Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of SAGAR FILM COMPANY

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Jun 23, 2012, 10:40:43 AM (12 years ago)

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salomex

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SAGAR FILM COMPANY

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+'''SAGAR FILM COMPANY'''
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+Bombay studio started in 1930 by Chimanlal
+Desa·i and Ambalal Patel, Southern distributors
+of Select Pies, Imperial and Ardeshir Irani
+(who withdrew in 1931) Its major early filmmaker
+was Sarvottam Badami (e.g. Dr
+Madhurika, 1935); Ezra Mir contributed
+some seminal Parsee theatre-derived films and
+novelist K.M. Munshi helped formulate the
+codes that were to shape Mehboob's early
+work. Others who started their careers in the
+studio, and in the same genre, were Zia
+Sarhadi and Ramchandra Thakur. When
+Chlli:J.anlal Luhar joined, they made some
+stunt. movies, including 1\lehboob'sDeccan
+Queen 0936). The studio also made nationalist
+documentaries, on Nehru and Subhash Bose,
+with the ~I clive collaboration of their subjects.
+In 1936 Ambalal Patel withdrew to start
+Sudama Pies. In 1939 Sagar merged with
+Fazalbhoy's Film City and General Films to
+become National Film. One of their earliest
+films was Mehboob's classicAurat U940),
+made at Sagar but released by National.
+
+[[Studio]]