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The film starred Himanshu Rai, Charu Roy and Seeta Devi. Devika Rani, who worked as an assistant set designer on this film, married Himanshu Rai the same year. [4] Kapal Kundala directed by Priyanath N. Ganguly, was the first Indian film to achieve a "silver jubilee" run of 25 weeks. [5]
This is a list of films produced by the Indian Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, based in Mumbai, ordered by year and decade of release.Although "Bollywood" films are generally listed under the Hindi language, most are in Hindustani and in Hindi with partial Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Urdu and occasionally other languages.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Cinematographer A Prince Indeed a.k.a. Veer Bhushan: Keshavlal Joshi: Laxmi, Bachchu, Suleman Master, Drupad Bhatt: Costume: Surya ...
Kulin Kanta directed by Homi Master for Kohinoor Film Company was based on a real-life murder involving the Maharaja Tukoji Rao Holkar III of Indore and a dancing girl. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] Mojili Mumbai a.k.a. Slaves Of Luxury directed by Manilal Joshi was cited to be based on a real-life story of a cabaret dancer Roshanara, the film "sparked" a ...
Suchet Singh, a silent film director and comparable to Dadasaheb Phalke and S. N. Patankar in the pre-studio era, died in a car crash in 1920. He established the Oriental Film Company in 1919 and directed four films in 1920, Mrichhakatik based on King Shutraka's play of the same name, Rama Or Maya, Doctor Pagal and Narsinh Mehta. [7]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Alibaba And Forty Thieves: J. J. Madan: Jehanara Kajjan, Patience Cooper, Mohammed Nawab, Mukhtar Begum, Sorabji Kerawala: Fantasy ...
The first song to be sung in films was by Wazir Mohammed Khan for Alam Ara, "De De Khuda Ke Naam Par" under the music direction of Firozeshah Mistry. This year saw the release of 207 silent films from all over India and 28 Talkies. [2] Out of the 28 talkies 23 were in Hindi, 3 in Bengali, one in Tamil, and one in Telugu. [3]
The film starring Shahu Modak and Shanta Hublikar was a "reformist social melodrama" directed by V. Shantaram. [ 9 ] Dushman starring K. L. Saigal , Leela Desai and Prithviraj Kapoor was directed by Nitin Bose for New Theatres [ 10 ] based on an idea suggested by Lady Lithgow to spread awareness of tuberculosis. [ 11 ]