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ON THE COVER G O H A R
The Nation will remain indebted to this brave producer, Sardar Chandulal Shah, for bringing to the screen the burning problem of our eighty million untouchables, whose silent sighs h^ve vet remained a shameful blot on Hinduism. Sardar Chandulal has produced "Achhut" a picture which even our revered leader Mahatma Gandhi can't afford to miss.
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Vol. 6
JANUARY 1940
No. 1
On The Threshold of 1940!
1939 was reallv an '"eventful year" as K. Ahmad Abbas puts it in his brilliant article which appeared in the last issue.
Elsewhere in this issue K. Ahmad Abbas again writes a thought-provoking article giving his reasons why pictures and producers fail.
During 1939. for the first time in twentyfive years, our film industry was organized in all its departments. Everyone, from an extra to the producer, became conscious of the strength of unity and for the first time realized the necessity of progress.
The common platform provided by the Indian Motion Picture Congress, gave everyone a chance to get rid of his grievance, either individual or institutional. For once the Augean stables were cleansed.
1940 therefore begins in an atmosphere of reality, with every man in the industry knowing his rights and privileges and with an intense desire to progress.
During my travels in the West. I discovered the real strength of unity, in every walk of life. Not that, the people from the West do not indulge in petty jealousies, unhealthy rivalries, prejudicial favouritism and other bickerings which distinguish the routine strife in commercial pursuits, but when it comes to organizing for a greater good in the general interest of an industry, a terrific unity amongst the different warring elements is achieved with the inevitable result of further progress.
To cite a definite instance, when I was in Hollywood, the technicians asked for a rise in their salaries. The capitalists, or rather the producers, refused to grant this, having this time