Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906â€"1959) was an Indian film-maker, producer
and distributor who is remembered for making the first Punjabi film.
Considered to be a film pioneer, Pancholi's Empire Talkie Distributors
based in Lahore were the biggest importer of American films in
northern and western India. Pancholi's Pancholi Art Pics was also the
largest film studio in Lahore at the time of the Partition of India.He
hailed from the village Halvad in Saurashtra, Gujarat. His nephew
Ravindra Dave was also film director and producer. His younger brother
Rajan's son Aditya Pancholi is also an actor.Among Lahore's
filmmakers, Dalsukh Pancholi, educated in New York, introduced Noor
Jehan as a child star in Gul Bakawali â€" was forced to move to Bombay
in 1947 due to the partition, leaving his studio to continue for
another two years. The last film it produced was somewhat ironically
titled Ghalat Fehmi.
and distributor who is remembered for making the first Punjabi film.
Considered to be a film pioneer, Pancholi's Empire Talkie Distributors
based in Lahore were the biggest importer of American films in
northern and western India. Pancholi's Pancholi Art Pics was also the
largest film studio in Lahore at the time of the Partition of India.He
hailed from the village Halvad in Saurashtra, Gujarat. His nephew
Ravindra Dave was also film director and producer. His younger brother
Rajan's son Aditya Pancholi is also an actor.Among Lahore's
filmmakers, Dalsukh Pancholi, educated in New York, introduced Noor
Jehan as a child star in Gul Bakawali â€" was forced to move to Bombay
in 1947 due to the partition, leaving his studio to continue for
another two years. The last film it produced was somewhat ironically
titled Ghalat Fehmi.
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