Filmindia (1941)

[ /? / P IIIjOMuCiij K^alliHG This section is the monopoly of "JUDAS" and he writes what he likes and jv\\^ti4 tVi ne* 'XiJlii^Ji h i3 JlJf'PC O IT? PI /I C PT*T>TP<!*!Pf? Jl PT0 t\T0 Ytrtf tl OnO^Ofif'i In, r\ti'*'t> CLOOVlI tflVTlyS iVillLll /tt: Itrveo. J. /(■K t/tcu/o ccj^Jf cooCU' iix^i^s U/c /tUt /tcCtooClv llTJ OiXvo, but still they carry weight because they are written by a man who knows his job. BASTARDS OR DIRECTORS? I owe an apology to the readers of "filmindia" for calling upon some of them to join our film industry in a previous issue. I am afraid, some of our film studios are not yet ready to receive talent from good society. The other day I was given a shocking description of how a certain film director managed to get his leading lady star punished because the lady had refused to submit to the indecent proposals of the man. In a scene shot next day the lady had to be slapped on the face by another female artiste. It is said that this particular shot was retaken seven times by the director with the weight behind the slaps going up every time. Even the woman who had to hit was disgusted with her work. From the very first slap, the sound and the picture were declared correct every time and yet the director indulged in his inhuman vengeance till the bitter end by calling for a retake every time. That star has a damaged ear-drum today and a swollen blue face. It is high time that bastards like these must be stopped from continuing their nefarious practices by our film producers who stake their reputation on their studios and their products. There are several other sex-chasing third degree methods used by some of our directors on new girls. It is a pity that I have to report this but I hope, the exposure will prevent such shameful incidents in future. Producers have no right to invite new talent to their studios as long as they do not guarantee better working conditions. . RELIEF TO SMALL INDUSTRIALISTS Once again the Indian Film Industry is deeply indebted to the Fazalbhoy family. Many a pioneering enterprise in our film industry in the last twenty years is due to the enthusiasm and daring of Mr. M. A. Fazalbhoy who in the face of a precarious financial risk succeeded in introducing into the country the first reproducing machine, donated the only really first class technical institute in memory of his late father Mr. AbduUa Fazalbhoy, brought into the country R.C.A. recording and reproducing equipment and rendered many other small and big services which contributed to establish and stabilise our film industry. Industrialists like Fazalbhoys, because they work for personal profits, often miss the recognition due to their efforts which incidentally result in betterment of the industry. Profit is the goal of every business, but in securing it, good of the industry should not be lost sight of. And from this point of view the family of Fazalbhoys deserves the gratitude of our film industry. The latest Fazalbhoy enterprise, the Mercantile Finance Co. Ltd., is another worthy contribution to our film industry. The Mercantile Finance Co. was organized five years back and during that time this firm has helped the Indian film industry to the extent of over twenty six lakhs of rupees. The bankers' money, usually available to the other industries, has never been secured by the Indian Film Industry, partly because of the instability of the people employed in the industry and partly because of want of enterprise on the part of our trembling bankers who would rather let their money rust in the vaults than advance it for the betterment of the industry. Mr. M. A. Fazalbhoy. realizing the dire need of the industry and particularly of the small producers, distributors and exhibitors, who had to borrow money at exhorbitant and killing rates of intereist, concentrated all the resources of the Mercantile Finance Co. to give financial help to the Indian Film industrialists at ordinary banking interest. Already a good amount of relief has been given to the small-town exhibitors who are to-day in a position to buy machinery and other theatre equipment in small instalments, paying only a trifling overhead by way of Mr. M. A. FAZALBHOY a small interest. While we recognise the splendid services rendered by the Fazalbhoy family to the? Indian film industry in the past, we are particularly grateful for its present thought of the plight of our exhibitors. 7