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BY ASOKAMITRAN
GEMINI STUDIOS
Gemini Studios was an Indian film studio
based in Chennai(Madras)
PANCAKES
Pancake was the brand name of the make-up
material that Gemini Studios bought in truck
loads.
GRETA GARBO
MISS GOHAR
VYJAYANTIMALA
MAKE-UP DEPARTMENT
BEFORE AFTER
THE OFFICE BOY
• In the make-up department the players who played the
crowd were the responsibility of the ‘office boy’.
• On the days of crowd shooting, one could see him
mixing the paint in a giant vessel and slapping it on the
crowd players.
• The idea was to hide all the marks on the faces in the
process of applying make-up.
• This is the ironical part that he was not really a ‘boy’; he
was a middle aged man in his forties. He had entered
the studio in the hope of becoming a star actor, screen
writer, director or lyricist. He was a bit of a poet also.
ASOKAMITRAN’S JOB
• He worked in a cubicle. His duty was to cut newspapers
clippings and store them in files.
• Even the office boy would come and recite his poems to
him. He believed that his great talent was being wasted in
such a studio.
No Work at all!
RECAP
BY:-
MANPREET KAUR
PGT ENGLISH
KV NTPC DADRI