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Sound Cultures in Indian Cinema
The Media Lab : Jadavpur University

 

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The editorial of The Cinema published
from Lahore called Fezi Sound Recording System , “better than many foreign Sound Recording Systems.”
 

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Csystophone, “invented” by Bamadas Chatterjee, a research scholar of Calcutta University, was the preeminent indigenous talkie equipment. Csystophone talkie reproduction machine was based on Chatterjee-Sono-System and was installed at…
 

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An advert in the manner of a letter composed by Mayashanker Thacker & Co., the distributors of Sharda Movietone with offices in Bombay, Lahore, Calcutta, Bangalore and Mombasa. The letter brings to light the feats of Bhogilal K.M Dave of Sharda…
 

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Advertisements of film Imperial Film Co.’s Sulochana featuring Sulochana and D. Billimoria emphasized their swadeshi nature and their independence from foreign aid .
 

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Wilford Deming Jr.’s write up on the situation of talkie production in India in 1932 is reproduced from ‘American Cinematographer’ in Cinema Vision India. The initial reconnaissance of the studios in India, Deming states, gave him…