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(The Indian Film industry is
celebrating its 100 years of the first
feature film Raja Harischandra
made by D.G.Phalke considered the
father of the Indian motion picture
industry. Mr.Rafique in this article
goes down the memory lane to
present a profile of one of our
pioneers who made films from the
silent era and continued till 1960s
and made rich contribution to the
Bollywood cinema. Mr. Rafique is a
noted film journalist having won the
National award for Best film critic
for the year 2006. He regularly
writes for Business India on cinema.
And conducts film appreciation
lectures in Mumbai.)
Chandulal J. Shah (1898-1975)
The Stockbroker and the Showman
By Rafique Baghdadi
Chandulal J. Shah was born in 1898 in Jamnagar, Gujarat. But
Bombay was where he was educated and where he found
footing almost simultaneously in stock trading and making
movies — the inherent speculative nature of both no doubt is
their attraction. He
studied at Sydenham
College in Bombay and
prepared for a career in
b u s i n e s s . A f t e r
graduation, Chandulal
worked for a while with
his brother Dayaram
Shah, who had written
mythological films for
several rising Bombay
producers.
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Chandulal Shah
June 2012
Indian Film Culture