2006
 
 - it is commonly known as Bombay Talkies, founded in 1934 in Malad,
 Bombay (now Mumbai), India by Himanshu Rai and Devika Rani, was a
 high-tech movie studio of its time, with sound and echo-proof stages,
 laboratories and editing rooms, and preview theatre
 
 1934: The Bombay Talkies conceived and established 
 1935: Jawani ki Hawa, a thriller, starring Devika Rani 
 1940: Death of Himanshu Rai, the founder of the Bombay Talkies 
 1943: Kishmet, a successful thriller 
 1954: The Bombay Talkies was closed down