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1934

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¤ Himanshu Roy established the Bombay Talkies.

¤ Ajanta Cinetone signed the famous writer Munshi Premchand as their scene writer, for Rs. 8000 per month.

¤ Nanubhai Vakil and Zubeida started Mahalakshmi Cinetone Company.

¤ East India Film Company's Seeta directed by Debaki Bose is shown at Venice Film Festival.

¤ First Oriya talkie film 'Seeta Vivah' and first Kannada talkie film 'Bhakt Dhruv' got released this year.

¤ Ranjit Studio's Toofan Mail is the Hindi Cinema's first major success in the stunt film genre.

Popular Films

Amrit Manthan: Bhalaji Pendharkar
Chandramohan, Nalini, Suresh

Chandidaas: Nitin Bose
K L Saigal, Uma Shashi, Pahadi Sanyal

Indira M A: Nandlal Jaswantlal
D Bilimoria, Sulochana

Nayi Duniya: Balwant Bhatt
Panna, Ghulab, Raj Kumari

Sita: Devki Bose
Durga Khote, Prithviraj, Govind Rao Tembe

Vasant Sena: J P Adwani
Zohra, Tara, Ghulab

Popular Songs

Raat Aayee Hai Naya Rang : Amrit Manthan
Shanta Apte

Prem Nagar Me Banaungi Ghar : Chandidaas
K L Saigal & Uma Shashi

Tadpat Beete Din Rain : Chandidaas
K L Saigal

Sab Din Hot Na Ek Samaan : Rooplekha
K L Saigal

Bhagwaan Karega Madad Teri : Greh Lakshmi
K C Dey

Na Ranj Kar Badnaseeb : Greh Lakshmi
K C Dey

Films Released

Total Talkie Films Released : 164

Hindi : 121 Bengali : 10 Tamil : 14
Telugu : 3 Marathi : 11 Others: 5

Total Silent Films : 11

Devika Rani
Born into a wealthy, anglicized Indian family, Devika Rani grew up in England. In 1928, she married Himanshu Rai. Rai cast her as heroine in his next production, the bilingual film Karma (1933). 1934, He alongwith Devika founded the famous Bombay Talkies studio in Bombay.

Nitin Bose
Bose started his film career as a cinematographer in 1926 in the movie Punarjanma. His debut as cinematographer under New Theatres banner was in the movie Devdas (1928). He worked with New Theatres till 1943.Later, he moved to Bombay and directed under the banners of Bombay Talkies and Filmistan.