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Film india
August, 19
In Allied Art Productions' maiden picture "Gajre" Suraiya's youthful charms are displayed to their best advantage in her moments of repose.
by the same Government. The news has been despatched by Globe News Agency. Does this mean that the British Government can insult India and her people, now that their imperialistic reign is over, by sanctioning exhibition of a film which has been made bv a white man when Indians were slaves? Do not the British people know that India is now a Free country? Won't our Nehru Government take the necessary steps to stop these monkey tricks? It is high time that the white-man should know that we. Indians, care for our prestige just as they, if not more. ' KALYAN. K. P. Menon.
THAT IS THEIR "PROGRESS"
"Mythology provides good and varied entertainment. History as well. A story selected from recent or distant past and given shape on the screen after some twisting serves quite nicely. Though the story matters, it is art that carries weight.
"From the artistic point of view of such pictures, we see that our industry is going from bad to worse, out of the frying pan into the fire. The valued productions of the past such as "Savitri Satyavan". "Pukar", "Sikandar" etc. are no doubt of A-l class. Then in the middle period come pictures like "Veer Kunal'', "Ghandra Gupta", "Draupadi" and so many others. These producls
though no! up to the mark, were certainly reasonably entertaining. The rot does not stop here a ad we are given a better boring stuff and more headache in "Krishnar jun Yuddh"v "Maharana Pratap", "Tulsi Vrinda", "Samrat Ashok", together with hundreds of the kind.
"What is the reason of this downward tendency? The producers being led away by the mercenary mo
tives, and keeping before them ideal of money, money and mo money do not care for art. They sla der Art for the sake of moneil sacrifice the grain in the plad of chaff. They portray the grea personalities as no better than nil wits. Secondly they do not take par enough to give better and varied e tertainment. Lastly, I think, the have not got brains that are require for this kind of technical and di' cult task. If they say they have an if theyr have any honour for thei National Heroes and respect for th dead ones, may I appeal to thei good sense and honour ( if they hav any left I to stop this rot and pro duce something which may give th public a vivid and clear picture o their heroes and to stop this day light robbery." MEERUT. Vishnu Dat Tiwari
THEY DID NOT KNOW IT
"In Jamuna Productions' "Gaon" which I had the misfortune to se the other day at the local 'Nishs the producers betray an utter lack o understanding of the various plan of the Government for extrarnura industrialisation of India when theput forth arguments, fantastic o course, against the setting up o; mills and factories in villages. Th villagers are shown burning down the camps of those enterprising in
A gypsy dance ballet in "Chandralekha," Gemini Pictures' forthcoming production distributed by the Screens.
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