A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1929:

1929

Notable events in Indian cinema in 1929:

Films

* '' Melody of Love'' (1928), a

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production in English, was the first

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shown in India at Elphinstone Picture Palace in Calcutta. * '' Gopal Krishna'' directed by V. Shantaram was the first film produced under Shantaram's newly formed Prabhat Films. The film show-cased the opposition to the British rule in the guise of a "Hindu mythology" film. * ''

Prapancha Pash ''A Throw of Dice'' (''Prapancha Pash'') is a 1929 silent film by German-born director Franz Osten, based on an episode from the Indian epic ''Mahabharata''. Plot summary The movie is about two kings vying for the love of a hermit's daughter, ...

'' also called ''A Throw of Dice'' was directed by

Franz Osten Franz Osten (23 December 1876 in Munich – 2 December 1956) was a Bavaria, Bavarian filmmaker who along with Himansu Rai was among the first retainers of Bombay Talkies. Osten partnered with Rai on a number of India's earliest blockbuster film ...

and financed by British Instructional Films Ltd. and the UFA Studios, Berlin. The film starred

Himanshu Rai Himanshu Rai (1892 – 16 May 1940), one of the pioneers of Indian cinema, is best known as the founder of the studio in 1934, along with Devika Rani. He was associated with a number of movies, including ''Goddess'' (1922), ''The Light of Asia ...

, Charu Roy and Seeta Devi. Devika Rani, who worked as an assistant set designer on this film, married Himanshu Rai the same year. * ''Kapal Kundala'' directed by Priyanath N. Ganguly, was the first Indian film to achieve a "silver jubilee" run of 25 weeks. * ''Hatim Tai'' directed by Prafulla Ghosh for Krishna Film Company was based on the "popular Parsi Theatre story" involving the traveller Hatim Tai and his adventures. * ''Kono Vonk?'' also called ''Whose Fault?'' directed by Kanjibhai Rathod for Krishna Film Company, was a social film based on a story by K. M. Munshi, about a child widow marrying the lawyer who helps her.

Film Companies

* Prabhat Film Company, Kolhapur, was established in partnership between V. Shantaram, V. G. Damle, Keshavrao Dhaiber, S. Fattelal and S. Kulkarni, later joined by Baburao Pai in 1939. * Ranjit Film Company, Bombay, was founded 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 ...

. * British Dominion Films was set up by Dhiren Ganguly and

P. C. Barua Pramathesh Chandra Barua (24 October 1903 – 29 November 1951) was an Indian actor, director, and screenwriter of Indian films in the pre-independence era, born in Gauripur, Dhubri, Assam. Early life Barua was the son of the royal family of ...

, with Debaki Bose as the scriptwriter. * Aurora Film Corporation and General Pictures Corporation (Madras) were also founded in 1929.

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References

External links

Bollywood films of 1929
at IMDb {{Indianfilmlist

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Bollywood Films, Bollywood