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[[Devika Rani]], who became one of Bombay Talkies' most successful actresses, and India's first film [[diva]], appeared in ''Jawani ki Hawa'' (1935) and ''[[Jeevan Naiya]]'' (1936), as well as a number of other highly successful productions by the company. The studio was similarly recognized as having launched the careers of several prominent Indian film industry luminaries including [[Devika Rani]], [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Leela Chitnis]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Mehmood Ali]], [[Madhubala]] and [[Dilip Kumar]]. Madhubala and Dilip Kumar, who co-starred in four Bombay Talkies films, engaged in a long term, highly covert love affair.<ref>http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/05/non-fiction-on-screen-off-the-legend-of-madhubala.html</ref> |
[[Devika Rani]], who became one of Bombay Talkies' most successful actresses, and India's first film [[diva]], appeared in ''Jawani ki Hawa'' (1935) and ''[[Jeevan Naiya]]'' (1936), as well as a number of other highly successful productions by the company. The studio was similarly recognized as having launched the careers of several prominent Indian film industry luminaries including [[Devika Rani]], [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Leela Chitnis]], [[Raj Kapoor]], [[Mehmood Ali]], [[Madhubala]] and [[Dilip Kumar]]. Madhubala and Dilip Kumar, who co-starred in four Bombay Talkies films, engaged in a long term, highly covert love affair.<ref>http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/05/non-fiction-on-screen-off-the-legend-of-madhubala.html</ref> |
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==Legacy== |
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The Bombay Talkies story is full of magic and color. By 1932, Himanshu Rai was back in India after having been exposed to filmmaking in Europe. His ambition was to bring this new cultural phenomena to the Indian people. This must have been harder than you think, because Himanshu Rai struggled to get this idea off the ground, primarily because of the money involved. He was meeting many people and trying to convince them about the magic of cinema but the effort was proving unsuccessful. He had the complete support of people such as F.E Dinshaw, Sir Feroze Sethna among others but they could not help him when it came to the crucial aspect of financing. |
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In the 30's, the movie business was supposed to be a 'dirty business'. People would talk about movies, but many wouldn't even consider going to watch one. This would be similar to people talking about gold prices but seldom buying it. Even though movies did make people curious, its reputation as a professional field was bad. There seemed to be a lack of respect for the profession because it was be considered the domain of undesirable sections of the then Indian society. Due to this lack of respect and understanding for the profession, financiers during those times would face an impossible challenge when it came to getting returns on their investment. |
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It was during this hunt for financiers that Himanshu Rai came in contact with Shri. Abhimanyu Prasad Singh, a close friend of Seth Badriprasad Dube, who was a well known financier. Seth Badriprasad refused to finance Himanshu Rai due to the dirty background of the profession. Shri. Abhimanyu spoke next to Seth Badri Prasad's son Shri. Rajnarayan Dube. He was a young and dynamic businessman who operated a successful company called Dube Industries, which he had founded in 1929. Shri. Dube was born on 10th October 1910 at Kalighat in Kolkata was an ardent devotee of Maa Kali. He was influenced by the power of art and creativity at a young age. Both men met at the Taj Mumbai Hotel in Colaba and discussed an initial investment amount of Rs.25 lakh. However, Himanshu Rai couldn't not convince Rajnarayan Dube to invest the amount because of the dismal returns on investment that the Indian movie industry offered. At this point, it would seem that Bombay Talkies would never come to be, but things have a way of working out in unexpected ways. |
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A few months passed by and Himanshu Rai had grown increasingly despondent because it was becoming impossible to raise investment for his movie company. In his depression, the man attempted suicide but was unsuccessful. Shri. Rajnarayan Dube got wind of this through Shri Abhimanyu Prasad Singh and wondered about this man, one who so completely and wholeheartedly believed in the power of cinema and talking pictures that he did not see it fit to continue living if he couldn't follow his dreams. Rajnarayan Dube decided that Himanshu Rai was onto something here and finalized the investment with him soon after. In doing this, Shri. Rajnarayan Dube went deliberately against the advice of his father, Seth Badriprasad Dube, who felt that this would not be a good investment choice. In doing this, Shri. Rajnarayan Dube gave birth to the Indian Film Industry, which has now gone on to become a huge cultural and financial force in the country. |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded | May 21, 1934 as Bombay Talkies Ltd. |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Parent | DUBE INDUSTRIES |
| Website | www |
The Bombay Talkies Limited (commonly known as Bombay Talkies) is an Indian movie studio founded in 1934. During its period of operation the Bombay Talkies produced 102 movies[2] in Malad, a suburb of the Indian city of Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Prominent Indians associated with the Bombay Talkies included filmmakers and film stars Himanshu Rai, Raj Narayan Dube and the Devika Rani. Rajnarayan Dube was the great financier and known as the pillar of Indian cinema.[3][4]
As the first public limited film company in India, Bombay Talkies was registered under the Indian Companies Act. Soon after its listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange, it emerged as an organized company with well-managed financials, acquiring a reputation for public issues, dividends and bonuses. At the peak of its financial success, Bombay Talkies commanded a highly profitable status,[5] which impressed prominent Indian businesspeople of the time including F. E. Dinhsaw, Sir Firoze Sethna and others.[6]
Abhay Kumar (grandson of Raj Narayan Dube) is the present chairman of The Bombay Talkies Studio.
