forgotten. In another part of the city Director Shantaram's "The Unexpected" is creating new records from day to day and proving itself to the cine fans a store house of marvellous entertainment, coupled with an elevating moral. It iz difficult to tell at this stage for how many weeks exactlv this nature will run at the Krishna Talkies, where it is running. Reports coming from different parts of India about "The Unex pected" are remarkably flattering in as much as the picture is claimed to have given better returns at every station than any other picture before. At the studios, Directors Damle and Fatehlal are fast completing their mythological picture "Gopalkrishna". They expect to release this picture in Bombay somewhere in the middle of February. From some of the photographs printed in this issue exclusively by us, you will find that "Gopalkrishna" is going to be a rare entertainment to film fans. Director Shantaram is busy and you would like to know with what he is busy, but we won't tell you this time. Jaishree Films: By the time this is in print their maiden picture "Nandkumar" with its traditional grandeur and spectacle will be on the screen to delight a million fans. To realise exactly what that old artiste Keshavrao Dhaiber has done and given for the picture, you must only go and see it. It is very rare that we come across such super productions produced with greater care from all sides. The future programme of Mr. Dhaiber is not vet fixed up, but it is reported that he will take up even a greater subject than "Nandkumar" as his next picture. Saraswati Cinetone: Veteran Dada Torney seems to have decided to hit out the bcx-offices, the way he is going 39