FilmIndia (1948)

January, 1948 FILM INDI A 35. HOTHAL PADMINI — Gujrati — Kirti Pictures. From Reel No. 3, delete the following sentence: Minal: "Ava odha bes ay reshumni shaiyya tari wat juyechhe" From Reel No. 4, cut "Bahadur — Mari ye bayadi chhe hon! Hun jara jai avu". 36. HEERA — Jayant Desai Productions. From Reel No. 2, delete the following: Ustadji (a stand-by lover, standing with Sundar at window) "Are abhi to sham bhi nahin hui" (17 ft.). From Reel No. 7, delete all portions from the shots set in the locality of professional dancers and songstresses, showing passing men and women pulling sleeves and making approaches towards each other, as they are indecent in presentation (15 ft.) and delete the following dialogue: Seth: (a regular visitor and admirer) "Mere liye kya hukum hai?" Sunder: (an experienced professional songstress) "Tumhara, Seth, Budh ka Way da hai" (53 ft.). From Reel No. 8, cut out the entire scene in the bed room of young Heera, the victim of Sander's evil designs, from the latter's dialogue: "Sethji, Sethji", calling Ramdas inside, to Heera's "Maaji, maaji, turn ne mujhe bulaya? Ati hun" while cleverly escaping out of the room (114 ft.). From Reel No. 9, delete the following: aran Dswan he'ps Meena Kumari to get up, and ve perhaps, in "Piya Ghar Aja", a social picture of Ranjit. Seth: "Mere liye kya hukum hai?". Sunder: "Budh ko" (14 ft.) 37. JURMANA— Asif Pictures. From Reel No. 1, omit Chamboo witnessing the girls bathing in pool along with talk upto the dialogue: "Thehro, main use theek karti hun" (84 ft). From Reel No. 2, reduce stabbing by dagger so as to retain only one stroke, as the shot is gruesome (4i ft.). From Reel No. 6, delete from the dance all indecorous movements of hips and breasts (27i ft.). From Reel No. 8, cut from the portion showing Jhumka lying suggestively under a tree along with Manjoo, till she is shown getting up (25 ft.). 38. KISMET-KA-SITARA— Mohan Pictures. Delete the following two sentences wherever they occur in the film: "Kya mashuk kya anda", "Kya murgi kya anda". 39. EK KADAM— Sunrich Pictures. From the film delete all shots of persons shown hanging by their necks (72 ft.). That completes the long list of recent excisions and we hope to be pardoned for providing the readers with such a long headache. The readers of "filmindia", have, however, a duty to perform by checking up these excisions whenever these pictures are shown in their towns. If they still find the objectionable portions in the pictures, they should immediately write to the District Magistrate and forward a copy of the letter to Editor Patel who will personally take up the matter with the provincial government. Readers must never forget that unless the filth from our pictures is removed, we are neither going to get better pictures nor a better nation. YOU'LL HARDLY BELIEVE That Chhotu Desai, the producers' president and the man who cannot stand straight on his two legs, is these days canvassing support to boycott "filmindia*' because of its censorship agitation. We thought "filmindia" had been banned by the 'great' producers long since. That by banning "filmindia" they hope to bring Baburao Patel to their feet and deny him his daily bread. But they don't know that Baburao is fasting in any case because of his duodenal ulcer. That criticizing anti-social aspects of a film is dirty work while blackmailing and boycotting a journalist is good work according to Chhotu Desai. the producers' president and the man who can't stand straight on his two legs. Minister Morarji Desai should note these new ethics of our national life. That according to some producers, Editor Patel has bribed the whole Congress Government to ban all anti-social pictures es if our ministers are little boobies who don't know their jobs. Producers should once in a while see their own faces in their mirrors. That Chhotu's recent counter-agitation to swell the squad of boycotters against "filmindia" will give the film industry still a worse name than it has al 17