FilmIndia (1946)

FILMINDI A April, 1946 JQememlret ALMAS PICTURES 3c SURAIYA ZULFI (gojratwalm ( a new find ) IN bhrtrkti mninR a stunt thriller full of Comedy, Dances, Music and wonderful fighting superior than American fighting Directed by : SfiDIK NIZflMI. Assist. Director : S. P. DIXIT & SABIR Story: KULSUM BANOO B. A. Dialogues & Songs : SADIK LAKHNAVI Music: KHAN ASHRAF KHAN (a well known singer Production-in-charge : M. H. AZAMI °' '"'''*) Cameraman : M . R . B H A T T I Starrinz : SARDAR MANSOOR ft SAYAN I ft MANNAN & RAM RATAN (Ma-Baap fame) ft MAQBOOL (Laila Majnu fame) ft AMIRALI (Geet& Sanyasi fame) ft ARUNA AKHTAR ft AHMED DILAWAR ft SARWAR KUMARI & 6' tall first Indian dreadful Villain named "AMERICAN" Apply: ALMAS PICTURES, Saboo Sidick Building, 1st floor, Sandhurst Road, BOMBAY 4. Coming Attraction : JUNGLE MAIN MANGAL A Jungle thriller full of MAGIC 6 Stunts. tude in this matter, and to take immediate action either under Section 292, Indian Penal Code, or under Section 133, Criminal Procedure Code, read with Section 268 of the Indian Penal Code, in suitable cases." Section 133 of C. P. C. read with Section 268 of 1. P. C. refers to Public Nuisance which causes common injury, danger or annoyance to the public. The provisions of Section 292 of the Indian Penal Code are, however, more pointed for the present purpose: Sec. 292: "Whoever sells, lets to hire, distributes publicity exhibits, or in any manner puts into circulation, or for purposes of sa'e, hire, distribution, public exhibition, or circulation makes, produces or has in his possession any obscene book, pamphle', paper, drawing, painting and representation or figure cr any other obscene objecv whatsoever— etc. etc. — shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine, or with both." Three months rigorous is rather a light sentence for our lawless film peop'e, half of whom deserve to he hanged without a trial. We wou'd, however, like to see a dozen exhibitors doing these three months as quickly as possible, seeing the way they s'andcr even Virgin Mary to sell a motion picture. By the way, any member of the public can report to ihc Commissioner of Police any instance ol Exhibition of indecent posters and the authorities are bound to take action if the complaint is justified. "GUNGA DIN" AND JOGINDER SINGH Elsewhere in this issue we have pub'ished a report about military electrician Joginder Singh of Punjab undergoing a sentence of life transportation in the Lahore Central Jail for the patriotic offence of protesting when a foreign picture slandering India was being shown to the peop'e in Greece. It is reported that when "Gunga Din" that scandalous picture produced by R. K. O. Radio of America slandering Indians, was being shown at a cinema hall in Greece, Joginder Singh and few other Indians protested .to the British military authorities against the exhibition of this picture. His protest, however, Eel! on deal ears and Joginder Singh, who felt deeply about the picture, as even decent Indian would, visi.ed the cinema and tried to stop the show. A British guard, perhaps to maintain the inviolable prestige of the Union Jack, fired at our brave electrician but Joginder Singh taking a patriot's aim retaliated by firing at the guard and killing him on the spot. Patriot Joginder Singh was soon overpowered, court martialled and sentenced to death. Subsequently, however, the sentence was commuted to transportation for life. Now Patriot Joginder is in Lahore Centra' Jail wondering whether a Britisher, an American or a Russian would not have acted in a similar manner under similar circumstances. Patriot Joginder's case must become an item of account which the Indian National Congress wish to settle with the alien government. We can't afford to keep Patriot Joginder rotting in jail a'l his life because he killed a tommy in self-defence whilst upholding the honour of his country and his people. Can we ? The Congress leaders have valiantly defended ihc cause of the smallest I. N. A. soldier, then what about our young Joginder? Docs he not deserve their sympathy? 10