FilmIndia (1948)

ecember, 1948 FILM INDIA eta Nizam ■ makes a pleasant reappearance in "Karwat a social >lor> of Shree Copal Pictures. |l Tliat Chandulal proposes to charge Bs. 1000 per ur in future if lie i> (ailed upon to waste his brain, le and energ) on fools in tin manner. It i a wise :ision to store up enciuv at his age. That Chhotu Desai tried to shout at Chandulal and andulal had to shout him down and all llii shouting rt the constitutional soul of I Hai Bahadur) Chuni La 1 1 0 is used to cluh manners. Chuni Lall wondered why re was such a storm over Bahurao Patel who is "quite ecent fellow ". That "gentle" Jam.su kept his conscience and characintact h\ pursuing the vote of censure till the hitter 1. That way Jain>u is a reliahle man. .Note his conency in producing the same type of pictures from year ,'ear. That the great V. Shantaram. hrother of V. Kashih hrother of \. \vadhoot. did not attend the meeting oite of Chandulal's special invitation over the phone 1 his clever explanation of keeping "diplomatii ■" comty with Bahurao Patel. V. Shantaram is now a censor I he cannot mix with those censored. That by his "diplomatic"' absence V. Shantaram put other producers in their place and widened the gulf ween him and the others. Now these little "Bambies " producers can never catch up with the great V. Shan'im, brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot. That Chandulal described some producers as unteful doga who bark behind his back. In doing so he, however, insulted the entire dog world which is known for its loyalty. That of all the things one cannot insult the dog by identifying that loyal animal with a film producer. Chandulal ought to have called them monkeys with lighted tail^ Jai Hanuman ! That producers admired Chandulal's talent in showering abuse and epithets in English and quite a few of them took down the "words" to use them on their own directors. Why not ask Taimur for the old stock? The Banjit collection must be marvellous. That after the stormy meeting, eight producers phoned up Baburao Patel in the night and told him the abuses they had showered on him for "diplomatic" reasons. Baburao understands, of course. That of all people author Dew an Sharar himself is wondering how his picture "Bhool" was at all certified by the censors, seeing that he had made a mother out of a virgin. He should read the list of names of the members of the Censor Board. That V. Shantaram, brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot. has given a "clear warning" to our leaders and asked them to appoint a minister for films to control box-office hits like "Sindhoor", "Shehnai", "Dard ', "Jai Hanuman" etc., and perpetuate pictures like "Andhonki Duniya , "Banwasi" and "Bhool". That in "his" article, bearing of course his name, V. Shantaram, brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot, says that all present day films, except of course his own, are "cheap, sexy love stories which teach people to love others' wives and commit suicides". And Minister Morarji allows such films when one of his own pet censors condemns them. As tax-payer we must fine Morarji. at least four annas, for dereliction of duty. That V. Shantaram. brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot. doesn't say anything about taking virgins behind a bush and making them pregnant in motion pictures as shown in his own "Bhool". That, of course, is realism and not "an extremely repulsive and hideous thing of life" which V. Shantaram says must be avoided in films. That V. Shantaram, brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot. condemns magnification of parts ol the body as distortion of reality and yet the behinds of Shanta Bin and other maids were brought into magnificent focus in "Shakuntala ". How come? That according to V. Shantaram, brother of V. Kashinath brother of V. Avadhoot. "those who talk of free trade are just interested in money; they are apparently not worried about the demoralising and degrading influence of the Indian film on the mind of the people '. V. Shantaram of course is not interested in money, having made 30 lakhs in "Shakuntala", and stories of virgin motherhood do not degrade and demoralise people. That Chuni Lall has finally approved of Delhi as the right capital for India seeing that "my picture Shaheed" had a better run there than in Bombay. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru may now proceed with the further development of Delhi. That Chuni Lall had a bad rebuff when he went to the Khadi Bhandar to buy a Gandhi cap for "in case" occasions. They asked him for yarn in exchange for the 15