S.S. Productions

Background
S.S. Productions Limited is a Bangladeshi film production and distribution company founded and owned by Shabana on early 1970's, with the first film being Matir Ghar from 1979. Its best known for making the 1990 award-winning film Goriber Bou. S.S. Productions went dormant from the mid-2000's due to Shabana retiring from the film industry in 1998 and went to the United States to focus on her family members. Its latest film is Swami Chintai from 2004, presented by Shabana and produced in association with the Indian Voice and Vision Enterprises.

Logo (April 27, 1979)
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FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: An male announcer speaking in Bengali.

Availability: Ultra rare. Only seen on Matir Ghar.

Editor's Note: None.

Logo (1983)
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Nicknames: "S.S. of Doom", "The Darkness S.S."

Logo: On a gray background, we see an S moving to the left. Then the S clones appear and collide. We see an heart like thing on the icon. Then we see the words "S.S. PRODUCTIONS" We see an border before the logo cuts off.

FX/SFX: The collusion and the border.

Music/Sounds: A series of loud noises and a loud rumble, followed by a rock gutter fanfare.

Availability: Extremely rare. Only seen on Nazma.

Editor's Note: The loud audio and darkness may get to a dozen of people.

Logo (1986 - 2004)
Nicknames: "The In-Credit S.S."

Logo: Depending on the film:
 * Oshanti: Superimposed on a rainbow-like sunray background, we see the yellow Bengali text "Presented & Distributed by S.S. Productions Ltd.".
 * Shami Stri: On a light green background, after the opening credits, we see a guitar-like thing on the right and the Bengali words "Presented & Distributed by S.S. Productions Ltd." on the left.
 * Goriber Bou: On a dark blue background, we see the yellow circle (representing a spotlight or the Moon) with the words "Shabana presents" in Bengali. Then it cuts to a Bengali words "A S.S. Productions Ltd. production & release" in the same thing.
 * Swani Chintai: Beside a red, curved filmstrip, we see the yellow words: "MADE BY S.S. PRODUCTIONS Ltd. (BANGLADESH) & VOICE AND VISION ENTERPRISES (INDIA)". "MADE BY" is in a Comic Sans font while the rest is in a bolded font. Atop the English text is the translation in Bengali in blue, separated by a red line.

Variants:
 * Some prints of Goriber Bou had the background in black.
 * A long version exists on some prints of Swani Chintai. This one has "SHABANA PRESENTS" in a serif font, on the bottom-tight corner. At the upper-left corner is the Bengali translation. Both appear via a drop effect.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: The opening theme of the film.

Availability: Very rare. See Logo.

Editor's Note: None.

Logo (Early 1990's - 1998)
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Nicknames: "The Heart of Shabana", "The Disco Logo", "Flashing S.S.", "Disco S.S."

Logo: On a black background, we see the icon from before with four lights shining at the viewer. It cuts off to a white background. A rectangle rotates to the top. The second rectangle does the same thing. Then a black background takes over the white background. We then see a heart-like thing and gets big as it turns to a upside-down heart. It beats five times and becomes small. We then see the first S. Another S appears. They move to the heart and the first S flashes. It goes up. Black squares appear rapidly. Then the black background is removed. Then the words "S.S. PRODUCTIONS LTD." appear in red. A light highlights the text. Then the bold words "PRESENT'S" appear in black in a typewriter effect.

Variants:
 * A restored version exists on DVD and Blu-ray prints of the S.S. Productions films.
 * An short and detoriorated verison exists on Ondho Bishwas.
 * Varying on a film detorioration, the logo might be color-tinted.
 * On Meyerao Manush (the last film to use this logo), the logo is slightly zoomed-in. During the opening credits of the film, the logo is in 3D.

FX/SFX: 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: Warbling synthesizer noises followed by an 70s-esque disco beat, then a synth horn theme plays.

Availability: Rare. Seen on S.S. Productions' films from that time.

Editor's Note: For the 90s, this is very dated with the primitive animation, disco music and the film quality which makes it feel more like a 70s logo. However, the concept is creative and the music is pretty catchy.