FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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This section is the monopoly of " JUDAS" and he writes what he likes and about things which he likes. The views expressed here are not necessarily ours, but still they carry weight because they are written by a man who knows his job. |H CHANDULAL KI JAI ! R On the 26th of November last at the Ranjit Studios •n Home Minister Morarji Desai walked over a crowd •lirostrate film tycoons with seven garlands round his Ik. little did he realize that the little man who put the jtith one on behalf of the film workers, much against fk wishes of Chandulal Shah, the president of the proers and the master of ceremonies for the day. would n unemployed man today. This little man's name is Diwadkar and he was workin the Ranjit Studio tdl that fateful evening. On the December. 24 "rebels", including little Diwadkar. sacked by the Ranjit boss. The Indian Motion PicEmployees' Union is fighting out this case but in fa meantime the little worker* are living more than a H e khaddar garland to our Home Minister. Thev are fang awav their two dailv meals to maintain the dignity ■ sincerity of that affectionate gesture of sweating m p I e to our popular minister. I This is. ind?ed. a strange world in whirh the sweatn workers cannot pven .Tarl^nd a people's minister [pout tint <iarlind throttling th<» capitalists. One more aland HiH not break Minister Morarji's neck but it has nken the back of tho«° poor workers and disturbed h dailv meal routine of 24 workers' families. On the 13th November — orlv 13 davs befor" the bi« B-ption to Minister Morarji — Chandulal Shah had Dressed his >< orkers and "Jven them an ubimatum either l|eave th? Employees' U"ion or face dismissal. The l|V«rs stnck to ih-^ir TTr>?nn. The garland incident. Ipin 13 davs of Chmdulal's threat to the workers, be(jie th? proverbial last straw on th° carrel's r-nck and workers are on the s»r->e*« today. Th~y are living on dnst of the strep's n-hil their «*r«twh»1e boss has since th° Derbv with his horse "Rilam" and 2ath~red e plorv as the best sportsman of the year. Sportsman, ed. wilh 24 hun«rry fa^ibes of his workers, helpless starving in the slums of the city ! Under the rha;rmanchip of Mr. S. K. Pa til. the Trent of th° RomViav Provincial Conaress Committee. Indian Motion Picture Employees' Union was formn January 1946. Di'rinsr the three years of its strugg career, the Union had to face plenty of trouble and 3ta«re from the studio owners. Threats were handed ■ counter unions wer? formed, workers were victimised ■ the I nion was sabotaged in almost every field of its jjvity but under lh° presidentship of Prithviraj Kapoor ■ then of Roh't Dave and with th~ almost fanatic sin Jty of D. S. Thakur. the Ceneral Secretary, the Union braved all the storms and claims today a membership !145. workers in 18 studios and 4 laboratories. The if kers of only two studios, the Rajkamal Kalamandir ii the Central Studios, are still eating from the hands tjJieir dog-feeders and have not yet found it necessary to lend their bread the prestige and fraternity of common interests which the Union offers. They are still selling the salt of their sweat to buy blood for their employers. The Employees' Union demands for the film workers standardization of wages, dearness allowance, provident fund, gratuity, annual leave etc. The Union is carrying on a grand battle with the Producers' Association on these points and the producers are not quite happy the way the Union has already recovered Rs. 11,000 as accumulated dearness allowance from the Famous Cine Laboratory and Rs. 20,000 more as over-time wages from different producers. Immediately the producers are faced with the demands of the Union for arrears of over-time wages and dearness allowance, the producers begin victimizing their workers by wholesale dismissals and the Union is compelled to move the slow machinery of the law under the Industrial Disputes Act to redress the just grievances of the workers. Quite a few cases are on the anvil just at present with the law lazy and the workers hungry. Here is Cliandulal Shah leading in his "Balam" after winning the Indian Derby. This dark horse won him Rs. 73000 in stakes alone and Chandulal is reported to have cleared up another 5 lakhs in betting. Whut about the workers' bonus, ChanduLtl?