| 1 | '''Indian Kinema Arts''' |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Silent studio; Est: 1927 in Calcutta by exhibitor |
| 5 | Ghanshyamdas Chokhani. First film was the |
| 6 | influential Punarjanma (1927) scripted by |
| 7 | Premankur Atorthy and shot by Nitin Bose, |
| 8 | the début of a combination that later launched |
| 9 | International Filmcraft with Chasher Meye |
| 10 | (1931). With P.C. Barua’s Barua Pics and |
| 11 | Dhiren Ganguly’s British Dominion Films, |
| 12 | this studio is a direct predecessor of the New |
| 13 | Theatres. Following the advent of New |
| 14 | Theatres (1931), it was taken over by B.D. |
| 15 | Rawal and converted into a studio facility for |
| 16 | hire. |
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| 18 | [[Studio]] |