Sulochana

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Sulochana in the 1920s

Sulochana ( Hindi सुलोचना Sulocanā ; * 1907 in Pune ; † April 9 or October 10, 1983 in Bombay , Maharashtra ; real name: Ruby Myers ) was an Indian film actress .

Life

Sulochana is of Anglo-Indian origin. In the mid-1920s, when acting was still considered improper for women in India, she began her career under her real name Ruby Myers with the director Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani . She took her stage name Sulochana from her role name in the film Bhamto Bhoot (1926). Under Bhavnani's direction, she appeared in numerous late silent films for the Kohinoor and Imperial companies , including the successful Wildcat of Bombay (1927). In this film she played - according to an interview with her in the magazine "Screen" in 1951 - eight different roles; including a gardener, a policeman, a gentleman from Hyderabad , a street child, a banana seller, a blonde European woman and a pickpocket. Together with Zubeida and Master Vithal , she appeared in Naval Gandhi's Tagore film Balidan in 1927 . Sulochana reached the peak of her popularity during the silent film era as a film partner of Dinshaw Bilimoria with romantic-tinged dramas by the director Rama Shankar Choudhury : Madhuri and Anarkali (both 1928). After 1932 she made sound film remakes of these and other of her silent film successes. In 1933 she played the lead role in a film named after her by RS Choudhury. In the mid-1930s she was India's highest paid film actress. Her monthly salary of 5000 rupees was higher than that of the governor of Bombay . She started her own production company Rubi Pics and retired as an actress in the late 1930s. Occasionally she took on small supporting roles like Salim's mother in Nandlal Jaswantlals version of Anarkali (1953).

In 1974 Sulochana was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award . Ismail Merchant paid tribute to her with his short film Mahatma and the Mad Boy (1974).

Filmography (selection)

Silent movie

  • 1925: Veer Bala
  • 1925: Cinema Ni Rani
  • 1926: Telephone Ni Taruni
  • 1926: Pagal Premi
  • 1926: Mumtaz Mahal
  • 1926: Ra Kawat
  • 1926: Samrat Shiladitya
  • 1926: Typist Girl
  • 1926: Bhamto Bhoot
  • 1927: Alibaba and the Forty Thieves
  • 1927: Naseeb Ni Lili
  • 1927: Balidan
  • 1927: Gutter Nu Gulab
  • 1927: Daya Ni Devi
  • 1927: Gamdeni Gori
  • 1927: Wildcat of Bombay
  • 1928: Anarkali
  • 1928: Madhuri
  • 1928: Rajrang
  • 1929: Army Ranjha
  • 1929: Indira BA
  • 1929: Mewad Nu Moti
  • 1929: Khwab-e-Hasti
  • 1929: Punjab Mail
  • 1929: Talwar Ka Dhani
  • 1930: Hamarun Hindustan
  • 1930: Raat Ki Baat
  • 1931: Rani Rupmati
  • 1931: Noor-e-Alam
  • 1931: Khuda Ki Shaan

Sound film

  • 1932: Madhuri
  • 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: Aankh Micholi
  • 1946: Chamakti Bijli
  • 1947: Jugnu
  • 1949: Shayar
  • 1952: Apni Izzat
  • 1953: Anarkali
  • 1953: Baaz
  • 1954: Sultanate
  • 1957: Lal Batti
  • 1959: Anari
  • 1960: Kadu Makrani
  • 1960: Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi
  • 1962: Son of India
  • 1963: Soorat Aur Seerat
  • 1963: Akeli Mat Jaiyo
  • 1964: Haqeeqat
  • 1973: Honeymoon
  • 1974: Mahatma and the Mad Boy
  • 1975: Julie
  • 1977: Khatta Meetha
  • 1978: Akhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se
  • 1979: Salaam Memsaab

literature

  • Entry on Sulochana in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 223
  • Priti Ramamurthy All-Consuming Nationalism. The Indian Modern Girl in the 1920s and 1930s. In: The Modern Girl Around the World: Consumption, Modernity, and Globalization. P. 147 ff. Duke University Press, 2008, ISBN 0-8223-4305-3 . limited preview in Google Book search

Web links

Commons : Ruby Myers  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Careers Digest. limited preview in Google Book search
  2. ^ Sulochana. In: ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Retrieved January 2, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Neepa Majumdar: Wanted Cultured Ladies Only! Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s – 1950s p. 96. Limited preview in Google Book Search
  4. ^ Entry on Wildcat of Bombay in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 250 f.
personal data
SURNAME Sulochana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Myers, Ruby; सुलोचना (HiS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Indian film actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Pune
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1983 or October 10, 1983
Place of death Bombay , Maharashtra