Advertisement of Gemini Production

Film Poster

It is an advertisement of Gemini Productions. In this advertisement names of the actresses along with their photographs have been published who have been launched in one of the films launched and released by Gemini pictures

Anonymous

Chitrabani

Chitrabani, Agrahayan

1952

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Bengali

Bharater pratham chalachitra utsab: atiter pristha theke (The first film festival of India: From the pages of history)

Internationl Film Festival 1952

An article on the First International Film Festival, organized by the Indian Government. The festival was declared open with a speech by the then Governor of West Bengal, Dr. Harendra Kumar Mukhopadhyay on 29 February 1952 at Eden Garden, Kolkata. The 15 days festival showcased 50 feature films and 90 documentaries from France, America, Britain, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Egypt, Russia, China, Romania, Japan and Argentina. The three Indian films that were shown in the festival were ‘Amar Bhupali’, ‘Patal Bhairavi’ and ‘Babla’. There were representatives from participating countries including Frank Capra from Hollywood.

Anonymous

Anandalok

Anandalok

1990

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Bengali

Antarjatik chalachitrautsab upalakshye Americar pratinidhi neta shanamdhonyo parichalok Frank Capra (Frank Capra's visit to Calcutta during the International Film Festival)

Frank Capra's visit to Calcutta

The article reports the visit of Frank Capra, the noted Hollywood film maker, on the occasion of the 1952 International Film festival, Calcutta venue. During his sojourn in the city, Capra became a focal point of a diverse array of discussions surrounding the conditions of the film industry here in India and also in Hollywood. The article reports Capra's lectures and meetings arranged during the festival.

Anonymous

Rupamancha

Rupamancha

1952-03

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English

Elite prekshyagrihe antarjatik chalachitra utshaber kolkata kendrer samapti adhibeshan (Closing ceremony of the International Film Festival held at the Elite cinema hall)

A report on the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival

A magazine report on the thanksgiving speech delivered by R.R. Divakar, Minster of Information and Broadcasting and C.M. Agarwal, chairman of censor board, on the occasion of the closing ceremony of the 1st International Film Festival, Kolkata venue. The main objective of the festival, as expressed by the speakers, was to promote films from different countries which in a way would also affect the standard of production in the Indian film scenario.

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Rupmancha

Rupmancha

1962-01-26

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Bengali

Babla

Feature film clip

Babla (1951)
Director: Agradoot
Producer: MP Productions
Story: Souren Mukherjee
Cinematography: Bibhuti Laha, Sushanta Maitra
Music: Robin Chatterjee
Cast: Naren Bhattacharya, Sova Sen, Jahar Ganguly, Paresh Banerjee, Pahadi Sanyal.

A compositor in the printing press (Banerjee) brings his wife (Sen) and son Babla(Bhattacharya) to Calcutta. He has an accident and his overworked wife succumbs to tuberculosis. Babla leaves school to work as a newspaper hawker. When he finds a purse full of money, he dutifully returns it to its owner and refuses to be helped. Returning home, he finds his mother dead.

Agradoot

Dept. of Film Studies, Jadavpur University

1951

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