FilmIndia (1948)

FILMINDIA The usual marital bed with Kcnuka Devi waiting in "Anyaya", directed by J. S. Cashyap. ready for exhibition in the city theatres, it should be the first duty of the Film Censor Board to ban it or delete the objectionable portions if that could be done. BOMBAY-10. Samuel Hannock. QUIET SHAME "Last night 1 had the misfortune of seeing "Khidki" at Subash Talkies. I can only say that I am ashamed of having seen the picture. There is no plot in it at all and the most disgraceful thing, I would say, is that the 'pujya' names of our National Leaders are interwoven in the cheap songs and dances." JUBBULPORE. C. N. Solanki. ASK JAWAHARLAL "Have you seen Madhok's latest hackneyed and rotten 'hit' — "Gaon" ? He calls it the first Indian socialist picture which is actually thoroughly reactionary and the old old boymeets-girl Leila Majnu stuff with so much of absurdity as to make the whole story impossible to believe. Without any logic and knowing the A. B.C. of socialism, he deprecates the idea of selling lands for the erection of factories and mills. "Not finding enough material to build up the whole plot he drags in our Father of the Nation in a most vulgar and shabby way. In between the scenes of a song, we are shown Mahatmaji addressing a gathering. 70 Does this not cheapen the sacred memory of that great soul? Is this how we exhibit to the world our great love and respect for him? Has any American or British or Russian producer ever dared to exhibit his national architects in such a cheap manner as it has been done with Gandhiji in this rotten picture?" KANPUR. Beni Madhav. SOME DAY PERHAPS ! "As a regular cinema-goer, 1 am struck by the singular absence of any newsreels on events in India when the foreign newsreels are regularly shown on the Indian screen. The film industry of India is neglecting a ■ ital aspect of newsreel film production when India is in the process of rapid evolution in all spheres. "It will be a healthy sign of development of the film industry if it organizes its own photo news organization throughout India or the Mini stry of Information. Government of India undertakes this task early with mass production of newsreels. "After the news, about one year ago. of the revival of the Information Films of India we have not heard any more about l hem." BHIWANI. Rajesh IS. Saxena. KHIDKI & CENSORS ! "Believe me, Mr. Patel, do believe me when I say that my blood boiled December, 194 when I witnessed "Khidki" directe by S. L. Santoshi. Rapes, kidnapping mixed with suggestive hip-shakin dances are the main items which coi stitute the plot of this fantastic stori The writer introduces two institutior under the respectable names of 'S; maj Sevak Sangh' and 'Kamla Kun which are supposed to be renderin some tangible help to the downlroc den humanity but in reality are n better than dens of sex-hungry ioai ers. "The male and female members o these "great cultural institutions are shown making love, winking a one another and indulging in severa vulgar antics. But the greatest shod comes when even the heads of thesi 1 institutions fall in love and give ex pression to their crude antics befon their members. I can definitely sa; that this picture lias been producer ' not only to slander the girls' institu tions but also to make a layman be lieve all sorts of rumours that art already in the air about the girls colleges and hostels. "The song no. 4 sung by girls ex [ar horts the boys to take vitality pills No. 10, so that they may be able tc ,e< fight lions and tigers — what does this i fCl "Really one wonders why the ten sors did not ban this picture coniple if tely." KASGANJ (U.P.) B.ChukravarM Recruit Kumaril Vatsyayana, R.C.om., of 21, Sir Hariram Goenka Street Calcutta 7, is 5'-5", has a good \oice knows Hindi and is working in ama tcur dramatics. Tl hi la k ioi i i m lir \" [ to lei 'ar kg 31