E. Dinhsaw, Sir Firoze Sethna and others.

Rajnarayan Dube, who was reputed as the 'Pillar of Indian Cinema', had financed all of the 102 films. And now we hear that his grandson Abhay Kumar , is all geared up to revive this historic banner.

Reportedly, the young heir wants to kick-start the production house with his directorial and acting debut in a tri-lingual film. Abhay has titled the Hindi version - Zakhmi , the Telegu version- Abhimanyu and the Bengali version - Mahanayak.

Apparently, the cast of the film is yet to be finalised. When contacted, Abhay told Mumbai Mirror, "Bombay Talkies has launched and moulded many careers.

It's time to recreate the magic and set records. I have been meeting with many actors from Hindi, Bengali and Tamil cinema.

We shall go on floors very soon. I am very happy and excited to revive Bombay Talkies" Bombay Talkies gave Dilip Kumar his break in Bollywood with Jwar Bhata, in 1944.

The company also introduced Madhubala in the 1949 classic, Mahal. The production house was said to have carved the careers of Raj Kapoor , Madhubala, Dev Anand , Mehmood and others.

The first superstar of Indian cinema, Ashok Kumar , was introduced to the industry in the Bombay Talkies production Achyut Kanya, alongside the first Indian diva, Devika Rani (less)