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February, 1945.
FILMINDIA
BASANT PICTURES (Bombay)
Producer-director Homi Wadia reports to us that his latest social story "Bachpan" is fast nearir.g completion. This story gives full scope to that wonderful little lady, Baby Madhuri, who is reported to have given a clever and emotional performance ir. the picture. Supporting Baby Madhuri we find artistes like Mazharkhan, Dixit, Nandrekar and Gulab.
RAMNIK PRODUCTIONS (Andheri)
Producer Kishore Sahu seems to have arrived at some arrangement with these producers for the production of "Veer Kunal" which is a Hindi costume picture of the Mauryan period in Indian history.
Kishore has secured the services ot Shobhana Samar^h, Durga Khote and Mubarak and threatens to play the hero himself as usual.
AMAR PICTURES (Bombay)
"Gaali", produced under the banner of N. R. Desai Productions, doesn't seem to have satisfied the producers with the reception it got at the Lsmington Talkies in Bombay.
The new picture which has gone into production is called "Ratnavali", a medieval classic written by King Harsha. The picture will be directed by Surendra Desai and will feature Ratnamala, Surendra, K. N. Singh and others.
LAKSHMI PRODUCTIONS (Andheri)
Director Nandlal is still at "Amrapali" and when he finishes the same, it is likely to be a news of first importance.
In the meanwhile, Producer Chimanlal Trivedi is handling "Maharani Minal", another costume picture of Gujrat.
ASIATIC PICTURES (Bombay)
Under the direction of Gunjal a new picture has been started by these people called "Chand Tara", featuring Charlie.
Still another called "Bare Lok" is likely to be started immediately, featuring Shan (a Apte and Surendra.
MANSATA FILM DISTRIBUTORS
(Calcutta)
This leading firm of distributors from Calcutta is now extending its activities to the rest of India by securing pictures for all the circuits. Their re
cent acquisitions are "Two Sisters" produced by M. P. Productions and starring Kanan Bala and "Taqrar", a picture of Art Film Productions, starring Jamuna, Nawab and Molina. Both these pictures will be shortly released all over the country through this firm.
JAMNADAS & CO. (Bombay)
This firm of distributors has secured the world rights of "Nala Damayanti", a picture under production by Janak Pictures. This picture is being directed by Kumar Sen Samarth and it fea
tures Shobhana Samarth, Prithviraj and David and is reported to he ready for release.
BHAVNANI PRODUCTIONS (Bombay)
News comes to us that Producer Mohan Bhavnani is now giving final touches to his new picture "Bisvi Sadi", featuring Motilal, Nargis, Mazharkhan and Gope.
The picture is expected to be ready for release sometime in the month of March.
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