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► OL. 3 No. 9
F I L M I X D I A
pervised by Mr. Profulla Gosh, an old friend of this city.
SOUTH INDIA. Pragati Pictures:
That super picture in Tamil 'Nandkumar" will be soon presented to the censors and is expected to be on the screen during the month of February. With T. P. Rajalakshmi and Master Mahalingam in the picture 'every one expects a great success for the same at all places wherever it goes. For sheer spectacle this superb production beggars description, and the ('producers must be congratulated for their ambitious enterprise in giving to South India a picture that will not be forgotten for a long time to come.
Mahalakshmi Sound Studios:
They have recently secured the rights of "Balayogini" an attractive story in Telugu.
Vel Pictures:
"Vellala Maharajah" a Tamil Dicture ran for four weeks at the Broadway Talkies and now it has been shifted to the Saraswati Talkies in Perambur. These peoDle have shifted their studio to Guindy now. and they will soon take up producing
"Valli's Wedding", if their present plans and intentions mature.
Oh mpic Pictures:
A press show given on the 26th November at the Minerva Talkies of "Minor Rajamani" directed by Raja Sandow was responsible for a difference of opinion regarding the merits of the picture. Whatever that be, the picture is expected to go on well as old Raja Ranja Sandow happens to have a bit of a following in the South, and the story of the picture happens to be written by Vaduvur Doraiswamy Iyengar. National Movietone:
Nearly after an year now. these people have been able to complete their picture '"Rajamohan" and it is likely to be released at the Gaiety Talkies by the time this is in print. Chintamani Pictures:
Director Y. V. Rao who made a name in "Chintamani" has now started a production company of his own and has taken up '"Baktha Meera" as his first one.
Motion Picture Producers' Combine:
After giving away "Balayo
gini" to Mahalakshmi Studios, the studio has been engaged by Orr's Columbia Talkies who are producing "Vishnu Leela" under the supervision and direction of Raja Sandow. Another picture going on in the studio is called "Orphan Girl" by Jupiter Pictures, while United Artistes have "Sevasadan" in hand in Hindi, the directors are thinking of producing one of the old pictures in the near future.
Sound City:
Our friend Mr. A. Narayan who was at one time in Bombay seems to have made his business a profitable one with the help of some friendly Chettiars. If what we hear from reports is true, old Narayan has turned his studio into a factory for production of cheap pictures with small profits.
Standard Pictures:
This company who were shooting their picture in the Imperial Studio in Bombay have now completed it and taking it down to the South and name it "Dharmapuri Rahasyam". The secret will soon be out immediately the picture is on the screen.
Will you keep quiet when you see someone with a stone doing that? Come and see it in "Kanhopatra"
a Peerless Release.