Early years
For the period in cinematic history it represented, the Bombay Talkies was considered to be an innovative and highly resourced movie studio. In line with international standards, the studios' facilities included sound and echo-proof stages, laboratories, editing rooms and a preview theater. The reputation of the Bombay Talkies was further enhanced by employing experienced European technicians, the most prominent of whom was Franz Osten.
The Bombay Talkies set a high technical standard for film making in India and was credited with introducing a level of professionalism to the medium of movie making and acting, reputedly higher than standards set by rival Indian film production companies. Bombay Talkies acquired a reputation for changing the aesthetic and technology traditionally associated with Indian films. It was also renowned for producing films on (then) controversial topics such as those dealing with love between an untouchable lower caste girl and a high caste Hindu Brahmin boy (Achhut Kanya).
Devika Rani, who became one of Bombay Talkies' most successful actresses, and India's first film diva, appeared in Jawani ki Hawa (1935) and Jeevan Naiya (1936), as well as a number of other highly successful productions by the company. The studio was similarly recognized as having launched the careers of several prominent Indian film industry luminaries including Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor, Mehmood Ali, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar. Madhubala and Dilip Kumar, who co-starred in four Bombay Talkies films, engaged in a long term, highly covert love affair.[7]
Legacy
The Bombay Talkies story is full of magic and color. By 1932, Himanshu Rai was back in India after having been exposed to filmmaking in Europe. His ambition was to bring this new cultural phenomena to the Indian people. This must have been harder than you think, because Himanshu Rai struggled to get this idea off the ground, primarily because of the money involved. He was meeting many people and trying to convince them about the magic of cinema but the effort was proving unsuccessful. He had the complete support of people such as F.E Dinshaw, Sir Feroze Sethna among others but they could not help him when it came to the crucial aspect of financing. In the 30's, the movie business was supposed to be a 'dirty business'. People would talk about movies, but many wouldn't even consider going to watch one. This would be similar to people talking about gold prices but seldom buying it. Even though movies did make people curious, its reputation as a professional field was bad. There seemed to be a lack of respect for the profession because it was be considered the domain of undesirable sections of the then Indian society. Due to this lack of respect and understanding for the profession, financiers during those times would face an impossible challenge when it came to getting returns on their investment. It was during this hunt for financiers that Himanshu Rai came in contact with Shri. Abhimanyu Prasad Singh, a close friend of Seth Badriprasad Dube, who was a well known financier. Seth Badriprasad refused to finance Himanshu Rai due to the dirty background of the profession. Shri. Abhimanyu spoke next to Seth Badri Prasad's son Shri. Rajnarayan Dube. He was a young and dynamic businessman who operated a successful company called Dube Industries, which he had founded in 1929. Shri. Dube was born on 10th October 1910 at Kalighat in Kolkata was an ardent devotee of Maa Kali. He was influenced by the power of art and creativity at a young age. Both men met at the Taj Mumbai Hotel in Colaba and discussed an initial investment amount of Rs.25 lakh. However, Himanshu Rai couldn't not convince Rajnarayan Dube to invest the amount because of the dismal returns on investment that the Indian movie industry offered. At this point, it would seem that Bombay Talkies would never come to be, but things have a way of working out in unexpected ways. A few months passed by and Himanshu Rai had grown increasingly despondent because it was becoming impossible to raise investment for his movie company. In his depression, the man attempted suicide but was unsuccessful. Shri. Rajnarayan Dube got wind of this through Shri Abhimanyu Prasad Singh and wondered about this man, one who so completely and wholeheartedly believed in the power of cinema and talking pictures that he did not see it fit to continue living if he couldn't follow his dreams. Rajnarayan Dube decided that Himanshu Rai was onto something here and finalized the investment with him soon after. In doing this, Shri. Rajnarayan Dube went deliberately against the advice of his father, Seth Badriprasad Dube, who felt that this would not be a good investment choice. In doing this, Shri. Rajnarayan Dube gave birth to the Indian Film Industry, which has now gone on to become a huge cultural and financial force in the country.
