FilmIndia (1946)

flLMINDI A January, IMS All ready, with the light kept burning, Kamla is waiting for him 10 return in "Dhanna Bhagat", a Ranjit picture. Khandekar is reported to have been called in as a help. K. Winayak would, however, be lost in Anna's 4-lakh feet celluloid. And the Government o£ India say that you can produce a picture in 40,000 feet. That the Indian film industry is anxiously waiting for "Expert" Hirlekar to return home to give the other "Experts" a grand reception for having flown back safe with the "secrets" of Hollywood in their trouser pockets. Perhaps that is why K-idar Sharma is seen with both his hands in his trouscr-pockets. Guarding the Hollywood "secrets", eh? That Sardar Chandulal Shah is now working hard at his studios reorganising his production plans with Chaturbhuj Doshi, Kidar Sharma and others— people who gave "Vish Kanya", "Mumtaz Mahal", "Bharatruhari", "Shan kar Parvati" etc. That one more director in Taimur, the Great, will be added to the precious list to complete the icorganization. Not for nothing has the Sardar been called intellectual. No other human being can come out safe from these environments. That the film market seems to have shrunk a bit the way we rind I^ala Jagat Narain falling constantly ill in Delhi and not visiting Bombay these days. That compels Seth Chunibhai Desai to .\in up to Delhi oftener than be fore to inquire after Lalaji's delicate health. That the Indian producers have sketched their Jolly wood (Chembur) on paper already and are waiting for the Yankees to hand over to Fazalbhoy's a consignment of rebuilt machinery. We arc going to have over 30 new stages in and around Bombay -all competing with Holly 18 wood with the help of the "secrets" in Kidar Sharma's trouser pockets. That the only producer who refuses to build his own studio is Baburao Patel. With his usual arrogant air he says, "New or old, they are all my studios and the producers are also mine." And they say, he is a teetotaller and a vegetarian to boot. That, "the most magnificent picture ever produced in India by a genius", is "Veer Kunal". It seems to be having magnificence that frightens people. That Chandramohan and Motilal are writing a book, "How to win at the races." Sardar Chandulal proposes to buy the first copy and read it word by word a hundred times to "Chakori", the filly, who failed to pocket the Idar Gold Cup. That Film-actor David (Abraham) had once upon a time thought of becoming a dancer to compete with Uday Shanker. Instead he became a lawyer and finding his clients hostile, David is now a "filim" actor. That probably explains why David so often goes "Ajanta" on the sets. That Pandit Indra is back in Bombay, having spent Rs. 2o,ooo| on his daughter's wedding in Marwar. Let us pray for Sardar Chandulal Shah of Ranjit. That theatre-owners in Bombay are still demanding prohibitive hires for picture releases and demanding payment in half-white-half-black manner. And they say our picture industry is rushing to a ruin. That Devvan Sharar has already packed his trunks to start for the States. Some one has told him that rye is cheap there. Make it A Happy New Year SHOW TWO Biggest Money Making Stars VASUNDARA DEVI & Y V RAO BWAKTA MEERA (TAMIL) World Rights Controlled By SI VAN AN DA FILMS GANDHINAGAR * BANGALORE CITY