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May 1942
F I L M I X D I A
ing of inferiority soon passed and she made some more films.
They were all very ordinary pictures but Leela gained a great deal of experience from them. One thing she learned was that she should get expert advice about her screen make-up. So she went to Max Factor's and learned there how to make the best of her features. WORKIXG WITH PRABHAT Then Leela joined a new company in Karachi called "Sind Film Corporation". They only made one film "Chhoti-si-Dunia" which was a failure. Then Leela joined Huns Pictures and made ' Chhaya'* which was a moderate success.
So far Leela had been playing the lead in all her films but she was always the coyish sweet type of heroine and was beginning to get a little tired of her roles.
Next Leela made a film with Prabhat's in Poona. It was called "Beyond The Horizon". It was not a great success and ran only for seven weeks. The only thing remarkable about it was that Leela played a secondary role for the first time.
After that she came to Bombay and joined Daryani Productions for whom she made a couple of stunt pictures. They were "Gentleman Daku" and "Insaf*'. She didn't enjoy making them at all. In case
When Leela passes and you get a delicate whiff of perfume, be sure it is "Khus" or "Mischief.
you have not guessed it already. Leela had a boy double to do the stunts for her. He was ma'de up to lcok like her. and photographed at a distance.
Next came a picture called '•Jailor'" with Minerva which was only a moderate success. Then came Leela's first outstanding picture. It was Ranjit's "Tulsidas" and it ran for over a year in Calcutta.
After this Leela stayed in Bombay Talkies making "Kangan". "Azad'\ "Bandhan", and •'Jhoola". In between these films she made "Ardhangi" with Huns and "Kanchan" with Chitra. "Kangan", '•Bandhan" and "Jhoola*' were great successes.
Leela wrote the story of "Kanchan" herself. When she was in college she used to dream of becoming a journalist and novelist. "Kanchan" gave her her first opportunity to make use of her Iftterary knowledge. She hopes she will get a chance to write more film stories, though Baburao Patel does not advise her to do so again.
ASHOK KUMAR — THE BEST
Leela liked acting for Bombay Talkies best. She says "They overwork their stars, but it is a pleasure to work for them because I like working hard."
She thinks Ashok Kumar the best actor but hastens to say that this is no great flattery because there are very few good male actors.
This seems to be a family affair with Wasti, Maya and others in "Awaz", a social story of Saraswati Cinetone
of Poona.
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