Success
Following the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the company faced a number of problems. The most significant change for the studio involved Himanshu Rai, the studio's founder, suffering a nervous breakdown which ultimately resulted in his demise. Following the shock caused by his demise, control of the film company passed on to Devika Rani who was appointed as the key producer of the Bombay Talkies studios. Despite, or perhaps because of, her prior experience as an actress, Devika Rani was highly successful in sustaining the production values of the company, and the studio subsequently retained its dominance over the rapidly expanding Indian film industry. The most successful Bombay Talkies films produced during this period included Kangan and Bandhan, both of which featured Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar.
People
Raj Narayan Dube (10 October 1910 – 9 December 1990) was the key financial backer of the Bombay Talkies. Much of Raj Narayan Dube's personal wealth stemmed from Dube Industries, a Bombay based company established in 1929 that was primarily concerned with undertaking major construction projects. Rajnarayan Dube was also reputed to be a highly successful financier who invested in a wide variety of highly profitable industries.
Devika Rani (30 March 1908 – 9 March 1994) was renowned for her strength of personality and great beauty. As one of India's first internationally acclaimed actresses, she was also nationally adored by millions of Indian cinema fans. As her role as head of production within the Bombay Talkies studio proved, Devika had a great range of skills which extended beyond merely acting. In recognition of her contribution to Indian cinema, Devika Rani was awarded the highly respected Padma Shri award in 1958. Devika was also the first recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award which she received in 1969 from the Indian Government as recognition of her lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. Before her death in 1994, Devika received a number of accolades, including being nominated to a number of highly distinguished public positions by the Central Indian Government (the National Academy of Dance, Drama, Music and Films, the Central Government Audio Visual Education Board, and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations).
Himanshu Rai Himanshu Malhotra (Bengali: হিমাংশু রায়) (1892 – 16 May 1940), one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as the co-founder of the Bombay Talkies in 1934, along with Rajnarayan Dube and Devika Rani.
Madhubala Madhubala (literally "honey belle") (14 February 1933 – 23 February 1969) (real name Mumtaz Jehan Dehlavi) was an Indian Bollywood actress who appeared in classic films of Hindi Cinema. She was active between 1942 and 1960.Madhubala received wide recognition for her performances in films like Mahal (1949) produced by The Bombay Talkies Studio.
Ashok Kumar Ashok Kumar (Bengali: অশোক কুমার গাঙ্গুলী) (13 October 1911 – 10 December 2001), born Kumudlal Ganguly (Bengali: কুমুদলাল গাঙ্গুলী) and also fondly called Dadamoni (Bengali: দাদামণি), was an Indian film actor who attained iconic status in Indian cinema. He was honoured in 1988 with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest national award for cinema artists, by the Government of India and also received the Padma Bhushan the same year in 1998 for his contributions to Indian cinema.He was happy working as a laboratory assistant at The Bombay Talkies Studio, later on his career as an actor started when he played the lead role in Achhut Kanya (1936) produced by The Bombay Talkies Studio.
