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CHITRALAYA LTD. (Bombay)
"Apni Chhaya", the maiden ambitious production of this new concern is making fast progress at the Bombay Talkies' studios at Malad. Directed by Santoshi, the picture stars Sulochana Chatterjee and Bahvant Singh in the leading roles. Radha Kishen who leads the support consisting of a number of popular artistes is cast in a comic role portraying the ironies and comic aspects of life.
FAMOUS PICTURES LTD.
(Bombay)
"Seedha Rasta", a Prabhat picture, released in Bombay recently through this well-known distributing concern is now running at the local Central Talkies. Their next release will be Romeo and Juliet, a Nargis Art Productions picture, starring Nargis and Sapru and directed by Akhtar Hussain.
R. K. FILMS (Bombay)
The first ambitious production of this concern, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor is completed and is now in the editing room. Bearing the fiery name "Aag", the picture features several stars in leading roles, namely, Nargis, Kamini Kaushal, Kanwal Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The picture, according to all reports, is expected to be a fine production.
M. & T. FILMS LTD. (Bombay)
Started recently, this concern is now no longer new and its activities are expanding very quickly. Besides sponsoring studios and independent producers with finance, the company is combining in its own business, all the three branches of the industry, viz., production, distribution and exhibition of pictures.
Their newly built studio is being equipped with (he most up to date machinery where several pictures sponsored by the con
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cern are always under production. They are now making a selection of subjects for the stories of the pictures they themselves intend to produce shortly. The executives of the company have an ambitious plan of developing it into an ideal concern conducted on the most modern scientific lines.
C HITRAK AL A MANDIR LTD.
(Calcutta)
Produced at Lahore at the wellknown Pancholi studios, "Roop Rekha" is the forthcoming picture of this concern which depicts a story of the time old dispute between labour and capital. Directed by Samar Ghosh, the picture is produced by Padam Maheshwary who also wrote the story while the dialogue is written by the editor of Punjab's well known Urdu daily "Veer Bharat". Lyrics come from his pen as well as two
others' — H. K. Premi and Devr Dinesh. Music direction is doi by Rabi Roy Chowdhuri and t] late Pandit Amarnath.
The picture stars two new coe ers to the screen — Veena Kol and Rehman — and the suppo consists of Ajmal, G. X. But Smriti, Durga Mota, Asha Posle Tufail and Pannalal. It has a ready been censored and no awaits release.
ARVIND AND AN AND (Bombay
Written and directed by Sflj Tn^hi and also produced by hi under the banner of this new pri ducing concern, "Khidki" is n ported to be a picture replete wit comedy, tragedy, humour, mel<j drama and satire.
Rehana leads the cast of trj picture which is one of the bi{ gest ever found in any India picture so far and has as many i
Af/al makes it embarrassing for Vijayalaxmi in ' Shanti", the firs'] social picture produced by the Firdaus Art Productions.