A list of films produced by the
Bollywood film industry based in
Mumbai in 1926:
1926 in Indian cinema
*106 films were produced in 1926.
About 300 cinema theatres existed all over India by 1926, along with several "travelling bio-scopes". According to
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan (; born as Amitabh Shrivastav; 11 October 1942) is an Indian actor, film producer, television host, occasional playback singer and former politician known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of the most succe ...
in his article for the
Hindustan Times "90% of the films shown were imported from Hollywood, almost exclusively from
Universal Studios".
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Fatma Begum became the first woman director of Indian cinema when she produced and directed ''Bulbule Paristan''.
*The first cinema trade organisation called The Bombay Cinema and Theatre Trade Organisation was formed in India in 1926.
*Films had their "main title" in English followed by the regional Indian language title.
*Sulochana (
Ruby Myers
Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India.
In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of h ...
), made her debut with ''The Telephone Girl'' and became one of the popular stars of 1920s and early 1930s.
*
Kanan Devi also called Kanan Bala, started her acting career at the age of ten in the film ''Joydev'' directed by Jyotish Bannerji for Jyoti Studios. She went on to become one of the early singer-actor of Hindi and
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
cinema.
*Zebunissa, known also as Zebu, started her acting career with Royal Art Studio in 1926, and remained with the company until it closed down around 1940.
Films
*''
Bulbule Paristan'' was the first Indian cinema film to be directed by a woman director Fatma Begum. The film was produced under her recently formed Fatma Films and starred herself and her three daughters
Zubeida
Zubeida Begum Dhanrajgir (1911 – 21 September 1988) was an Indian actress. She starred in the first Indian talkie movie ''Alam Ara'' (1931). Her credits include early hits ''Devdas'' (1937), and Sagar Movietone's first talkie, ''Meri Jaan''. ...
, Sultana and Shahzadi.
*''
The Telephone Girl
''The Telephone Girl'' is a farce musical comedy by C. M. S. McLellan (as Hugh Morton), with music by composer Gustave Kerker. The play made its New York debut at the Casino Theatre under the direction of George W. Lederer on December 27, 1897. ...
'' was noted as a film that made "Pioneering use of real locations",
It was directed by Homi Master for
Kohinoor Film Company and was the debut film of real-life telephone operator, Sulochana (
Ruby Myers
Ruby Myers (1907 – 10 October 1983), better known by her stage name Sulochana, was an Indian silent film actress of Jewish ancestry, from the community of Baghdadi Jews in India.
In her heyday she was one of the highest paid actresses of h ...
).
*''Typist Girl'' was directed by
Chandulal Shah
Chandulal Jesangbhai Shah (13 April 1898 – 25 November 1975) was a famous director, producer and screenwriter of Indian films, who founded Ranjit Studios in 1929.
Early life
Shah was born in 1898 in Jamnagar, Gujarat, British India. He stud ...
for the Kohinoor Film Company and starred Sulochana,
Raja Sandow and
Gohar. A social film, it was commercially as successful as the mythology films produced at that time.
*''The Vamp'' directed by Naval Gandhi for Sharda Film Company and starring Miss Yakbal has been cited as a "Modern Girl" film along with ''The Telephone Girl''.
Film Companies
*Imperial Film Company founded by
Ardeshir Irani, who was to later make the first Talkie film ''
Alam Ara
''Alam Ara'' () is a 1931 Indian Hindustani-language historical fantasy film directed and produced by Ardeshir Irani. It revolves on a king and his two wives, Navbahaar and Dilbahaar, who are childless; soon, a '' fakir'' (Muhammad Wazir Khan) ...
'' (1931).
*Fatma Films was founded by Fatma Begum and the name later changed in 1928 to Victoria-Fatma Films.
*Punjab Film Corporation was set up in Lahore.
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References
External links
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IMDb
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1926
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* January 8
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