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The Bombay Talkies Limited (commonly known as the Bombay Talkies) was a movie studio founded in 1934. During its period of operation the Bombay Talkies produced 102 movies in Malad, a suburb of the Indian city of Bombay (now known as Mumbai). Prominent Indians associated with the Bombay Talkies included filmmakers and film stars Himanshu Rai, Rajnarayan Dube and the Devika Rani. Rajnarayan Dube was the great financier and known as the pillar of Indian cinema. As the first public limited film company in India, Bombay Talkies was registered under the Indian Companies Act. Soon after its listing on the Bombay Stock Exchange, it emerged as an organized company with well-managed financials, acquiring a reputation for public issues, dividends and bonuses. At the peak of its financial success, Bombay Talkies commanded a highly profitable status,〔(Himanshu Rai Biography ) Lumiaries at Upperstall.〕 which impressed prominent Indian businesspeople of the time including F. E. Dinhsaw, Sir Firoze Sethna and others.〔(Devika Rani Biography ) Devika Rani Roerich Estate Board〕 Funding from these sources enabled directors Franz Osten and Niranjan Pal to create some of the first Bombay Talkies productions. ==Early years== For the period in cinematic history it represented, the Bombay Talkies was considered to be an innovative and highly resourced movie studio. In line with international standards, the studios' facilities included sound and echo-proof stages, laboratories, editing rooms and a preview theater. The reputation of the Bombay Talkies was further enhanced by employing experienced European technicians, the most prominent of whom was Franz Osten. The Bombay Talkies set a high technical standard for film making in India and was credited with introducing a level of professionalism to the medium of movie making and acting, reputedly higher than standards set by rival Indian film production companies. Bombay Talkies acquired a reputation for changing the aesthetic and technology traditionally associated with Indian films. It was also renowned for producing films on (then) controversial topics such as those dealing with love between an untouchable lower caste girl and a high caste Hindu Brahmin boy (''Achhut Kanya''). Devika Rani, who became one of Bombay Talkies' most successful actresses, and India's first film diva, appeared in ''Jawani ki Hawa'' (1935) and ''Jeevan Naiya'' (1936), as well as a number of other highly successful productions by the company. The studio was similarly recognized as having launched the careers of several prominent Indian film industry luminaries including Devika Rani, Ashok Kumar, Leela Chitnis, Raj Kapoor, Mehmood Ali, Madhubala and Dilip Kumar. Madhubala and Dilip Kumar, who co-starred in four Bombay Talkies films, engaged in a long term, highly covert love affair.〔http://www.dawn.com/2011/06/05/non-fiction-on-screen-off-the-legend-of-madhubala.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bombay Talkies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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