Dinshaw Bilimoria

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Dinshaw Bilimoria (* 1904 in Kirkee ; † after 1942) was an Indian film actor and director.

Life

Dinshaw Bilimoria made his film debut in 1925 in ND Sarpotdar's mythological-historical film Chhatrapati Sambhaji . In 1927 he moved to the Imperial film company , where he had his first major successes as a film partner of Sulochana in Mohan Bhavnani's Wildcat of Bombay (1927) and RS Choudhury's Anarkali (1928). At the end of the silent film era from 1927 to 1929 and in the early talkies in India from 1933 to 1939, Bilimoria and Sulochana formed a popular screen couple , who particularly delighted a broad audience in the romantic dramas by the director Choudhury. He was considered the highest paid silent film star in India. After 1932 they made sound film remakes of several of the silent film successes , including Anarkali (1935) and Bambai Ki Billi / Wildcat of Bombay (1936).

Between 1929 and 1932 he played in several films for the Ranjit Movietone film company under the directors Chandulal Shah , Nanubhai Vakil and Nandlal Jaswantlal .

Bilimoria probably also directed two films in 1940 and 1942; however, Azadi-e-Watan (1940) may be a dubbed version of a US import.

His brother was the actor Eddie Bilimoria .

Filmography

Silent movie
  • 1925: Chhatrapati Sambhaji
  • 1926: Dha Cha Ma
  • 1926: Tai Teleen
  • 1926: Umaji Naik
  • 1927: Wildcat of Bombay
  • 1927: Daya Ni Devi
  • 1927: Vilasi Kanta
  • 1928: Qatil Kathiyani
  • 1928: Anarkali
  • 1928: Madhuri
  • 1928: Rajrang
  • 1929: Khwab-e-Hasti
  • 1929: Mewad Nu Moti
  • 1929: Army Ranjha
  • 1929: Punjab Mail
  • 1929: Rajputani
  • 1929: Hawai Swar
  • 1930: Pahadi Kanya
  • 1930: Rasili Radha
  • 1930: Diwani Dilbar
  • 1931: Baghdad Nu Bulbul
  • 1931: Mojili Mashuq
  • 1931: Noor-e-Alam
  • 1931: Premi Jogan
Sound film
  • 1931: Devi Devayani
  • 1932: Sati Madalasa
  • 1933: Daku Ki Ladki
  • 1933: Saubhagya Sundari
  • 1933: Sulochana
  • 1934: Gul Sanobar
  • 1934: Indira MA
  • 1934: Khwab-e-Hasti
  • 1934: Piya Pyare
  • 1934: Devaki
  • 1935: Anarkali
  • 1935: Do Ghadi Ki Mauj
  • 1935: Pujarini
  • 1936: Bambai Ki Billi
  • 1936: Jungle Queen
  • 1936: Shaan-e-Hind
  • 1937: Jagat Kesari
  • 1937: New Searchlight
  • 1937: Wah Ri Duniya
  • 1939: Prem Ki Jyot
  • 1942: Jawani Ki Pukar
Director
  • 1940: Azadi-e-Watan
  • 1942: Jawani Ki Pukar

literature

  • Rothwell-Smith, Paul. Silent Films! the Performers (2011) ISBN 9781907540325
  • Entry on Dinshaw Bilimoria in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 66

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Whether the sound engineer Dinshaw Billimoria , who was active from the 1950s to 1970s and received a Filmfare Award in 1964 for his work on Bandini , is the same person is not clear with certainty.
  2. ↑ so speculates Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 66
personal data
SURNAME Bilimoria, Dinshaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian film actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkee
DATE OF DEATH after 1942