Dilip Kumar (born 4 December 1922, Muhammad Yusuf Khan) was the charismatic star of a number of Bombay Talkies productions. Dilip's introduction to the elite world of Bombay Talkies is attributed to several sources, all potentially based more on legend than fact. According to one version of Dilip's career trajectory, Devika Rani and Rajnarayan Dube spotted Khan in one of Pune's Aundh military canteens, and insisted that he audition for an upcoming Bombay Talkies production. The Hindi author Bhagwati Charan Varma then insisted that Dilip be given the lead role in his film Jwar Bhata. Like several other prominent Bombay Talkies actors, Dilip was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award in recognition of his skills and abilities as an actor. Upon his retirement from the film industry, Dilip Kumar also spent many years as a Bombay politician.
Raj Kapoor (14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as "The Show Man",[citation needed] launched his highly successful career in the Bombay Talkies company. Initially Raj worked as an clap boy on the sets of Bombay Talkies studios, however as a result of his dedication to the company, Devika Rani and Rajnarayan Dube recognized Raj's determination to succeed as an actor. Raj subsequently became one of India's most successful cinematic exports. In recognition of his outstanding skills as a thespian, Raj won nine Indian Filmfare Awards and was twice nominated for the Palme d'Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. Like many of his contemporaries at Bombay Talkies, Raj was awarded the Padma Bhushan award in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987 for his outstanding contributions to Indian cinematic culture.
Lata Mangeshkar (born 28 September 1929) Lata Mangeshkar earlier worked as a chorus singer at The Bombay Talkies Studio. During this phase, she sang for couple of films but didn't get any recognition. Then The Bombay Talkies Studio gave her a solo song "Aayega Aanewala" in their inhouse production film Mahal released in 1949. This song turned out to be a record breaking song and thats how Playback singers started getting their own identity & recognition
Dev Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011) Dev Anand, the evergreen legend became popular after the film Ziddi, produced by The Bombay Talkies Studio in the year 1948. This not only gave him recognition but also launched his career as a lead hero.
Timeline
- 1934: The Bombay Talkies film company is conceived and established.
- 1935: Jawani ki Hawa, a thriller starring Devika Rani is released.
- 1936: Jeevan Naiya and Achhut Kanya are released to wide acclaim.
- 1940: Himanshu Rai, a key founder of the Bombay Talkies passes away.
- 1942: The actress Madhubala makes her debut as a child artist named Baby Mumtaz in the movie Basant.
- 1943: Kismet, a successful thriller, is released.
- 1944: Dilip Kumar's first movie Jwar Bhata is released.
- 1948: Ziddi, featuring Dev Anand is released, transforming the previously unknown actor into a well known celebrity.
- 1949: Mahal, becomes a hit film.
- 1954: The Bombay Talkies company is closed down.
- 1990: Rajnarayan Dube, the "pillar of Indian cinema" and financier of all 102 films of Bombay Talkies, passes away.
- 1994: Devika Rani, a highly respected actress and former head of production for the Bombay Talkies studios dies in Bangalore on 9 March 1994.
- 2001: Ashok Kumar,a highly respected actor who appeared in a number of Bombay Talkies productions dies on 10 December 2001.
