FilmIndia (1939)

ebruary 1939 LOVE" OVER A CUP OF TEA Let us take the dialogue. I conJess that the vernaculars are not ly strong point. I say this not to oast, but as a realisation of my mitations. But I know enough to Dllow the conversation except for tertain unusual words. I also know nough to say that when a man iys to a girl that he loves her, her ?ply in a picture is never: "But ?nd first at least for a cup of ;a." These are certain fundamental things in the making of a lm which you must know before [ou attempt a picture. Direction oes not consist of wheeling your :imera all round the room and ixing it later on the subject. There ; too much of this wandering camera done in "Adhikar". It is a )rm of camera effect which is ;opelessly out of date. Today the pproach is always straight and ,irected to the subject. So that hen a man or a woman is singing song, it is his face and expres • on that is shown, not the walls nd tho ceiling and the rest of the k «ri I cannot judge "Adhikar" from the musical point of view. The songs were, judging from the faint applause they received, reasonably good and had some origiaality about them. Nothing to rave about. I REGKET TO SAY! This is the sort of Impression I formed of a picture which I was given to understand was typical of modern Indian production. I would not mind it if it was just one isolated picture, but it is a serious matter when you are told that this a representative picture. Then you begin to take notice of it and to find out what there is in it which should be kept and what there is in it to be avoided. I have always been told that there are people connected with the film industry who believe that they have really achieved something and that the eyes of the world are fixed on them. I am told that Mr. Korda is interested in the Indian films, that his opinion of them is very high. And more, much more. FILMINDIA Now I do not know what is or Is not Mr. Alexander Korda's reaction to the Indian films. In my opinion, Mr. Korda has not yet touched the heights which Hollywood has achieved. He may have produced a few isolated pictures, but there is not that consistency of production which characterises the houses of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount. Even so, I say that I doubt very much if Mr. Korda would sit through the twelve thousand odd feet of "Adhikar" and at the end of it truthfully say that he thought the film industry had a great future. You who are in the film industry of this country will have to change your ways of film production before you get any reasonable recognition in the market of this world. Once you realise that and are willing to cast aside that little unjustified pride you feel in your very amateurish productions, you will have taken the first step towards building up an industry which to me has a great future. Till then I regret to say you will not get any further. • USE IT WITH OR WITHOUT ELECTR CITY • Solicited inquiries also for Spring Motors, Soundboxes, pick-up and Electric Motors. Celebrated Swiss Factory... accepted as master manufacturers of 125 years standing in GRAMOPHONE WORLD ★ Combined electric Motor for A. C. 100/250 volts and spring motor Portable Gramophone Q70-4000 playing one complete 12 record. Metal chassis in one piece with large metal sound chamber, fully automatic start and stop devices ( complete Swiss made) except cabinet. Tonal beauty with loud volume _ of a large cabinet phonograph. All per Q(j / parts made in Switzerland. ^ / Wanted Distributors: • Sole Distributors: INTERNATIONAL RADIO COMPANY. Opp. Marine Lines Station, : Queen's Road. BOMBAY. P. O. Box 486 Tel. '22490 Telegrams: "GRAMORADIO" 39