History of 100 Years of Indian Films & Music in a nut-shell
¤ Increase in Entertainment Tax in Bombay, Madras, United Province and Central Province.
¤ Father of Indian cinema Dada Sahab Phalke died on 16th February.
¤ Prabhat's ambitious film Ramshastri released.
¤ Dilip Kumar debuted in Hindi films with the release of Jwar Bhata.
¤ Jemini's Rattan proved to be a massive hit across the nation.
Bhanwara: Kidar Sharma
K L Saigal, Kamla, Arun
Bharthari: C Doshi
Surendra, Mumtaz Shanti
Jwar Bhata: Amiya Chakraborty
Dilip Kumar, Aaga, Shamim
Ram Shastri: Jagirdar
Jagirdar, Shakuntala, Anant Marathe
Rattan: M Sadiq
Karan Diwan, Swarn Lata
Chal Chal Re Naujawan: Gyan Mukherjee
Naseem, Ashok Kumar
Chanda Des Piya Ke Ja: Bharthari
Amirbai
Do Dilon Ko Ye Duniya : Chand
Manju
Sanjh Ki Bela Panchhi Akela : Jwar Bhata
Arun Kumar
Ankhiyan Mila Ke : Rattan
Zohrabai
Sawan Ke Baadlon : Rattan
Zohrabai, Karan Diwan
Jab Tum Hi Chale Pardes : Rattan
Karan Diwan
Total Films Released : 127
Hindi : 85 Bengali : 14 Tamil : 14
Telugu : 6 Marathi : 5 Others: 3
Karan Dewan
Karan Dewan worked in over seventy films from 1941 to 1979. He started as a journalist while still in college, editing a film-based magazine in Urdu.His brother was the film producer and director Jaimani Dewan. Rattan was his careers biggest hit. Dewan married actress-singer Manju, who had earlier worked in Aadmi.
Mukri
Muhammad Umar Mukri aka Mukri joined Bombay Talkies in 1944 as an assistant director with Jwar Bhata. He started acting with '45's Pratima. Mukri, with his toothless smile, diminutive stature and perfect humour timing amused the audiences in more than 200 films, in over six decades. His role sin Mother India, Anari, Sadhu aur Shaitan, Padosan and Bombay to Goa are still remembered.