- 2016: Abhay Kumar, the grandson of Raj Narayan Dube whose one of the founders of The Bombay Talkies Studio has revived the studio after 6 decades [8] with a film on the true side of Mahatma Gandhi titled Gandhi vs Aazaad.[9]
Filmography
| Film | Year | Cast | Director |
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| The Light of Asia ( Prem Sanyas ) | 1934 | Himanshu Rai, Sita Devi, Mrinalini Devi, Sarda, Rani Bala | Franz Osten, Himanshu Rai |
| Karma | 1935 | Devika Rani, Himanshu Rai, Abraham Sofaer | John Hunt |
| Jawani Ki Hawa | 1935 | Devika Rani, Najmul Hussain, Chandraprabha | Franz Osten |
| Jeevan Naiya | 1936 | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | Franz Osten |
| Achhut Kanya | 1936 | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | Franz Osten |
| Janmabhoomi | 1936 | Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Pramila | Franz Osten |
| Mamta | 1936 | Devika Rani | Franz Osten |
| Buddha | 1936 | Husn Banu, Nazir Ahmed Khan | A H Kardar |
| Miyaa Biwi | 1936 | Devika Rani | Franz Osten |
| Izzat | 1937 | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | Franz Osten |
| Jeevan Prabhat | 1937 | Devika Rani, Mumtaz Ali, Kishore Sahu, Renuka Devi | Franz Osten |
| Prem Kahani | 1937 | Ashok Kumar,Maya Devi, Madhurika,Vimla Devi | Franz Osten |
| Savitri | 1937 | Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Chandraprabha | Franz Osten |
| Bhabhi | 1938 | Renuka Devi, P. Jairaj, maya devi, m nazir, p f peetha wala | Franz Osten, Krishna And Panju |
| Nirmala | 1938 | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Mumtaz Ali, Maya Devi | Franz Osten |
| Vachan | 1938 | Aghajani, Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Rajendra Nath | Franz Osten |
| Lahore To Calcutta | 1938 | Devidas, Sunma Chaterjee | Nirbhay Shankar |
| Navjeevan | 1939 | Hansa Wadkar, Rama Shukul, V.H. Desai | Franz Osten |
| Durga | 1939 | Devik Rani, Vishnupant Aundhkar, Saroj Borkar | Franz Osten |
| Chotti Si Duniya | 1939 | Leela Chitnis | Franz Osten |
| Naya Zamana | 1939 | Rajneesh, Vasundara | Ravindra Nath |
| Kangan | 1939 | Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar, V.H. Desai | Franz Osten |
| Bandhan | 1940 | Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar | N R Archarya |
| Ramdhari B. A. | 1940 | Gaurav Shankar, Madhumita, Kanahiya | Bhargav |
| Purna Milan | 1940 | Kishore Sahu,Anjali Devi,Shah Nawaz,Snehprabha | Nazam Naqvi |
| Indian Lady | 1940 | Devika Rani, Gaurav | N R Archarya |
| Azad | 1940 | Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Hansa Wadkar | N R Acharya |
| Vilayati Babu | 1940 | Trilok Kapoor, Shobhna Samarth | Kanjibhai Rathod |
| Naya Sansar | 1941 | Renuka Devi, Ashok Kumar, Mubarak | N R Acharya |
| Jhoola | 1941 | Leela Chitnis, Ashok Kumar | Gyan Mukherjee |
| Talaq | 1941 | Leela Chitnis, Kamal Javed | Kedarnath |
| Rani Padmavati | 1941 | Zubeda, Mainka, Kishore Shankar | Samarth Kumar |
| Vishal | 1941 | Vishnu Shankar, Kareem Khan, Zarine Hussain | K Ramprasad |
| Muqabla | 1941 | Sobna Samart, Bhagwan Dada, Mohd. Asif | K Ramprasad |
| Jadugar | 1942 | Shanta Apte, Motilal, Nazir, Jayant | Jayant Desai |
| Ek Faisla | 1942 | Suresh Pardesi, Nalini Jaywant | Moti B. Gidvani |
| Neta Ramlal | 1942 | Motilal, Shobna Samrth | Balwant Bhatt |
| Zindagi | 1942 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, M Bhagwandas, Jayant | Amiya Chakravarty |
