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	'''Kohinoor Film Company''' was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[film studio]] established in 1918 by Dwarkadas Sampat (1884-1958).<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kaul \|first=Gautam \|title=Cinema and the Indian freedom struggle \|year=1998 \|publisher=Sterling Publishers \|isbn=9788120721166 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WNxkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=History of Cinema in India \|url=http://www.filmbirth.com/india.html}}</ref>		'''Kohinoor Film Company''' was an Indian [[film studio]] established in 1918 by Dwarkadas Sampat (1884-1958).<ref>{{cite book \|last=Kaul \|first=Gautam \|title=Cinema and the Indian freedom struggle \|year=1998 \|publisher=Sterling Publishers \|isbn=9788120721166 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WNxkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|title=History of Cinema in India \|url=http://www.filmbirth.com/india.html}}</ref>

	Along with [[Ranjit Movietone]] and the [[Imperial Film Company]] it was the largest movie studio when Indian [[talkies]] began in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Hayward \|first=Susan \|title=Cinema studies: the key concepts \|year=2006 \|publisher=Taylor and Francis \|isbn=9780203020210 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OlPXsA-OBMAC&q=kohinoor+film+company&pg=PA393}}</ref>		Along with [[Ranjit Movietone]] and the [[Imperial Film Company]] it was the largest movie studio when Indian [[talkies]] began in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite book \|last=Hayward \|first=Susan \|title=Cinema studies: the key concepts \|year=2006 \|publisher=Taylor and Francis \|isbn=9780203020210 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OlPXsA-OBMAC&q=kohinoor+film+company&pg=PA393}}</ref>

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'''Kohinoor Film Company''' was an [[India]]n [[film studio]] established in 1918 by Dwarkadas Sampat (1884-1958).<ref>{{cite book |last=Kaul |first=Gautam |title=Cinema and the Indian freedom struggle |year=1998 |publisher=Sterling Publishers |isbn=9788120721166 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WNxkAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Cinema in India |url=http://www.filmbirth.com/india.html}}</ref>

Along with [[Ranjit Movietone]] and the [[Imperial Film Company]] it was the largest movie studio when Indian [[talkies]] began in the 1930s.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hayward |first=Susan |title=Cinema studies: the key concepts |year=2006 |publisher=Taylor and Francis |isbn=9780203020210 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=OlPXsA-OBMAC&q=kohinoor+film+company&pg=PA393}}</ref>

Kohinoor didn't just produce some of the most successful films of its era. The studio also trained such people as [[Nandlal Jaswantlal]] and [[Mohan Bhavnani]], and produced artists such as [[Goharbai]], [[Zebunissa]] and [[Rampiyari]].

==History==
In 1918, the film pioneer Dwarkadas Narendas Sampat (1884-1958) established the Kohinoor Film Company.

Sampat introduced wooden sets, doing away with the painted sceneries of the past.

In 1923 a fire at the studio destroyed negatives of the company's films. However, Eastman Kodak willingly granted further credit for raw film stock.

==Filmography==
Between 1919 and 1929, Sampat and Kohinoor made 98 films, including

*''Vikram Urvashi'' (1920)
*''Anusuya'' (1921)
*''[[Bhakta Vidur]]'' (1921)
::[[Kanjibhai Rathod]] directed this mythological [[allegory]], which alluded directly to political issues of the day. In the wake of the ''[[Rowlatt Act]]'' in 1919, which put restrictions on Indian imports, protests and agitation broke out, thrusting [[Mahatma Gandhi]] into the national spotlight. This film adapted a section from the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' that concerns the fall of an empire at the hands of two warring clans, the [[Pandavas]] and the [[Kaurava]]s. More overtly, the film's main character, [[Vidur]] (Dwarkadas Sampat), is a dead ringer for Gandhi, complete with his trademark hat and [[khaddar]] shirt. This film became something of a ''[[cause célèbre]]'' in India, as it generated a huge censorship controversy and was ultimately banned in [[Karachi]] and [[Madras]]. The District Magistrate of Karachi ordered the ban, saying ''it is likely to excite disaffection against the government and incite people to non-cooperation''.
*''Kala Nag'' (1924)
*''[[Kulin Kanta]]'' (1925)
*''Handsome Blackguard'' (1925)
*''Telephone Girl'' (1926)

==References==
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==Sources==
*Crow, Jonathan; ''Allmovie''
*Garga, B.D.; ''So Many Cinemas'', Eminence Designs Private Limited.
*Rajadhyaksh, Ashish & Willeme, Paul; ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema'', [[Oxford University Press]].

[[Category:Film production companies based in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1918]]
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