Asia's greatest and the first full-fledged film production company and studio "Bombay Talkies" once again getting back into production after almost sixty years.
Bombay Talkies was launched by most successful theater personality from
London Himanshu Rai, India's first super star and niece of Rabindranath
Tagore Devikarani & Industrialist Rajnarain Dubey. "Bombay
Talkies" has finance approximately 700 films, build 400 cinema houses
and introduced more than 300 artists and technician during its tenure to
Indian Cinema, it also produced 102 films during 1954 to 1934. No
company had even reached the work done by Bombay Talkies, 60 years
back.
Rajnarayan
Dube was founder of Bombay Talkies his grandson Abhay Kumar, has
relaunched this production house in 100th year of Indian Cinema, as a
tribute for millions of movie fans, and to respect their desire he has
started 103 rd film "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe". "Bombay Talkies" has
produced films like 'Achut Kanya', 'Jeevan Naiya', 'Bandhan', 'Kangan',
'Mahal', 'Basant', 'Jhula', 'Karma', 'Neelkamal', 'Ziddi', 'Andolan'
and India's most successful and Mega hit film 'Kismet'.
Everyone
knows 'Bombay Talkies' has given many super star Asia which no other
film company has given. Devikarani, Ashok Kumar, Madhubala, Dilip Kumar,
Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand, Mehmood, Pran, Lila Chitnis, Nalini Jaywant,
Kamini Kaushal, became superstars whereas great novelist Munshi
Premchand & Sharadchandra Ctopadya wrote scripts for 'Bombay
Talkies', as well as Ameya Chakraborty, Kamal Amrohi & Sohrab Modi
become great directors in Indian Cinema. In 1952 the great film director
Vimal Rai was introduced as director for film 'Maa' by Bombay Talkies,
as well as legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray was assistant to director
Nitin Bose for film 'Mashaal' in 1950. Famous director Rajkumar
Santoshi's father PL Santoshi, got break as writer and director by
'Bombay Talkies'.
Bharat
Ratna Lata Mangeshkar was first recognized with song 'Ayega Aane
Wala.....' from film 'Mahal', and Kishore Kumar was established as
singer and hero in 1948 by film 'Ziddi' as singer and film 'Andolan' as
hero. Shashdhar Mukherjee who was first manager of 'Bombay Talkies' was
father of actor Joy Mukherjee and grandfather of actress Rani Mukerji.
Famouse litrerary writer Shahadat Ali Monto who migrated to Pakistan
after independence was first PRO of 'Bombay Talkies'. India's first
female composer Saraswati Devi (who was also considered as sister of
Rajnarayan Dube) gave music for thirty-six films which were popular in
those days. While great filmmaker V Shantaram use to solve technical
problems of 'Bombay Talkies' by taking negatives to London. Kavi Pradeep
lyricist of "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo ' was given the opportunity to
write the lyrics of film 'Kismat's famous song 'Door hato aye duniya
walo hindustan hamara hai.....'. One of South India's film company and
the largest distributor, studio founder L.V. Prasad Lab worked for eight
years as a technician in 'Bombay Talkies'.
It
will be written in golden words on the pages of history that 'Bhal
Pendharkar, Dadasaheb Phalke, Hiralal Sen, Sohrab Modi, Ardisar Irani,
B.N.Sarkar, R. Nataraja Mudaliar, E.Whee. Mayppan, Abdul Rashid Kardar,
SS Vasan, Chandulal Shah, Sashdhar
Mukherjee, Dhirendra Ganguli, L.V. Prasad, Mehboob Khan, Bimal Roy,
Satyajit Ray, Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani played a major role in making
'Bombay Talkies' name imprinted in gold lettering in history of Indian
Cinema. Making of the silent movie theaters was by Jamshed Ji Madan and
sound films in the cinemas was brought by 'Bombay Talkies'. Tarachand
Barjatya founder of Rajshri Productions and distributer of several
cinema halls in Bombay was financed to be successful in film
distribution and the Tarachand Barjatya later became India's largest
distributors and manufacturers.
Abhay
Kumar, grandson of milestone Raj Narain Dubey said, "I am proud that
most artists has worked in 'Bombay Talkies', among which many has got
India's Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the Best Film award, like Devikarani which was handed by the President in 1969,
in 1987 Raj Kapoor, Ashok Kumar in 1989 , in 1990 Lata Mangeshkar,
Dilip Kumar in 1995, and 1997 Kavi Pradeep, and in 2013 Pran. "
After six decades of Bombay Talkies, Lights, Camera & Action again with film "Chahe Koi Mujhe Jungli Kahe "
Asia's greatest and ultramodern features Film Company "Bombay Talkies" has
launched its hundred and third film "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe"
being produced by Abhay Kumar, grandson of Rajnarayan Dube who
established "Bombay Talkies". Abhay Kumar says that the plant that
his Grandfather Rajnarain Dubey had laid, earlier has become
a 'A Giant Tree' wherein lakhs of Technicians, and artist have grown up,
this is all by the blessings of Rajnarain Dubey, Himanshu Rai and
Devikarani.
This
is a hundred and third film "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe". In a
discussion Abhay Kumar said that he has planned two more films its
preparations are complete. "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe" is being
directed by Nasir Khan Son of Johny Walker the uncrowned king of
comedians. Abhay Kumar added that they have family relations with Dilip
Kumar & Saira ji in fact the film's title, "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee
Kahe" is also given by Saira aunty. When asked by Abhay Kumar
film "Chahe Koi Mujhe Junglee Kahe" Why Nasir Khan as director? Then
he said, 'Nasser is very talented and India will see him tomorrow
as a great director, film stars Miss India finalist Roohi Singh, Johnny
liver's daughter Jamie liver, Zakir Hussain's is taken as the
villain, also in the film are Rakesh Bedi, Atul Srivastava, with Mosin
Khan and Vivek Vaswani in pivotal roles, music composer is Bappi Lahiri
and lyrics by Sndipnath, songs will be rendered by singer Mikka Singh,
Ashking & Javed Ali, film is written by Sajid Khan, the film songs
will be shot in Mauritius.