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Kohinoor Film Company was an Indianfilm studio established in 1918 by Dwarkadas Sampat (1884-1958).[1][2]
Along withRanjit Movietone and theImperial Film Company it was the largest movie studio when Indiantalkies began in the 1930s.[3]
Kohinoor didn't just produce some of the most successful films of its era. The studio also trained such people asNandlal Jaswantlal andMohan Bhavnani, and produced artists such asGoharbai,Zebunissa andRampiyari.
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.
Between 1919 and 1929, Sampat and Kohinoor made 98 films, including