FilmIndia (Jan-Nov 1942)

NBHBH SUPREME FILM DISTRIBUTORS (Bombay) After the remarkable success of "Ankh Michowli", this firm of distributors has gone and hit upon a gold mine in "Jawab", a picture of M.P. Productions, recently released at the Imperial Cinema. They have a number of other pictures coming to the screen; some of them are called "Mera Gaon", "Khamoshi", "Adabarz ' and last, but not the least, "Paigam"' featuring that charming siren of the screen Sadhona Bose. BOMBAY TALKIES (Bombay) Things don't seem to be going well with this studio in so far as the internal working harmony amongst the workers is concerned. There have been court cases between Rai Bahadur Chuni Lall and Madame Devika Rani and it seems that they will soon part as friends and the entire studio will be entrusted to Madame Devika Rani for future productions. While these family quarrels are on, Director Mukherji has been busy producing "Kismet"', a social story featuring Mumtaz Shanti and Ashok Kumar. This picture will be on the screen sometime In the month of December. FAZLI BROTHERS (Calcutta) Producer-director S. F. Hasnain is in Bombay with his brother to produce a number of pictures. He has announced a very ambitious programme which begins with "Fashion", a social story and "BhaiBahen", another social story. No sooner these two productions are completed. Producer Hasna n will take up a spectacular costume picture called "Humayun" and thereafter once again he will shift back to a social one called "The College'. "Fashion" will be shot at the Shrl Sound Studios in Dadar. WADIA MOVIETONE (Bombay) Producer J. B. H. Wadia, a better newsmaker than a producer, who gave us the first English picture as well as the first Sindhi picture in a single year, has at last succeeded in selling off the studios to Mr. V. Shantaram. But that does not mean that he has stopped production of motion pictures and he has already got several p ctures under production. Some of them are "Ankh-ki-Sharm", •'Shobha ' and "India Calling". th» last one being the second Indian picture to be produced in English. Mr. Sureudra Desai. M.A., takes to screen direction, after a ripe experience in film production, and is now in charge of his maiden picture, "Paigam" featuring Sadhona Bose. ASIATIC PICTURES (Bombay) The modest Mazharkhan is becoming a more enterprising producer every day. His latest activity consists in the production of "Yad", a social story featuring himself and Veena Kumari. Another picture on which he is working at present is called "Duniya Mane". It is a social story written by Munshi Ajiz, the man who wrote "Duniya-na-Mane" for Prabhat. D R. D. PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) To the accompaniment of a lot of tall talk, Dady Wadia, the producer of this company is busy with the actual shooting of his maiden production, the story of which has been adapted from "The Gong Of Shiva", the famous novel of that wellknown writer Dewan Sharar. Director Nanda who is in charge of the production has already started talking about the excellence of the sequences which he is shooting. If half of what he says proves to be true. "Ishara" is going to bo a picture worth seeing. NAVYUG CHITRAPAT (Poona) "State Guests", a comedy produced by this company is regaling large audiences at the Krishna Cinema in Bombay. Still another picture which this company has released at Poona is called "Ever Yours" which is produced exclusively for the Maharashtrian audiences in Marathl. They have still another picture in making called "Pahili Manglagaur." CHITRA PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) "K si-se-na-Kahna", the second production of this company featuring Leela Chitnis and Pahari Sanyal has been lying ready for release, awaiting a suitable theatre. Producer Gvalani is not the man to rest on his oars and he is al(Continued on page 11) 73