Total number of films released - 217
Hindi - 135
Gujarathi 3
Thamizh 38
Telugu 12
Bengali 20
Marathi 6
Punjabi 1
Oriya 1
Parsee 1
Popular and successful Hindi Films
1. Achuth Kanya / Franz Osten / Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Mumtaz Ali,
Pithwala
2. Amar Jyothi/ V Shantharam/ Chandramohan, Durga Khote, Shanta Apte,
Vasanthi
3. Chhaaya / Master Vinayak / Baburao Pendarkar, Ratnaprabha, Leela Chitnis
4. Baagi Sipaahi / A R Kardaar / Mazhar, Gul Hamid, Vimala kumari
5. Bombai ki Billi / Nandlal Jaswanthlal/ D Billimoriya, Sulochana, Jillo Bai
6. Deccan Queen / Mehboob / Surendra, Aruna Devi, Pesi Patel
7. Janmabhoomi / Franz Osten / Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Chandraprabha,
Prathima Devi
8. Jeevan Naiya / Franz Osten / Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani, Anwari Begum
9. Manmohan / Mehboob / Surendra, Yakoob, Bibbo, Ashalatha
10. Manzil / P C Barua / Prithviraj Kapoor, K C Dey, Jamuna,
11. Mathlabi Duniya / Jayanth Desai / Raja Sandow, Charlie, Ishwarlal, Madhuri
12. Millionaire (Karodpathi) - Hemchander/ Saigal, Pahadi Sanyal, Molina
13. Sarala / Ram Daryani / Kumar, Rathanbai, Pramilas, Jillo Bai
Popular/hit songs ( Song line/Film/ Lyricist/composer/singer)
1. Mai Ban Ki Chidiya Ban Ke ... "Achut Kanya" - J S Kashyap/ Saraswathi Devi
Ashok Kumar, Devika Rani
2. Suno Suno Ban Ke Praani... " Amar Jyothi" - Pandit Narotham Vyas/ Master
Krishnarao/ Shantha Apte
3. Tum Ne Mujhko Prem sikhaaya ... "Manmohan" - Zia Sarhadi/ Ashok Ghosh /
Surendra, Bibbo
4. Sunder Naari Preetam Pyari... "Manzil" - Arzoo Lucknavi/ R C Boral/
Pankaj Mullik
5. Oh Dilruba kahan Tak... "Karodpathi/Millionaire" - Kedar Sharma/ R C Boral &
Pankaj Mullik/ Saigal, Pahadi Sanyal
6. Jo Beet Chuki So Beeth Chuki... "Pujarin" - Kedar Sharma/ Thimir Baran /
Saigal
Facts, Fascinations, Personalities
1. Prabhat's "Amar Jyothi" was shown at Venice Film Festival
2. Block busters of the year - Achuth Kanya and Amar Jyothi. Created records in Box office collection. "Hunterwali" of Fearless Nadia, released previous year ran in House Full .
3. Master Vinayak, jointly with his brother Baburao Pendharkar established "Huns Pictures" It was Master Vinayak who introduced Latha Mangeshkar to cinema in later years.
4. Indian Motion Pictures Association (IMPA) established in Bombay
5. Bengal Motion Pictures established.
6. The famous German Director who directed several notable Hindi Films joined
Nazi party.
7. Jaddanbai, mother of popular heroine Nargis Dutt , started Sangeet Film Co.
Nargis was introduced as child star through films produced under this banner
8. In the film "Shokh Dilruba" directed by J D Advani, there were 150 kissing scenes, as if the film was made for such scenes !!! Nazir, Kamlakar, Khurshid, Yasmin etc were the main stars of this "Kissing" special movie .
9. In the Tamil film "Vasanthasena" produced by Raja Sandow, he introduced N S Krishnan and T A Madhuram . These couples in real life acted together in around 130 films !! A real record, which will probably never be broken
Research and Presentation: B Vijayakumar