Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Manilal Joshi

Timestamp:

Jun 23, 2012, 12:17:23 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Trupti

Comment:

--

Manilal Joshi

@@ +1 @@
+'''Manilal Joshi  (1893-1927)'''
+
+
+Major silent director and one of the first to
+stand up for authorial rights of film directors.
+Also initiated the convention of giving onscreen
+credit to cast and crew. Former
+schoolteacher in Bombay, apprenticed to
+cameraman V.B. Joshi at Kohinoor Studio
+(1920). Turned film-maker at Ardeshir Irani’s
+Star Film (1922) with Veer Abhimanyu,
+apparently containing Indian cinema’s first
+flashbacks. His first independent production
+house (Swastika Film; Est: 1923) failed; then set
+up Ashoka Pics (1924) and made Prithvi
+Vallabh. Its success encouraged others to go
+independent as well. Worked for Kohinoor and
+took over production of its sister company,
+Laxmi Films (1925). Major film directors who
+worked with him around this time inc.
+B.P. Mishra and R.S. Choudhury (with
+Prithvi Vallabh and until the closure of Laxmi),
+and Chandulal Shah (who joined films at
+Laxmi). Made Mojili Mumbai, about the
+decadence of the urban Westernised
+bourgeoisie, one of the first films in a
+contemporary setting. Also worked briefly at
+Sharda Studio and at Vazir Haji’s Excelsior
+Film (1927). Films distinguished by careful
+cinematography and for ‘popularising the
+social’ (Bharucha, 1938).
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''''''''' 1922: Veer Abhimanyu;
+Raja Parikshit; Ratnavali; 1923: Sati No Sraap;
+Kirat Arjun; 1924: Prithvi Vallabh; 1925:
+Indrasabha; Raj Yogi; Desh Na Dushman;
+Veer Kunal; Mojili Mumbai; Devadasi;
+Suvarna; Khandani Khavis; Kala Chor; Sati
+Simantini; 1926: Jungle Ni Jadibuti;
+Ajabkumari; Ratan Manjari; Dulari;
+Kashmeera; 1927: Nanand Bhojai; Parsa
+Eblis; Shrimati Nalini; Laila Majnu; Lohika
+Lilam; Prem Ni Pratima (all St).
+
+[[Director]]