Dalsukh M. Pancholi Explained

Dalsukh M. Pancholi
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:1906
Birth Place:Karachi, British India, Roots Halvad,Gujarat,India.
Death Date:20 October 1959 (age 53)[1]
Death Place:Bombay, India
Known For:Gul Bakawali, Yamla Jatt, Chaudhary
Occupation:Producer, Distributor, Exhibitor
Years Active:1939–1958
Relatives:Mahesh Pancholi (Brother)
Rajan Pancholi (Younger Brother)
Aditya Pancholi (Nephew)

Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906–1959) was an Indian film-maker, producer, and distributor who is remembered for making the first Punjabi film.[2] Considered to be a film pioneer, Pancholi's Empire Talkie Distributors based in Lahore were the biggest importer of American films in northern and western India.[3] Pancholi's Pancholi Art Pics was also the largest film studio in Lahore at the time of the Partition of India[4] He was also Indian Motion Pictures Producers' Association (IMPPA) president in 1954-55 in Mumbai.[5]

Personal life

He hailed from the village Halvad in Saurashtra, Gujarat. His nephew Ravindra Dave was also a film director and producer.[6],His Father All ready Lahor in Film Distributor.

Among Lahore's filmmakers, Dalsukh Pancholi, introduced Noor Jehan as a child star in Gul Bakawali — was forced to move to Bombay in 1947 due to the partition, leaving his studio to continue for another two years. His elder brother R.M. Pancholi, started the movie business. The last film it produced was somewhat ironically titled Ghalat Fehmi. [7] [8]

Filmography

References

4. https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/dalsukh-m-pancholi

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bollywood Director Dalsukh M Pancholi Biography, News, Photos, Videos . nettv4u . en.
  2. Web site: When Lahore had a deep connection with the Indian film industry . The Times of India . 15 December 2022.
  3. Web site: Aasmaan (1952) . Indiancine.ma.
  4. Web site: Pakistani Cinema Had Its Own Way of Looking at Partition Too . The Wire.
  5. Web site: IMPPA . www.imppa.info.
  6. Web site: Tribute: Director Ravindra Dave, who was 'Ravinbhai' in Hindi films and 'Bapa' for Gujarati cinema. Dave. Hiren B.. 2019-04-16. Scroll.in. 2019-05-10.
  7. News: Pracha . Maheen . The story of Pakistan's talkies . DAWN . DAWN.
  8. Book: Khan . Ali . Ahmad . Ali Nobil . Cinema and society : film and social change in Pakistan . 2016 . Oxford University Press . Karachi . 978-0199402229.