FilmIndia (May-Dec 1938)

Record Details:

Title:
FilmIndia
Date:
May-Dec 1938
Publisher:
Bombay
Volume:
FilmIndia (1938)
Leaf #:
000143
Language:
English
Collection:
India and Global Cinema
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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Suticription : Inland Rs. 5/Burma Cr Foreign Rs. 8/Single Copy As. 6/ Proprietors : Filmindia Publications Ltd., 104, Apollo Street, Fort, BOMBAY. Editor: B A BUR AO PATEL Pol. 4 SEPTETTIBER 193ยง No. 5 THE FOREIGNERS INSULT THE INDIANS! i< The Germans have insulted India once again. Sometime back a German enterprise known as "Tobis Film Expedition" travelled the length and breadth of our country to shoot certain -films., of typical Indian and Oriental atmosphere, which shots to the best of our knowledge have been incorporated in two pictures called "The Indian Tomb" and "Tiger of Eschnapur". When these Germans were working on the Indian soil they were given hospitable treatment by every one throughout the country. Influential Indian gentlemen and powerful Indian States went out of their way to help these Germans ' in every way possible, so that the work for which they had come may achieve eminent success.1 These Germans made their tr,ip a success as they got certain scenic and atmospheric shots which they could never have got anywhere else without the complete co-operation of our men. The Maharana of Udaipur in particular, went, out of his way to help these people by placing at their disposal his palace, soldiers, servants, elephants and all his entire resources, thus supporting the traditional reputation that Indians are hospitable. But in the light of subsequent hap