Pehli India film bani 1913 mein, Raja Harishchandra. Par cinema ko sabse pehle BUSINESS kisne banaya? Devika Rani, Himanshu Rai ka naam suna hai? Suniye in Pop Culture Patrol with me Sucharita.

Rabindranath Tagore ki great niece, London mein pali badi Devika Rani. Waheen mulakat hoti hai Himanshu Rai se joh umar mein 16 saal bade they, lekin dono shaadi karke pehli film banaate hain Prapanch Pash in 1929, where Devika handles the costume department. 4 saal baad Devika debuts as an actor with Karma, now remembered for the “longest kissing scene”, joh btw debunk ho chuka hai, there’s a lot of kissing, but its not 4 minutues long! Means how will you breathe? Anyway, iske theek agle saal janam hua India ke sabse modern film studio Bombay Talkies ka jis se Dilip Kumar, Madhubala, Mehmood, Ashok Kumar, launch huye. Bombay Talkies became India’s first cinema business listen on the stock exchange! Sadly launch ke sirf 6 hi saalon ke baad 1940 mein Himanshu rai ki guzar gaye, Devika Rani’s hand was forced aur unka magnificent Bombay Talkies, which couldn’t recover after world war 2, 1945 mein sell off ho gaya aur 7-8 saalon mein the studio permanently shut shop. Deviak Rani ne doosri shaadi kari, aur baad mein bataya Himanshu rai was a physically abusive husband, Devika ko unke kaam ka poora credit bhi kabhi nahi mila. She moved away from the glamor, kuch wildlife docus banaayi, eventually dying peacefully in 1993 in Bangalore. Bombay Talkies ki koi movie dekhi hai aapne? Acchut Kanya, Mahal? Bataao comments mein, and follow civic studios for more, pop culture patrol!

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