FilmIndia (1945)

F I L M I N D I A January, 1945. think that Mians don't go to Andheri to work because Bhendi Bazaar is so far off. But why should people forget that the Bhatt Brothers have eight Parsis as partners and none of them is even a Hindu. That one day Pandit Indra submitted the following bill to Sardai Chandulal Shah: 3 songs of "Dhanna Bhagat"=Rs. 900/-; 2 songs of "Chand Chakori" :=Rs. 600/-; Loss on "Mastani" Rs. 250/ (Rs. 125/ each way); Loss on "Cultured Pearl" Rs. 300/ (Rs. 150/ each way; Loss of profits for not tipping "Gunial" (Rs. 1,500/-); Loss on Baburao Patel's "Maid of Honour" because Chandulal Seth's "Gunial" beat it Rs. 300/-; 17th cousin's marriage present Rs. 500/ (marriage in Marwar) Total Rs. 4,350/-. As it is a mad man's job to argue with Panditji, Chandulal looked at the man twice and paid the bill to save his own sanity. That Mumtaz Shanti has to move about in a veil on the Race Course, because her husband Walli thinks that Mumtaz is the most beautiful woman living on earth these days. And so is Walli, the greatest writer of all times. We don't know whether Mumtaz thinks so, too. That glass-eyed Zabak is trying his best to induce Producer Shantaram to buy a few race horses to compete with Sardar Chandulal Shah. Before Shantaram agrees he should know that a race-horse costs Rs. 50,000/to purchase, Rs. 500/ a month to maintain, runs no where when you have Rs. 10,000/ bet on it and sees the winning post once in a blue moon. With these statistics Zabak 's chances are very slender. Shantaram would rather maintain one more wife than feed a race horse, which very rarely reaches the winning post. That according to glass-eyed Zabak, as heard on the race-course, he is in supreme command of "Dr. Kotnis", Shantaram's new picture. Zabak is, of course, qualified for the post because he has a Chinese wife. Bur then what part does Shantaram play in the picture with Zabak in supieme command? If "Dr. Kotnis" succeeds at the box-office, Zabak will have to be congratulated. That Story-writer Dewan Sharar evidently does not like Abbas-Sathe-Zabak corporation to be revolving round Shantaram. Dewan Saheb is polite enough in the studios but not so discreet in his club room at the C. C. I. That David, the "Shakuni" of "Draupadi" stood himself a 'chhota' to celebrate his success on the premiere day and paid the barman in a moment of weakness. He has since lost fourteen pounds in weight repenting for the mistake. David, really, should not be so generous with his hard-earned money. It is really chivalrous to do this for a man who does not carry a match-box because he will have to buy a packet of cigarettes to keep the match-box company. David does not believe in these packet-and-box romances. That Mrs. Devika Rani Rai is reported to have made Film-actor Jairaj, a film-director now to avoid Baburao Patel's criticism on Jairaj's appearance in films. Isn't she a bit touchy? That Lyric-writer Pradeep is not seen at the different newspaper offices these days, because of the 'storm' he created in "C. C. R. Navjawan" after two years of writing. SUNRICH' HITS FOR 1945 WORLD RIGHTS ! SUNRISE'S SUNNY HIT COLLEGIAN Direction: BALWANT BHATT Cast: Chandraprabha Balwantsingh, MAYA BANERJI II FOR BOMBAY, C. P. C. /., NORTH AND OVERSEAS PRAJA PICTURES SOCIAL HIT U M A N G Direction: K. M. MULTANI Cast: MOTILAL, Chandraprabha, Harish, Prabha, Sunalini III FOR BOMBAY, C.P.C.I., NORTH SI'JO. OVERSEAS BHARAT PRODUCTIONS' BOX-OFFICE HIT M E E N A Direction: PHANI MUZUMDAR Cast: Hansa Wadkar, Vasanti, Dixit and Anand for territorial Rights apply to IV ALL TERRITORIES EXCEPT BENGAL BHARAT PRODUCTIONS' STAR-STUDDED HIT "AN B A N" Direction: N. LAHERI Starring: NARGIS, Pahari Sanyal, Jagirdar, Mubarak, Shah Nawaz & SHOBHANA SAMARTH Music: GYAN DUTT V FOR BOMBAY, C. P. C. I. NIGAR PRODUCTIONS' SMASH HIT P A N C H I Direction : BARKAT MEHRA Cast : Manorama, Ajmal, Salma, Hari Shivdasani VI FOR BOMBAY PRESIDENCY SHALIMAR'S SOCIAL JEWEL MUN KI JEET Direction . W. Z AHMED Cast: Neena, Shyam, Rajkumari Shukla, etc. VII SUNRISE'S POWERFUL HIT N A U K A R Direction: SHAUKAT HUSSAIN Cast: CHANDRAMOHAN, Nurjehan, Shobhana Samarth, Yakub. VIII SUNRISE'S SOCIAL HIT D U H A I Story: M. G. DAVE Direction: V Y A S Starring: SHANTA APTE, KUMAR, NURJEHAN, Mirza Mushraf PHONE 40455 SIINRirU PIPTIIRP^ co KAMAL TALK,ES' OUIlnlUr rlUIUriLOi Sandhurst road. Bombay.