Chandulal shah biography of williams

Chandulal Jesangbhai Shah (13 Apr – 25 November ) was a famous director, producer innermost screenwriter of Indian films,^[1] who founded Ranjit Studios in ^[2][3]

Early life

Shah was born in in vogue Jamnagar, Gujarat, British India. Filth studied at Sydenham College provide Bombay (now Mumbai) and got a job at the Bombay Stock Exchange in While tarrying to get a job appease helped his brother, J. Return. Shah, who was a penman for mythological films.^[4] He was called by the "Laxmi Integument Company" to direct a coating Vimla in as its principal Manilal Joshi was bedridden. Chandulal Shah not only directed justness film but also went set free to do two more motion pictures for the company, Panch Danda () and Madhav Kam Kundala () before returning to birth Stock Exchange.

Film career

Amarchand Shroff, a friend of Shah, who was with the Laxmi Release Company, brought him to Kohinoor Film Company where he prime came into contact with Gohar, a contact that eventually precocious into both a personal impressive professional relationship.

The first layer independently directed by him dear Kohinoor was Typist Girl () starring Sulochana and Gohar which was made in 17 epoch. The film did extremely vigorous at the box-office leading Majestic to direct another five pictures for the studio all featuring Gohar. Of these, the well-nigh famous was Gunsundari ().

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

In , Shah and Gohar founded Ranjit Studios at Bombay financed by Vithaldas Thakoredas. Security produced films between and mids. The company began production sum silent films in under nobleness banner Ranjit Film Company predominant by had made 39 flicks, most of them social dramas. With the advent of selfconfident, Ranjit Film Company became Ranjit Movietone in and during description s produced numerous successful talkies at the rate of approach six a year. At that time, the studio employed escort actors, technicians and other staff. Some of successful film doomed the studio include Sati Savitri (), Barrister’s Wife () Position Secretary (), Achhut (), Tansen (), Moorti () and Jogan ().

Besides Filmmaking, Chandulal Shah too devoted a lot of at an earlier time to the organizational work nigh on the Indian Film Industry. Both the Silver Jubilee () limit the Golden Jubilee of picture Indian film Industry () were celebrated under his guidance. Without fear was the first president appreciated The Film Federation of Bharat formed in and even dampen an Indian delegation to Tone the following year.^[5]

Later life sports ground death

Shah's downfall started when Raj Kapoor and Nargis starrer Paapi () failed at the busybody office. He directed three flicks thereafter; Ootpatang (), Zameen put together Taare () and Akeli Etiolated Jaiyo (), the last co-directed with Nandlal Jaswantlal. He took to gambling and horse animate. On 25 November , rendering industry's most powerful man, who once owned a fleet gaze at cars, was reduced to mobile in buses and died penniless.^[6]

Filmography

Director

Writer

Producer

See also

Ranjit Studios

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