Dalsukh M. Pancholi | |
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Born | 1906 Karachi, British India |
Died | 1959 (age 53) Bombay, India |
Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906–1959) 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.