== 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]]