Tagore’s ‘Sacrifice’ was the basis for Naval Gandhi’s missing 1927 film ‘Balidan’.
‘Shyam Sunder’ director Bhalji Pendharkar.
‘Sairandhri’ 1933, Prabhat studios.
Leela, one of the stars of ‘Sairandhari’ 1933. Photograph is in the Prabhat studio museum, FTII, Pune.
Poster for Nandlal Jaswantlal’s ‘Indira M.A.’ 1934.
Sulochana, D. Bilimoria in ‘Indira M.A.’ 1934.
‘Mill Mazdoor’ 1934.
Durga Khote, star of ‘Seeta’ 1934.
Leela Chitnis was star of 1936’s missing Marathi classic ‘Chaaya’.
Pramila (Esther Victoria Abraham), star of ‘Ulti Ganga’ 1942
P.K. Nair, founder of the NFAI
[Image caption: Shanta Apte played the role of Radha, the god Krishna’s beloved girl cow-drover.]
[Image caption: Saukari Pash (“The Indian Shylock”, 1925) was directed by Baburao Painter, who had founded the Marhastra Film Studios at Kolhapur in 1919. The Indian director R. V. Shantaram played a starring role in the film.]
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![[Image caption: Saukari Pash ("The Indian Shylock", 1925) was directed by Baburao Painter, who had founded the Marhastra Film Studios at Kolhapur in 1919. The Indian director R. V. Shantaram played a starring role in the film.]](https://www.mahalmovies.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/indianshylock-150x150.png)