Ruby Myers

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

Life

Sulochana is Anglo- Indian origin. Mid-1920s, was still regarded as actors for women in India as unseemly, she began her career under her real name Ruby Myers in director Mohan Dayaram Bhavnani. Your artist name Sulochana, she took over from her role names in the film Bhamto Bhoot ( 1926). Under Bhavnanis Director, she appeared in numerous late silent films of the companies Kohinoor and Imperial, as well as in 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 urchin, a banana seller, a blond European woman and a pickpocket. Together with Zubeida and Master Vithal she appeared in 1927 in Naval Gandhi Tagore adaptation Balidan on. The pinnacle of popularity during the silent film era became Sulochana as co-star of Dinshaw Bilimoria with romantic -tinged drama by director Rama Shankar Choudhury: Madhuri and Anarkali (both 1928). From these and other successes, she turned her silent film after 1932 sound film remakes. In 1933, she played the lead role in a film named after her by RS Choudhury. Mid-1930s, she was the highest paid actress in India. Your monthly salary of 5000 rupees was higher than that of the Governor of Bombay. She founded her own production company Rubi Pics and retired in the late 1930s as an actress. Occasionally, they took over some small supporting roles as Salim's mother in Nandlal Jaswantlals version of Anarkali ( 1953).

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

Filmography

Silent film

Sound film

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