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KARDAR PRODUCTIONS (Bombay)
Director Abdul Rashid Kardar seems to be now tired of making pictures for others, and he has started his own producing concern backed by his ripe experience and his small army of personal workers.
The first picture will be a social story called "Sharda". and it will go into the sets next month. As is usual with Director Kardar. the preparations for the maiden picture of Kardar Productions are being attended to studiously and if half of what Kardar talks today is to be believed, "Sharda" will be a picture worth seeing.
ACHARYA PRODUCTIONS (Bombay)
The final scenes are being taken of their maiden production called "Kunwara Bap" or "Bachelor Father" in which Protima Das Gupta leads a useful cast of artistes. Another one that has only recently gone into production is also a social story called "Uljhan". The second story will be directed by Mr. Acharya himself.
SHALIMAR PICTURES (Bombay)
"Ek Raat", the first production of Mr. W. Z. Ahmed has been completed and those who have had the good fortune of seeing a connected trial of the rushes have been loud in praising the quality of the picture. The music is reported to have become marvellously attractive and will go a long way in making the picture a huge success. Already the picture has been taken for distribution by Messrs. Srinivas Pictures Circuit of Bangalore for the South; by Messrs. Jamnadas Ltd., of Bhusawal for the C.P., C.I.; by Messrs.
Dowlat Corporation, Bombay for Bombay Presidency, by Messrs. Famous Pictures Ltd., Bombay for Africa and Overseas and by the Novelty Talkies of Karachi for Sindh.
A beautiful snap of Sardar Akhtar in "Uljhan" the second picture of Acharya Productions.
Producer-Director W. Z. Ahmed is already busy on the second story for the company.
JANAK PICTURES (Bombay)
Producer Chhotubhai Desai has completed his first picture "Rai Saheb", a social story with an intense dramatic value.
With Jagdish Sethi, Kaushalya and Ratan Bai in the cast, the picture has become a dynamic document of human emotions and when it is released on the screen it will take a long time for the audiences to forget it.
Producer Chhotubhai's future plans are not yet known.
FAZLI BROTHERS (Calcutta)
After "Pyas" at the Imperial, "Masoom" will come to the screen in Bombay. At the Studios "Chowranghee" is now receiving finishing touches and this picture which is being produced in two versions, Hindi and Bengali, is also expected to be a good box-office pull apart from its entertainment and instructive values.
LAXMI PICTURES (Bombay)
Under the jealous supervision of Producer Chimanlal Trivedi the shooting of the social picture "I can do it" is proceeding fast. Director Phani Mujumdar has used an imposing cast led by Lila Desai to the best advantage and it seems that Trivedi will do the trick with the very first picture of his second start.
Another one that is going into production shortly under the direction of Mr. Profulla Roy is called "My Village".
NEW HUNS PICTURES (Kolhapur)
Their first picture under the reorganization scheme is called "Many Happy Returns" featuring Baburao Pendharkar and Shanta Hublikar. It has now been completed and it has become a thrilling comedy for which ( Continued on page 61)
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