FilmIndia (1945)

October, 1945. FILMINDI A cial subject called "Haqdar". The picture will be directed by Rafiq Rizvi and the music will be given by Md. Shaft. RANfrlT MOVIETONE (Bombay) "Mumtaz Mahal", a story of the Moghul times directed by Kidar Sharma will come to the screen short ly at the Royal Opera House in Bom bay. In the studios, Director Chaturbhuj Doshi is giving finishing touches to "Moorti" featuring Khurshid and Motilal. Director Manibhai Vyas is progressing fast with "Dharti" featuring Mumtaz Shanti and Trilok Kapoor. Director Aspi has begun the shooting of "Rajputani" with Veena, Jairaj, Bipin Gupta and Gulam Mohamed in the cast. There are several pictures lying ready at the studio, some of them are as follows: — "Prabhu-ka-Ghar" featuring Khurshid and Trilok Kapoor; "Chand Chakori" featuring Mumtaz Shanti and Surendra; "Dhanna Bhagat" featuring Kamal Zamindar and Kamla Chat terjee. The new picture which is bein« planned now is a costume story of puranic times called "Seeta Haran." MURLI MOVIETONE (Bombay) The way Director Ram Daryani works every day, it seems that "Shravan Kumar" will be ready very soon. "Shravan Kumar" is a touching tale of human pathos and if Ram succeeds in getting half the natural pathos of the story, this picture is going to be a classic of the screen. The cast of the picture includes Mumtaz Shanti. Chandramohan, Pahari Sanyal and many more. PRAFULLA PICTURES (Bombay) Director Winayak, inspite of his working on two pictures seems to have done a lot of shooting of "Subhadra", a costume subject of the mythological times. He is shooting the picture at the Rajkamal Kalamandir and seeing that Pandit Indra is writing the dialogues, it is quite likely that the picture will be good with Shanta Apte, Ishwarlal and Yakub in the cast. JAGRITI PICTURES (Bombay) News comes to us that Producer Anand Subramaniam has completed "Song of Desert", a moving tale of gypsy love. The picture is directed by Bhagwan and features Amarnath. Shanta Apte and others. NAVAYUG CHITRAPAT (Poona) "Panna" is drawing well in Bombay and has now been shifted to Taj Talkies where again it is drawing well. At the studios, "Din Raat", a social story directed by Shory Daultalvi and featuring Snehaprabha is ready for release. Another social story called "Room No. 9" featuring Geeta Nizami and Shyam is half way through and should be ready before the month of November. MANS ATA FILM DISTRIBUTORS (Calcutta) This firm of distributors are re The taste doesn't seem to be good the way Mumtaz Shanti has gone through the story of "Chand Chakori." ported to have acquired rights of "Takrar", social story featuring [amuna, Molina, Nawab and others and produced by Art Films. Still another picture which they have secured is "Rajlakshmi" produced by M. P. Productions and starring Kanan Bala. For the South and Central Pro vinces the distribution of these pictures is controlled by Select Pictures Circuit and Jamnadas Ltd., of Akola. L. P. ACHARYA (Bombay) L. P. Acharya who was once a prominent producer has now extended his activities to distribution by securing the rights of "Ragini" and "Ranak Devi". His production work, however, continues and the new sub ject which he will be producing under the banner of People's Pictures Ltd., is called "Apke Liye." ADVANCE FILM EXCHANGE (Bombay) Having secured the rights of "Ghar"" a picture produced by Sun rise Pictures, these distributors are now making arrangements for the release of the same at Calcutta. As the picture has a local cast in Jamuna, Nawab and others, the distributors expect it to run very well at the Bina Talkies where it is scheduled to be released. In Bombay arrangements are made to release the picture on 1 2th October at the Majestic. NEW TALKIES LTD. (Calcutta) Director Barua is reported to have made good progress with the shooting of "Pahechan" which is a social story featuring himself and Jamuna. This story has something to do with the theme of "What Man Has Made Of Man." K. L. KAHAN (Bombay) This producer who gave us "Qatil" and "Khooni Lash" is reported to be on the war path once again. His new stunt thriller is called "Nishana" which he is directing himself. We will let you know more about it when he tells us something more about it. BOMBAY FILM . DISTRD3UTORS (Bombay) These distributors have purchased "Alladin", a costume story of Mohan Pictures with a lot of stunt and magic in it. It is a picture directed by Mr. Nanubhai Vakil and it features Shanta Patel, Prakash and several others. STAR PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) Producer Ratanbai Begg is active as ever before, seeing that her 2 social stories "Dharm" and "Dasi or Ma" are absolutely ready for release. Ratanbai is now busy with another social subject called "Dua" and after this she will once again go into a musical gypsy subject with a lot of music and lilt in it. It is marvellous how this woman manages all these productions single-handed. 63