FilmIndia (1946)

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FILMINDIA June, 1946 ALMAS PICTURES (Bombay) "Bhatakti Maina" directed by Sadiq Nizami will be released shortly. Another thriller "Khooni Doctor" is already on the sets. A third one "Jungle Men Mangal" will go on the sets very soon. This picture will be directed by Maqbul Ahmed. BOMBAY CINETONE LTD. (Bombay) In his ambitious picture "Samrat Ashok", Producer director K. B. Lall has taken great care to make the story exciting. Added to this, are many spectacular battle sequences and therefore "Samrat Ashok" is a picture well worth waiting for. Veena and Shamim are reported to have done well. Sapru plays the lead as "Samrat Ashok." J. M. R. PICTURES (Bombay) Director M. Sadiq has completed "Shan: Savera" featuring Suvarnalata, Wasti and Sulochana Chatter jee. The songs are written by popular lyric writer Madhok and the picture is produced by Mohanlal Kapur. NEPTUNE FILMS (Bombay) Producer director Raja Yagnik has completed "Silver Queen" a social thriller. His second picture "Tilasmi Heera" directed by A. M. Khan is also ready for release. INDIA FILM CIRCUIT (Bombay) ruder the banner of National Theatres, Producer K. Ajbdulla lias nearly completed "Hamjoli". The picture stars Nurjehan and P. .lairaj. R. K O RADIO R. K. O. Radio of America will be releasing the following pictures in India shortly — "Bedlam" starring Anna Lee and Boris Karloff who plays the role of a sadistic tyrant to perfection; "Tarzan And The Leopard Woman" a new offering in one of the most popular series and which should provide a lot of thrills to the film-goer, "From This Day Forward" a delightfully human story and "The Kid From Brooklyn" with Danny 70 Kaye ("the Wonder man") and Virginia Mayo in leading roles. RAMNIK PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) "Baehchon Ka Khel" is drawing well at the Novelty, Bombay. The picture is directed by Raja Nene, who is good at directing youngsters and it features sweet little Shakuntala and that smart boy N. Kabir. Meena Kumari, up till recently a 'baby,' now plays the charming heroine of the story. MANSATA FILM DISTRIBUTORS (Calcutta) Owing to the difficulty of securing a theatre, M. P. Productions' "Raj Lakshmi" starring Kanan is still lying in the tins. CENTRAL PICTURES (Bombay) Two pictures "Shahi Khazana" and "Chamakti Bijli" featuring Sulochana and E. Billimoria are ready for release. Ready for Release (TSeptune Films' Stunt Thriller SILVER QUEEN Starring : Madhuri, Navinchandra, Aghajan, Dalpat Bhim, Sardar Mansur, Subhasini, Mina Devasker & Azim. Produced d~ Directed by Raja Yagnik Under Production Costume Magic Stunt Thriller TILASMI HEERA d) ^Produced En Raja Yagnik <£iizcud A. M. Khan ,s7a/';v';/f/:-Yashwant Dave, Subhasini, Bhim, Shanta, Sultan Alam, Amina, Dalpat, Azim, Ansari and Kurbanjan. Social ??? (2) PROBLEM OF TO-DAY Starring: Aghajan, Madhuri, Gope, Habib Subhasini, Munshi Khanjar, Ansari Produced & Directed by: RAJA YAGNIK ^Tot /booking -QppLy : NEPTUNE FILMS, NAIGAUM CROSS RD., DADAR.