| Awaz | 1942 | Sawarn Lata | Rafiq |
| Basant | 1942 | Madhubala, Mumtaz Shanti | Amiya Chakravarty |
| Zamindar | 1943 | Manorama, Ishwar Lal, Sheikh Mukhtar, Hiralal | J.K. Nanda |
| Anjaan | 1943 | Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani | Amiya Chakravarty |
| Hamari Baat | 1943 | Devika Rani, Suraiya, P. Jairaj, David, Raj Kapoor | M I Dharamsey |
| Bhakta Raidas | 1943 | Paresh Banerji, Anant Marathe, Sheela, K. N. Singh, Menka Lalita Pawar | Keshavrao |
| Kunwar Sahib | 1943 | Motilal, Bhagwan Dada, Durga Khote, Mumtaz Shanti | Ramchandra Thakur |
| Prarthna | 1943 | Motilal, Savita Devi, Sajjan, Nimabalkar, K N Singh, Sadat Ali, Mehboob | Sohrab Modi, Sarvottam Badami |
| Dharti | 1943 | Durga Khote, Sohrab Modi Sankatha | Ramchandra Thakur |
| Rafiq Gajnavi | 1943 | Hansa Wadkar, Nazir | Master Vinayak |
| Kismet | 1943 | Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti,Shah Nawaz | Gyan Mukherjee |
| Jwar Bhata | 1944 | Ruma Guha Thakurta, Agha, Dilip Kumar,Vikram Kapoor,Mridula Rani,Shamim Bano | Amiya Chakravarty |
| Bhawra | 1944 | Hansa Wadkar, Sheik Muktar, Trilok Kapoor | V M Gunjal |
| Dr. Kumar | 1944 | Paresh Bannerjee, Khurshid Anwar, Latika | Kishore Sharma |
| Parakh | 1944 | Mehtab, Balwant Singh, Yakub, Kaushalya, Shah Nawaz, Pratima Devi, Latika, Sadiq Ali | Sohrab Modi |
| Anwar | 1944 | Nasir Ahmed Khan, Motilal, Sufina, Durga Khote | Vijay Bhatt |
| Khurshid | 1944 | Ram Pyaari, Maya Banerjee, Kailash, Bharat Bhusan | Dwarka Khosla |
| Khara Sona | 1944 | Shanta Apte, Chandra Mohan | S. M. Yusuf |
| Sawa Lakh | 1944 | Naseem Banu, E. Bilimoria, Hiralal | R S Chaudary |
| Pratima | 1945 | Dilip Kumar, Mukri, Sawarna Lata | Paidi Jairaj |
| Bulandi | 1945 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Hiralal | Nitin Bose |
| Amrapali | 1945 | Jagdish Sethi, Prem Abeed, Sabita Devi, Jeevan, Harun, Badri Prasad, Gulab | Nandlal Jaswantlal |
| Auranjeb | 1945 | Chandra Mohan, Savita Devi, Jayant | Aspi Irani |
| Sipahi | 1945 | Sheik Muktar, Motilal, Leela Chitnis, Durga Khote | G K Mehta |
| Char Aankhen | 1946 | Leela Chitnis | Sushil Majumdar |
| Ram Janki | 1946 | Shobhana Samarth, Trilok Kapoor | R.C. Talwar |
| Raj Mahal | 1946 | Kanahiyalal, Leela Mishra | Ramanlal Desai |
| Cinema | 1946 | Durga Khote, Shobna Samarth, Hansa Wadkar, Hirlal, Nazir Ahmed Khan, Jayant | Kidar Nath Sharma |
| Mukadma | 1946 | Yogender, Gauhar, Rajni, Keshav | Bhargav |
| Maharaja | 1946 | Swarnalata, Noorjaha, Gemini Ganesan | S. S. Vasan |
| Milan | 1947 | Dilip Kumar,Meera Mishra,Moni Chatterjee,Phari Sanyal,Ranjana | Nitin Bose |
| Nauka Doobi (Bengali) | 1947 | Abhi Bhattacharya, Meera Mishra, Pahari Sanyal | Nitin Bose |
| Nateeja | 1947 | Yakub, Rehana, Maya Devi | Nazam Naqvi |
| Neel Kamal | 1947 | Raj Kapoor, Madhubala, Begum Para | Kidar Sharma |
| Khandani | 1947 | Kumar, Vanmala, Nandrakar, Sankata Prasad, Sulochana | Gunjlal |
| Sadma | 1947 | S. D. Subbulakshmi, K. L. V. Vasantha, K. Thavamani Devi, Kanahiyalal | B. N. Rao |
| Aandhi | 1947 | Chandramohan, Noorjhaan, Jyoti Kumari | T. R. Sundaram |
| Naqli Heera | 1948 | Basant Malini, Navinchandra | Ramlal Desai |
| Ziddi | 1948 | Dev Anand, Kamini Kaushaal | Shahid Lateef |
| Puraskar | 1948 | Motilal, Chandra Mohan , Surender, Leela Chitnis | T. R. Sundaram |
