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January, 1948
FILMINDIA
understand their present financial plight with a large number of average pictures in hand — many unreleased because of the unreasonable greed of the exhibit! r who are also out to cash their opportunity of theatre shortages to the maximum.
But this general slump is a temporary reaction of the war boom and will disappear no sooner our rational government takes in hand the huge schemes of general industrialization of the country. Industrialization and economic planning of the country have been unavoidably held up by the unforseen refugee problem thrust upon u by the Pakistanis. The nerve-racking work of rehabilitating nearly five million strangers in a. country already crowded with people is almost a maddening problem and as such is bound to hold up every other plan of national reorganization.
But these day of depre sion will als i pass once the passions of politics disappear and the need for peace and sobriety becomes paramount. And with peace will return prosperity to the country and its industries. Whatever the cynics may have to say the ultimate future of the film industry must be bright and prosperous seeing that our people have ... no other enterteinmenl but motion picture for es wt j/iji/l cape, entertainment ami enlightenment. fArww'i
So with eyes glued to the beautiful prospects of the future, let us all step into the New Year, the virgin adventure of a free people.
tadha, daughter of M. S. Subbulakshmi, meets Pandit 'awaharlal Nehru. Jawahar embraces the little on? nd in doing so gives Subbulakshmi's family an heirloom to remember.
Cine-Kodak
IS WORTH WAITING FOR
Your Kodascope too. If it hasn't arrived yet, that's because output is. still inadequate to meet the accumulated demand cf years. However, frcm time to time.
CONSULT YOUR CINE-KODAK DEALER
Sooner or later he'll have good news Then you can Icok forward to magnificent movies made by you, shown by you, with the world's mcst popular movie equipment.
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