to be a director and writer so he played a major role in outing others. Jaishankar Sundari too left the company and joined Laxmikant Natak Samaj for a brief period before returning to the company. After sometime, he retired from the theatre in 1932. p. 19 Mulani also retired in 1932. Nepolean (1937), written by Manilal Pagal, was premiered in Sayaji Theatre in Baroda. Many poor quality plays produced only for profits led to their failure. The high salaried actors, costly productions and failure of plays led to the loss. With the advent of the cinema, the theatre started to lose its audience. The company was sold in 1938 and was closed on 30 November 1939. Last years (1944–1948) M/s Shantilal and Co. financed the company and Bapulal briefly ran it from 1944 to 1945 before his retirement in 1946. In 1948, Chandrahas Manilal Jhaveri ran it for some time and renamed it to Mumbai Subodh Natak Mandali before it became defunct. List of plays Following is the list of plays produced by the Mumbai Gujarati Natak Mandali: References Bibliography Gujarati theatre Theatre companies in India 1878 establishments in India 1948 disestablishments in India