FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

FILMINDI A Looking more charming than before Rehana makes "Sunhere Din" of Jagat Pictures, a picture of romance and entertainment. lease the same all over India in the near future. LIBERTY ART PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) With fourteen songs and six dance numbers, all of which going through the censors without a casualty, ■'Lekh*', a social story, featuring Suraiya and Sitara, is now ready for release. It is a musical with Suraiya crooning six good tunes. ORIENTAL PICTURES (Bombay) "Thes"'. an emotional theme, of which we have been hearing so much, is reported to have been completed at last by Messrs. Kedar Sharma and M. C. Varma. The picture introduces a new artiste, Kanwal Mehra, in the male lead. VARMA FILMS (Bombay) Inder the able direction of Mr. H. S. Rawail. "Patanga'". the maiden effort of these producers, is fast nearing completion. It features the irresistible Nigar with Yaqub, Shyam and Gope paying her court. POPULAR INDIA PRODUCTIONS (Bombay) Producer Ishwarlal Sharma has made an excellent choice in entrusting his maiden picture, "Ma-ka-Dil", to Director S. M. Yusuf. The story is written by Chaturbhuj Doshi and features Paro, I J 1 1 has, Jaswant and Mirza Musharaff. P. J. FILM UNIT (Bombay) P. Jairaj, our popular artiste, has taken the plunge at last. He has become a producer and has called his first baby, "Poonam", a beautiful name for a thrilling story written by Bismil Peshawari. It is a romance of the moon and the ocean punctuated by human sighs and smiles. The cast is led by Nargis and Jairaj and supported by seasoned artistes like Bharat Bhushan, David and K. N. Singh. Let us wish Jai all luck. He will need it. GOEL CINE CORPORATION (Bombay) New-comers into motion picture production, these people have named their maiden picture as "Ankhen'". May, 19 It is a social story featuring Nalini Jay want, Yashodhara Katju, Yaqub and Bharat Bhushan. ALL INDIA PICTURES (Bombay) Quick in the wake of his success with "Pugree", Producer P. N. Arora has begun the shooting of another social story called "Paras". The picture is directed by Anant Thakur and features Kamini Kaushal and Sulochana Chatterjee. The music is by Ghulam Mahomed while the screenplay is written by no less a person than Producer M. Sadiq. The world rights of this picture have already been sold to National Finance Corporation of India, Delhi. MADHUBAN (Bombay) Under the experienced direction of K. Amarnath, the maiden picture of this company, "Surajmukhi", featuring Rehana, Shyam and others, is already on the sets. Husnalal and Bhagatram are responsible for the attractive musical score. SUPER PICTURES (Bombay) Tired of turning out sausages under orders, Director Aspi has himself become a producer now and has planned a picture that will be both popular and provocative. It is called "Sipahiya" and features Madhubala, Yaqub and Husna Bano. The music is by C. Ramachandra and some of the lyrics are written by Hazrat Arzu Lucknawi. which means songs with a soul. Devika Rani gives a hand to an old friend, Jairaj, by setting the cameras rolling for "Poonam". Here they are on the Muhurat day: left to right: Mr. Baburuo Patel, Mrs. Devika Rani Roerich, Jairaj, Nargis and Mr. Svetoslav Roerich. Printed by Archibald Pert-ira at New Jack Printing Works, Ltd., Globe Mills Passage, off Delisle Road, Bombay 13, and Published by him for " hlmindia " Publications Ltd.. from 55, Phirozshah Mehta Road, Fort. Bombay.