Shaanadaar Film Productions (India,Nepal)

Background: Shaanadaar Film Productions (Superb Film Productions in English) was an Indian-Nepalese film studio that made Hindi and Nepalese films from 1931-1979. It was known for 60% of their films being lost. They have made 129 films over the 48 year lifespan. The last film was named Everest Mein Romaanch (Adventure in Everest). They even have a logo that's sought after. But we'll get to that later.

Logo 1 (1931-1969)

Logo: We see Mount Everest as the camera zooms out. Then after a few seconds, we see an Indian temple. After that, the text appears in Hindi and Nepali.

FX/SFX: The camera zooming out and then switching to an Indian temple and the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: A calm Indian flute theme.

Music/Sounds Variants: On a few of their films its a traditional Indian theme with more instruments. On a film made in 1952, it has a man singing. The last variant is silent.

Trivia: Only one of their films that have this logo is lost.

Avaliability: Scarce. Can be seen on a few films seen from this era.

Editor's Note: The calm flute theme is really relaxing. But the next logo... is an absolute sought after gem.

Logo 2 (1970-79)

Logo: We see lightning strikes. After a few seconds, we see an aerial view of India. After that, we see an Indian statue zooming in. After that, the text appears. Finally, there are more lightning strikes and the screen freezes. And lastly, an announcer says something in Hindi or Nepali.

FX/SFX: Lightning strikes, the aerial view, the Indian statue zooming in and the text appearing.

Music/Sounds: The lightning, an bombastic orchestral fanfare that plays through the logo before the next lightning strikes, and an announcer.

Avaliability: Extinct. This logo is highly sought after. Only the audio track of this logo has been surfaced, but the video is only 49% found. Part of this rare logo has been seen on a compilation at film festivals in India called "Indian Logo World". Only three of their films that were supposed to have this logo were found, but the logo is not seen. People have been searching entire film archives for their lost films to find this logo. Some of the lost films with were lost in the archives, burned, flooded, or destroyed.

Editor's Note: This is known as one of the rarest Indian logos of all time.