Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of Imperial Films Company


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    1515historical genre launched with Anarkali (1928), 
    1616shot and released almost overnight in direct 
    17 competition to [[Charu Roy]]’s [[The Loves of a 
     17competition to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charu_Roy|Charu Roy]]’s [[The Loves of a 
    1818Mughal Prince]] (1928). Irani also rushed out 
    1919[[Alam Ara]] (1931), released as India’s first full 
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    2323Hasti, 1929) using incandescent lamps. It 
    2424owned India’s top silent star, [[Sulochana]], and 
    25 promoted her along with [[Zubeida]], Jilloo and, 
    26 for a while, the young [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]. This 
     25promoted her along with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubeida|Zubeida]], Jilloo and, 
     26for a while, the young [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj_Kapoor|Prithviraj Kapoor]]. This 
    2727was perhaps the first major instance of a 
    2828deliberate manufacturing of a star-cult as a 
    2929marketing strategy. Top Imperial film-makers 
    30 include [[R.S. Choudhury]], [[B.P. Mishra]] and 
    31 [[Mohan Bhavnani]], whose film-making set the 
    32 house style, as did [[Nandlal Jaswantlal]]’s 
     30include [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.S._Choudhury|R.S. Choudhury]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.P._Mishra|B.P. Mishra]] and 
     31[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohan_Bhavnani|Mohan Bhavnani]], whose film-making set the 
     32house style, as did [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandlal_Jaswantlal|Nandlal Jaswantlal]]’s 
    3333sound films. A fair number of the studio’s 
    3434talkies were remakes of its own silent hits with 
    3535Sulochana (Anarkali, 1928 & 1935), [[Wildcat 
    36 of Bombay]] (1927) became [[Bambai Ki Billi]] 
     36of Bombay]] (1927) became [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambai_Ki_Billi|Bambai Ki Billi]] 
    3737(1936), etc. It made films in at least nine 
    3838languages: Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, 
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    4040first Iranian sound film, Dukhtar-e-Lur (aka 
    4141Dokhtare Lor Ya Irane Diruz Va Emruz, 1932) 
    42 was also made here. [[Kisan Kanya ]](1937) by 
    43 [[Gidwani]] was India’s first indigenously 
     42was also made here. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisan_Kanya|Kisan Kanya ]](1937) by 
     43[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidwani|Gidwani]] was India’s first indigenously 
    4444manufactured colour film, made with the 
    4545Cinecolour process. When it closed in 1938, its