| Tawayef | 1948 | Shanta Apte, Mallika, Sudershan, Gemini Ganesha | S.M. Raza |
| Mazboor | 1948 | Shyam Sohan,Munawar Sultana,Indu | Nazir Ajmeri |
| Kasam | 1949 | Sheik Muktar, Suraiya, Yakub | Nanabhai Bhatt |
| Mahal | 1949 | Ashok Kumar, Madhubala | Kamal Amrohi |
| Usha Haran | 1949 | Indu, Jeevan, Arvind, Master Arun | Shanti Kumar |
| Raja Rani | 1949 | Motilal, Lakshmi Devi | Vijay Bhatt |
| Anath | 1949 | Balraj Sahani, Nigar Sultana, Menka Devi | Khwaja Ahmed Abbas |
| Darpan | 1949 | Zhora Saigal, Naseem Banno, Balraj Sahani | Noor Mohammed Charlie |
| Kahani | 1949 | Suraiya, Ashok Kumar, Jayant | Nitin Bose |
| Khamosh | 1949 | Trilok Kapoor, Savita Devi | Najam Naqvi |
| Samadhi | 1950 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Kuldip Kaur, Mubarak, David, Sandhya, Shashi Kapoor, Shyam | Ramesh Saigal |
| Bachelor Husband | 1950 | Noor Mohammed Charlie | Noor Mohammed Charlie |
| Dushman | 1950 | Sheik Mukhtar, Renuka Devi, Leela Chitnis, Laltia Pawar | Phani Mujumdar |
| Sangram | 1950 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Shasi Raj, Tabasum | Gyan Mukherjee |
| Deewana | 1950 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant | Gyan Mukherjee |
| Samar (Bengali) | 1950 | Ashok Kumar, Kanu Roy, Sumitra Debi, Arun Kumar | Nitin Bose |
| Kanjoos | 1950 | Jeevan, Sneh Prabha, Murad | K. Amarnath |
| Andolan | 1951 | Kishore Kumar, Sushma, Pushpa, Manju, Krishnakant, Shivraj, Parshuram | Phani Mujumdar |
| Mashaal | 1951 | Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Sumitra Devi, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Bijoya Ray | Nitin Bose |
| Tamasha | 1952 | Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Sunalini Devi, Bipin Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Kishore Kumar | Phani Mujumdar |
| Maa | 1952 | Kusum Deshpande, Shyama, Nazir Hussain,Paul Mahendra, Achala Sachdev, B. M. Vyas,Kumud, Bharat Vyas, Bikram Kapoor, Asit Sen, Leela Chitnis, Bharat Bhushan, Manju | Bimal Roy |
| Daag | 1952 | Dilip Kumar, Nimmi, Usha Kiran, Kanhaiyalal, Chandrashekhar, Leela Mishra, Lalita Pawar, Jawahar Kaul | Amiya Chakravarty |
| Dhobi Doctor | 1952 | Jagdeep, Usha Kiran, Kishore Kumar, Asha Parekh | Phani Mujumdar |
| Baadbaan | 1954 | Dev Anand, Meena Kumari, Ashok Kumar, Usha Kiran, Mehmood | Phani Majumdaar |
Record
Kismet, a movie produced by the Bombay Talkies in 1943, created a local record for the longest continual showing of the same film. The movie continued to run for more than three and half years at the Roxy movie theater in Calcutta, India. Due to the overwhelming success of the film, Rajnarayan Dube organized a great Bhoj (feast) for the people of Calcutta, which continued for over one week. More than one and half Lakh people (150,000) benefited from taking part in the feast.
Further reading
- Franz Osten and the Bombay Talkies: Journey from Munich to Malad by Amrita Ganger (Max Mueller Bhavan, Bombay, 2001)
References
- ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/bombay-talkies-studio-to-be-revived-with-antigandhi-film/article8067244.ece
- ^ Lalwani, Vickey (10 October 2011). "Bombay Talkies revived". Mumbai Mirror.
- ^ "Bombay Talkies of Devika Rani fame set to be revived". The Sunday Guardian. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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