Teakebees Movie Makers (India)

1st Logo

(1976)

Nickname: "Let's Make The Communist Emblem Together! I", "More Communist Imagery On India I", "Showing us the identity of Kerala: Communism I", "It's obvious that the company was from Kerala I"

Logo: On a dark cloudy background, we see a statue of a man and an almost topless woman carrying a hammer and a sickle, placed like the Soviet emblem of the time. It zooms out a little, and then there's a bengal moving below the statue from the left to the right of the screen, forming "TEAKEBEES" when is below the statue.

FX/SFX: It's all live-action. In addition of the bengal and the text.

Cheesy Factor/Trivia: If only you thought the Mehboob Productionslogo wasn't enough to showcase communist imagery on India. However, this time, the emblems make sense because in Kerala (where the company was based) there's a great tradition of communism, because this State has been the first in the world to democratically elect a communist government in 1957. In addition, the communism (CPI and/or CPI (M)) has ruled this State for more than 40 years (not consecutively).

Music/Sounds: A melody made with synth bells, and some violins after.

Availability: Was seen on Prasadam.

Scare Factor: None to low. You might find the communist imagery frightening.

2nd Logo

(1981)

Nickname: "Let's Make The Communist Emblem Together! II", "More Communist Imagery On India II", "Showing us the identity of Kerala: Communism II", "It's obvious that the company was from Kerala II" "More Communist Than The Others"

Logo: Behind a waving red flag we see a close-up of the hands of the statue from the previous logo. We then zoom away as we see the rest of the statue. We zoom away more and see the statue standing over a black/yellow column with the red word "TEAKEBEES". The area below the waving flag is also shown and shows red/green Indian curtains.

FX/SFX: It's all live-action.

Cheesy Factor: See previous logo.

Music/Sounds: A trumpet fanfare, followed by synth bells.

Availability: Was seen on Kattukallan.

Scare Factor: See previous logo.