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FILMINDIA
January, 1946
Bhudo Advani is in trouble in "Pehli Nazar" a costume story o£ Mazhar Khan.
of a rare type. The picture is being directed by Kishore Sharma and the music is being given by Hanuman Prasad, whose work in "Draupadi" was so much extolled. The story features Radha Rani and Kanhaiyalal and is being supervised by Karan Chand.
STANDARD PICTURES CORPORATION (Bombay)
Final and finishing touches are being given to "Bairamkhan", a historical subject from the Moghul times. This picture which is directed by Gajanan Jagirdar has already gone through a terrific struggle through its different production stages and one almost sympathises with Producer Havewalla for the obstacles he had to surmount in his very first essay as a producer. The cast of the picturt includes Gajanan Jagirdar, Mehtab, David and many others, and it has a splendid background of historical settings built in the Minerva Studios of Bombay.
NEPTUNE FILMS (Bombay)
The latest from this production company is the news that "Silver Queen", a stunt thriller, has been completed by Raja Yagnik. The picture features Navinchandra, Madhuri and many others. Another picture under production is called "Tilasmi Heera" which is directed by A. M. Khan.
DUGAL PICTURES (Bombay)
While these people are continuing with their shooting of "Haqdar", a social story of Muslim life, under the direction of Rafiq Razvi, they are consolidating plans for future production by purchasing photographic and recording equipment.
"Haqdar" features Harish and
Najma with Anita Sharma and H. Prakash in the supporting cast.
PRAFULLA PICTURES (Bombay)
Inspite of having two pictures on hand under his direction, Producerdirector K. Winayak is now shooting the final sequences of "Subhadra" a mythological subject treated in a humorous manner. The picture features Shanta Apte and has Yakub and Ishwarlal in the supporting cast.
VASWANIi ART PRODUCTIONS (Bombay)
Encouraged by the success of romantic stories, these producers have hegun the preliminary preparations of "Sassi Punnu" under the direction of J. P. Advani . They have selected Geeta Nizami as the lead in the picture.
ADVANCE FILM EXCHANGE
(Bombay)
This influential firm of distributors who have secured the exploitation rights of "Ghar", are pretty happy about their acquisition, because this picture, which is produced by Sunrise Pictures of Bombay, has been giving a good account of itself at the Majestic.
NEW TALKIES LIMITED (Calcutta)
News comes to us from Calcutta
Bipin Gupta makes screen history by his wonderful performance in "Gvalan'' a picture directed by Baburao Patel. Here he is. with the inimitable David and Madhuri, hot over a hot tea.
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