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FILMISTAN LTD (Bombay)
As there are no signs of the riot situation improving for some time to come, "Safar" featuring Shobha and Kami Roy is still waiting to be released at the Roxy.
"Eight Days" starring Veera and Ashok Kumar is nearing completion and is reported to have become an entertaining picture. As regards "Shehnai", P. L. Santoshi, it is said, feels that he has improved on his direction since "Hum Ek Hain". "Shehnai" has two good artistes like Indumati and Nasir Khan play* ing the leading roles. "Sindoor" with pretty Shan.im as the heroine and the 'genius' Kishore Sahu as the hero is more than half completed.
Filmistan is still keen about picturizing the life of "Lokmanya Tilak", the paper work of which has already taken a year to complete. This picture is likely to go
on the sets in a couple of months' time.
PUNJAB FILM CORPORATION
(Bombay)
With "Dekhoji" completed and most of the territorial rights sold off, Producer-director Wall] feels more optimistic than ever. On Dasera day, he performed the muhurt ceremony of his social picture "Padmini" with charming Mumtaz Shanti as the heroine. According to Mumtaz Shanti, it is said, "Dekhoji" is an excellent picture with attractive tunes and she says that in "Padmini" Walli will go one better to show his capacities as a good director. SHAHZAD PRODUCTIONS (Bombay)
"Veena", the maiden picture of this company, is making pretty good progress under the energetic direction of Producer Shahzada Iftkhar. Whatever difficulties Producer Shahzada Iftkhar mav
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in a threatening mood in ''Dak Bungalow" a social theme of Indian National Pictures.
have to face in his production work nothing can possibly come in the way of his picture "Veena" which he is determined to make into a fine motion picture. With attractive Veena as the heroine, looking more pensive than ever before, one should expect "Veena" to be an interesting picture.
The paper work of the next two pictures "Hindustan" and 'Khwab' is being done side by side. The cast of these two pictures is not yet fixed.
SHALIMAR PICTURES (Poona)
Producer-director W. Z. Ahmed's pet production "Meera" starring Neena is nearly completed. With lilting music and a powerful story, the cver-optimistie W. Z. Ahmed feels that "Meera" is sure to bring him pots of money. We hope "Meera" does the trick at l lie box-offices.
"Rangila Rajasthan" under the direction of Lyric writer Bharat Vyas is more than half completed. Yet another one is called "Awara", a social, with a big east and a couple of good quavalis.
INDIAN NATIONAL PICTURES LTD. (Bombay)
Producers often resort to strange adjectives while advertising the heroines of their pictures and the new one concocted by the publicity man in charge of "Dak Bungalow" is the word "chocolate charmer" to describe Surraiya. Whatever that means, we know that Surraiya can charm the filmgoers with a treat of good music. Mr. Goverdhandas Agarwal is unblushing about his praise for "Dak Bungalow" which is expected to be ready by the end of November. "Dak Bungalow" is directed by M. Sadiq with songs bv D. N. Madhok. Surraiva nlays the female lead opposite Wasti.
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