Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Dalsukh M. Pancholi

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Jun 28, 2012, 4:21:34 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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Dalsukh M. Pancholi

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+'''Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906-59)'''
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+Hindi director. Exhibitor and Punjabi-Hindi
+producer born in Karachi. Studied
+scriptwriting and cinematography in New
+York. Inherited cinema network built by
+Rewashankar Pancholi during WW1.
+Expanded Empire Film Distributors (1922)
+into Empire Talkie Distributors (1931),
+established in Lahore and the largest importer
+of American films in Northern and Western
+India (approx 24 films annually). Exclusive
+contract with RKO gave them access to
+Photophone sound equipment. Made some
+documentaries, including footage on the
+Karachi Congress session (1931). Entered film
+production relatively late, but early
+productions in Punjabi (Gul-e-Bakavali, 1939,
+Yamla Jat, 1940) and Hindi (Khazanchi,
+1941) were instrumental in bringing Lahore’s
+film industry into the national mainstream.
+Built his studio Pancholi Art Pics in Lahore
+with five floors but abandoned everything to
+migrate to Bombay following Partition (1946),
+apparently taking only the negative of his
+unfinished film, Patjhad (1948). For some
+years his team of film-makers (e.g. Gidwani
+and Ravindra Dave), actors (Ramola,
+Nurjehan, Smriti Biswas, Om Prakash, etc.)
+and composers (Ghulam Haider, O.P.
+Nayyar) were very influential in shaping a
+hybrid mass cultural film formula for a
+growing migrant working class in North India.
+Usually credited himself for his productions’
+stories and scripts.
+'''
+FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1952: Aasmaan.
+
+[[Director]]
+
+[[Producer]]