FilmIndia (1948)

•ecember, 1948 4 "Hardly was this letter received by the studio office, when it was brought to our knowledge that some producers who had entered the industry later than us had been granted quota of raw materials by the Kodak. We were naturally deeply shocked and called upon their office and the treatment that was accorded to us was an experience of our life. "We were not only told unceremoniously that no raw material could be given to us in near future. 1 1 but we were also chastised for having signed our contract in Kali Films, instead of a certain other 0 1 studio, where we were told, there never was any scarcity of raw films. And in the end we were sum 8 1 marily disposed with the vague promise that our case would be considered in due time. "When that "due time" will come, nobody knows. But we are sure it will come sooner than the Kodak people suppose it to, and we are glad that when that "due time" comes not only for us. but for all other new independent producers, we shall consider you to be one of those who raised their voices at the proper time for the advent of that day." This letter provides very sad reading, indeed. The odak (India) Ltd. is the one firm that stood by us uring the war years of terrific shortage in raw films, omehow we have always identified the progress of our |lm industry with the willing co-operation <>l the Kodak lanagement. The present state of affairs is therefore a greater lock to us than to many others. We, however, hope I tat the Kodak, the firm with its enviable international tputation, will accept all our comments in good spirit » id reorganize its sales policy in such a manner as to be I'lpful to our indigenous film industry. The Kodak people are in this country for business id they can certainly do more business with politeness an otherwise. DU'LL HARDLY BELIEVE— That another good Muslim, Shiraz All Hakim. i> anted in Pakistan by declaring him an insolvent in (*idia. In the Carden of Allah all are solvents and equal the eyes of Allah except of course the Hindus. That since peace of mind is all that a man prays -r, Shiraz Ali Hakim will have plenty of it in the largest lamic state in the world. Inshallah! That Pradeep, the man who once wrote songs for hers, seems to have forgotten the art when it came t<> s own picture, in spite of the rather rude reminder his lancier recently gave him between Malad and Goregaon. •obably the name of the picture, "Girls School", soundtoo childish for the romantic writer. That Suganchand Tapadia, an Akola Congressman th a jail certificate, could not believe that the Congress nistcrs were in power seeing that his "Jugnu" warned by the Government so unceremoniously. That Suganchand. the white-capped Congressman, esn't seem to mind how he makes money seeing thai 1 wants to pick it from "Jugnu", a filthy slander on r college life. Doesn't the white dress stand for white eds any more? FILMINDI A That since the ban on "Jugnu", Baburao Patel has had a bad relapse of his old illness. And people say curses don't affect. They have not heard what the producers spit out. That strange as it may seem, Editor Patel accompanied Sardar Chandulal Shah, the IMPPA president, on a two-men deputation to Home Minister Morarji Desai to clarify censorship problems. The Minister was, however, the most surprised man of the day to see Chandulal and Baburao Patel together. He didn't know that Chandulal and Baburao are old chums. That what surprised Minister Morarji, angered the members of the IMPPA who held a rowdy meeting on the 15th November presumably to pass a vote of censure against their own president, Chandulal Shah, for his unholy crime of going with Baburao Patel to the Home Minister. That this meeting of censure was turned into a meeting of renewed confidence in the President by the shrewd and intelligent Chandulal Shah who thus proved our old suspicion that there are a number of fools in the IMPPA making a mess of our film industry. That those who had come to scoff at Chandulal Shah remained to praise him even after Chandulal had roundlv and squarely abused quite a few for back-biting and sneaking. All this proves how one intellectual man can dissolve the backbone of quite a large number of fools. Shashikala makes a good impression in "Girls' School", a social story of Lokmanya Productions, directed by Amiya Cliakravarty. 13