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tbruary, 1949
FILMINDI A
a social theme of Liberty Art Productions.
ike only Ambalal Patel richer than he is now. The vernment must either build their own studios and ice premises on a permanent basis or requisition the mous Cine Laboratory & Studios at Mahaluxmi and y up the whole organization by getting the price of : same assessed by Government experts. The Famous jdios were originally built by Mr. Shiraz Ali Hakim lh the help and co-operation of the Government of iia who placed at his disposal cement, steel, bricks d equipment so that the premises and equipment could ultimately used for the purposes of producing Goviment films. The present Marwari owners — Rungtas — ve no moral right to turn these beautiful studios into commercial proposition considering that the material d equipment used in these studios were obtained with vernment sanction in times of great scarcity and at : expense of other public institutions. These studios )uld be acquired straightaway and made the central ^anization of the Films Division of the Ministry. There no need to blush in doing this, seeing that these stu>s will be used for our national activities in producing jcational films.
Under no circumstances should any premises be ed as within ten years the amount of hire paid will seed the cost of outright purchase at present.
6. A special secretary of the Ministry, efficient of irse, should be placed in charge of the Films Division Uombay to eliminate all useless correspondence with
New Delhi. This secretary should be made directly responsible to the ministry.
7. All foreign newsreels at present shown in India, for which our Indian exhibitors pay most willingly so far, should be stopped and a part of their footage containing items of educational and national importance to our people should be incorporated in our own weekly issues. This can be done either by purchasing such footage outright or by mutual exchange by giving footage of our own news items for foreign exhibition.
8. All national functions like the A.I.C.C. Sessions, Gandhi Jayanti celebrations, Government House parties etc., should be exclusively photographed by the Films Division and no other professional or trade photographers be allowed to shoot such events for commercial purposes. Amateur photo enthusiasts, however, may be allowed this privilege provided they give an undertaking not to exploit any footage commercially or sell it to any one else but to the Films Division if required.
9. All foreign cameramen should be stopped from photographing any national event. Any footage of such events intended to be sent overseas should pass only through the Films Division. This will stop the foreigners from slandering our people.
We have a number of other suggestions to make but we stop here for want of space and wait to see what actual results the frown on Sardar Vallabhbhai's face yields in the immediate future. That man doesn't smile even for charity.
Bimla Devi is wondering what that guy of a director means in "Kamal", a social story of Hind Kamal Pictures.
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