FilmIndia (1948)

ugust, 1948 KULDIP PICTURES LTD. (Bombay) Their second picture, now nearly lalf complete at the Mohan studios, is entitled "Chunaria". The screenjlay, dialogue and songs are written >y M. R. Bhakhri and it is being lirected by Ravindra Dave with MalOrama and Y\ asti in the leading -oles. ASSOCIATED PICTURES (Cal• ut la) ! "Sabyaschi", produced from Sarat lhandra Chatterji's famous novel 'Pallier Dabi" is the name of this lompanv s forthcoming picture unfolding the idealism of the hero of [he novel and his band of revolution[tries. The cast of the picture includes Kama] Mitra, Mira Misra, Paresh panerji and Bipin Gupta. It has neen directed by Agardoot. BHREE AIV1AR PICTURES 'Calcutta) I "Shadi-Ke-Baad" is the name of kheir maiden picture produced l>v K. h. Amar and directed by Fran Mehra tckoo more dangerous than ever fore in an exquisite dance number "Apni Chhaya" written, directed produced l>> Santoshi for Chitralava Ltd. and Buloo Mehra. Dialogue is written by Kavish, lyrics by Rangeen and music by K. P. Sen. Jyoti and Amarnath lead the cast of the picture which is now in the editing room. GUPTA ART PRODUCTIONS (Delhi) Their first picture, "Ek Roz" starring Al Nasir, Nasrin, Ajmal and Asha Posley is now complete. It is a romantic socio-lv rical picture. CHITRALAYA LTD. (Bombay) The company's maiden picture, "Apni Chhaya". directed by Santoshi is fast nearing completion at the Bombay Talkies' studios. Its cast is headed by Sulochana Chatterji and Balwant Singh and music is entrusted to some well known music directors. The story for the picture was also written by Santoshi. HINDUSTAN ART PRODUCTIONS (Calcutta) Directed by S. Shamsuddin and starring Yakub, Munawar Sultana. Jyoti and others, "Nisbet ". the company's forthcoming picture is now being edited by the director. The photography of the picture is the work of cameraman P. Isaac. ARV IND AND ANAND ( Bombay) Their maiden picture, "Khidki", written, produced and directed by Santoshi is running at Bangalore. Mysore and Delhi and reported to be doing good business. It is expected to be released at several other stations during the course of the current month, including Bombay at a prominent picture-house. ALLIED ART PRODUCTIONS LTD. (Bombay) "Gajre", the company's maiden picture is progressing rapidly with a cast of reputed artistes like Suraiya. Motilal, Gita Nizami and Sankatha Prasad. G. S. Nepali wrote the lyrics for the picture and Anil Biswas is directing the music. R. D. Mathur is directing as well as photographing "Gajre"' for which Khaqan Husain wrote the story and screenplay. Their next pictures are (1) "Har Singhar*', written and directed bv Mahesh Kaul and (2) "Ittefaq directed and photographed by R. D. Mathur. SUPER TEAM FEDERAL PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) "Meri Kahani", their maiden pro FILMINDI A Recruit Jeel Singh of °, Rest Camp, Dehra Dun, is 18, 5'-6", a matriculate who can sing and speak Urdu, Hindi and Punjahi. duction, starring Surendra and Munawar Sultana is now completed by director Keki Mistri. who also photographed the picture. Waheed Qureshi wrote the dialogue and Y\ azahat Mirza the songs for the picture. Music was directed by K. Dutta l Koregaonker ). THE SCREENS (Bombay) This enterprising distributing concern has acquired the distribution rights of Gemini Studios" "Chandralekha' iti Hindi which is reported to be a grand success in Tamil. The Hindi version is now nearing completion. Agha Jani Kashmiri. Pandit India and Bharat Vyas are responsible for the dialogue and songs of the Hindi version. VIRENDRA CHITRA (Bombay) Their maiden picture. '"Jagruti ". directed by Manohar Ghatwai and starring Rav ikant and Mohana is progressing speedily and expected to be ready for release in a short time. PARKER FILMS (Bombay) "Basant Panchami", this company's maiden social, written and produced by Prof. Parker and starring Khurshid (Jr.) with Altaf is progressing fast in production. Zaheer Kashmiri has composed songs for the picture and Pandit Girish wrote the screenplay and dialogue. 6"