FilmIndia (1948)

;ptember, 1948 FILMINDIA buna has a nice role to play in "Dhanwale", a social picture distributed by Ruby Pictures Ltd. That Bhavnani and Badami themselves have not yet jovered from the shock of their selection and Rungtas, I Marwari millionaires, are shaking them up every day ?that the construction of the new studios may be taken hand immediately. That whatever Prime Minister Jawaharlal Aehru <Jy say about cinemas and palaces, the Rungtas must get j si and cement to construct new studios for "Govern•jnt" work. That is the Sardar's wish and you can't t him because he has got heart trouble these days. That the Government is not supposed to know that re are at least ten studio tloors, good old constructions, ng idle in the city of Bombay — studios, some of which government had used once. The new popular goviment must, of course, have new studios belonging to v Marwari millionaires. That freedom has brought us a heavy heritage of rwari multi-millionaires who are putting their greedy te in all our industries including films and new spapers, this rate the Agarwals of Rajasthan threaten to be our tyural leaders. » That M. & T., (not mutton and tomato) but Makhtnlal and Tewari, are the new financiers and producers 'che film field. They have already produced six pictures (advertisements but nothing in celluloid yet. What a a shortage ! That M. & T., (not mutton and tomato) but Makh^nlal and Tewari, are strangely enough highly educatfolks but they can't see eye to eye at a film story and ir first film story is still being written, of course by jwdhary, since the last 12 months. That if every producer in the industry takes so murh time and care on his stories, we won't have any raw film shortage and there won't be any blackmarketing of raw stock. We must congratulate M. & T. (Makhkhanlal and Tewari. of course j for thus putting some social conscience in film work. The other Marwaris must follow their example. Chowdhary, of course, will help, though he is a bit busy these days. That talking of raw film shortage Chandulal Shah has suggested the formation of a morality club for film folks where sour-faced independent producers may assemble and praise Chandulal s sweet and sharp tongue and thus repent for their sins. That in suggesting a morality club for film folks, Chandulal Shah has betrayed a rare sense of humour — something we never suspected him of all these years. \^ hy not ask the "independents" to do some spinning in the club ? That while "independents" will be dumped in the morality club of the film producers. Chandulal and other >tudio owners will be busy using up all the raw stock and thus preach more morals through films. That at this rate we shall have another glimpse of Kam Rajya with film producers burning the incense of social morals and Minister Morarji Desai presiding as the modern Valmiki. That Keki Modi, the theatre multi-millionaire, who made millions despite the Excess Profits Tax, recently visited England to measure his nose length with that of Arthur Rank's. Rank's of course, ran out a few inches longer. That Keki's dream of becoming the Rank of India is steadily taking shape with "Baghdad-ka-Chor" in Hindi, picking Indian pockets wholesale. It is a tense moment between Dilip Kumar and Nalini Jayawant in "Dil ki Awaz" a social story of Ambica Films. 19