== East India Film Company ==

Est: 1932 in Calcutta. One of the first sound
studios in Bengal, set up with RCA-Photophone
equipment and Mitchell cameras. Owned by
B.L. Khemka. Bengali productions include
films by Tulsi Lahiri (Jamuna Puliney, 1933),
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naresh_Mitra|Naresh Mitra]]’s Sabitri (1933), [[Dhiren
Ganguly]] (Bidrohi, 1935) and [[Debaki Bose]]
([[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonar_Sansar|Sonar Sansar]], 1936). Most prominent inhouse
director was Hindi film-maker [[A.R.
Kardar]] (1933-6). The studio branched out into
Tamil (e.g.[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Subramanyam| K. Subramanyam]]’s Bhakta
Kuchela, 1936) and Telugu films (e.g.
[[Pullaiah]]’s [[Savithri]], 1933). Until the mid-40s it
was the only fully equipped sound studio
available to Tamil film-makers and was a major
reason for numerous Bengali film technicians,
particularly cameramen (best known: Jiten
Bannerjee) working in the South, a tradition
later continued by [[Gemini Studio]]s.

For Ekalavya see Robi Ghosh

[[Studio]]