Remembering Sohrab Modi on his Birth Anniversary

Mayapuri Issue 48, 1975

Generally people think that film people have immense wealth. But no one realizes how temporary their happiness and luxury are.

On that day we saw  the lion of Minerva Sohrab Modi passing by on Tv and on the very next day he was seen in Famash.

But seeing his condition made us emotional. He was wearing a white shirt and white trousers.

On which there was no ironing on it. And along with the condition of the clothes, there were also pattched attached to it.

Seeing the condition of Sohrab Modi, we felt that what is the difference between the present and the past of the film people?

They don't know what their future will be? When he remembered that old man standing at a bus stop in this Mumbai city, he was waiting for the bus while scorching in the sun.

The bus came and the people standing in the line started trying hard. The old man could board the bus with great difficulty.

But even on this, the conductor tried to bring him down by pushing him, demonstrating the martyr's innocence.

Before the old man, two women had forcibly stepped forward and entered the bus. That's why he refused to get off the bus while fighting for the principle.

Instead of going towards its destination, the bus reached the police station. He tried to convey his words to the authorities, but he did not work and he was forcibly dragged from the bus and thrown down.

And then the bus swayed and ran forward. The poor old man stared at her with a smile.

You want to know who was that old man? He was Sardar Chandulal Shah, the owner of Ranjit Movietone!

Yes, the same Seth Chandulal Shah who was the owner of not only Ranjit Movietone but also Ranjit Studio.

Who made so many memorable movies. And gave birth to innumerable stars, from whose brilliance the light spread throughout the world.