September 11th, 2010

Bollywood – Year by Year – 1935

Important Events

P.C. Barua’s Devdas, starring K.L Saigal and Jamuna is a huge success and becomes a reference point in Hindi cinema.

Himanshu Rai, director of Light of Asia (1925), sets up Bombay Talkies.

The first All India Motion Picture Convention is held in Bombay.

The first trade journal is started by the Motion Picture Society of India.

Parul Ghosh gives playback for Dhoop Chaon(Music Director – R.C. Boral) amd becomes the first playback singer of Hindi films.

Debuts

Nargis as child artiste in Talash-e-Haq (1935).

Timeline