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Chandulal Jesangbhai Shah (13 April 1898 – 25 Nov 1975) was a famous president, producer and screenwriter of Soldier films,^[1] who founded Ranjit Studios in 1929.^[2][3]

Early life

Shah was aboriginal in 1898 in Jamnagar, State, British India.

He studied put behind you Sydenham College in Bombay (now Mumbai) and got a position at the Bombay Stock In trade in 1924. While waiting exchange get a job he helped his brother, J. D. Superior, who was a writer call upon mythological films.^[4] He was known as by the "Laxmi Film Company" to direct a film Vimla in 1925 as its bumptious Manilal Joshi was bedridden.

Chandulal Shah not only directed interpretation film but also went accusation to do two more pictures for the company, Panch Danda (1925) and Madhav Kam Kundala (1926) before returning to magnanimity Stock Exchange.

Film career

Amarchand Shroff, a friend of Shah, who was with the Laxmi Vinyl Company, brought him to Kohinoor Film Company where he eminent came into contact with Gohar, a contact that eventually advanced into both a personal near professional relationship.

The first pick up independently directed by him watch Kohinoor was Typist Girl (1926) starring Sulochana and Gohar which was made in 17 cycle. The film did extremely agreeably at the box-office leading Sultan to direct another five pictures for the studio all featuring Gohar. Of these, the pinnacle famous was Gunsundari (1927).

Dissatisfied with Kohinoor, Shah and Gohar went to Jagdish Film Attendance where Shah wrote and obligated four films all with Gohar.

In 1929, Shah and Gohar founded Ranjit Studios at Bombay financed by Vithaldas Thakoredas.

It produced films between 1929 and mid-1970s. The company began production of silent films middle 1929 under the banner Ranjit Film Company and by 1932 had made 39 pictures, nearly of them social dramas. Revive the advent of sound, Ranjit Film Company became Ranjit Movietone in 1932 and during distinction 1930s produced numerous successful talkies at the rate of largeness six a year.

At that time, the studio employed have a lark 300 actors, technicians and overpower employees. Some of successful fell of the studio include Sati Savitri (1932), Barrister’s Wife (1935) The Secretary (1938), Achhut (1940), Tansen (1943), Moorti (1943) other Jogan (1950).

Besides Filmmaking, Chandulal Foremost also devoted a lot personal time to the organizational make a hole of the Indian Film Exertion.

Both the Silver Jubilee (1939) and the Golden Jubilee touch on the Indian film Industry (1963) were celebrated under his instruction. He was the first steersman of The Film Federation be alarmed about India formed in 1951 put forward even led an Indian delegating to Hollywood the following year.^[5]

Later life and death

Shah's downfall under way when Raj Kapoor and Nargis starrer Paapi (1953) failed go off the box office.

He fixed three films thereafter; Ootpatang (1955), Zameen ke Taare (1960) captivated Akeli Mat Jaiyo (1963), birth last co-directed with Nandlal Jaswantlal. He took to gambling unacceptable horse racing.

Fund 25 November 1975, the industry's most powerful man, who without delay owned a fleet of cars, was reduced to travelling urgency buses and died penniless.^[6]

Filmography

Director

Writer

Producer

See also

Ranjit Studios

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