FilmIndia (1946)

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May, 1946 FILMINDIA c) "The tremendous welcome that the Congress Medical Mission received in China — clearly demonstrated the representative character of the Indian National Congress as the real spokesman of the Indian people ... five doctors sent by the Congress — by Gandhi and Nehru — were accepted and treated as ambassadors of the Indian nation." (Page 12). d) "On behalf of the Congress Mrs. Sarojini Naidu herself was present to wish them bon voyage (at the Ballard Pier) along with Mr. and Mrs. Hutheesingh and S. A. Brelvi, Editor of 'The Bombay Chronicle' (Page 19). e) "Describing the feasting and toasting given to the Mission Dr. Basu says: "After all, it was not the individuals — Atal, Cholkar, Mukherji, Basu and Kotnis — who were being honoured but the organisation they represented — the Indian National Congress". (Page 25). f) "Putting on their military doctors' uniforms — regulation khaki except for the distinctive white Gandhi caps — the doctors went round the city " (Page 28). g) Describing the urgent need for doctors at Canton, Dr. Basu communicates: "The sight of the few Chinese doctors feverishly working night and day to cope with the thousands ol wounded men, women and children lying in the wards, the verandahs, even in the courtyard, gave the Indians some idea of the desperate urgency with which China needed doctors and medical supplies." (Page 33). h) Dr. Basu mentions a group of little children (between 7 and 15 who had walked 6000 miles round the country seeking safety, going to meet, the Indian doctors and thanking the Indian people for their gracious gesture towards China (Page 39). i) Describing the sad plight of some soldiers, Dr. Basu narrates : Hunger and pain had driven at least some of them crazy and they stopped the ambulance truck (of the Indian doctors) at the point of gun demanding food and transportation. But when they knew the identity of the occupants they were apologetic and remorseful, almost reduced to tears. It was a pitiable sight and one of the most heartrending experiences the Indian Mission had in China (Page 42). j) "Comrades! I give you the toast of the Independence of India." This is how one of the most remarkable banquets (at Hankow) began." (Page 47). NEHRU'S GRAMOPHONE k) Near the Ichang airfield, with bombs falling nearby, the members of the Mission, discovered in an oddsized box, from among their boxes of medicines, a gramophone with a chit bearing a familiar signature. "It was a present from Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru who had sent it specially from England all through the night they remained awake, playing the records over and over again, deeply touched by Nehru's generosity and foresight." (Page 60). 1) Abbas says that the Elder Kotnis (the doctor's father) was a clerk in a mill at Sholapur. For years he had paid for the expensive education of his son by incurring increasingly heavy debts, hoping that after gradua tion, the son would set up practice and repay the debts. When the son decided to go to China, the father didn't stop him but gave him his blessing. Atter the son's departure, the financial pressure having become unbearable, the poor old man committed suicide. (Page 73). m) When Dr. Kotnis heard of his father's death and when his compa THE BIG LINE-UP FOR 19 4 6-47 ( II ) NAVYUG'S DOMESTIC COMEDY SHIKAYAT Starring : SNEHPRABHA SHYAM, RAMA SHU KAL THE ROMANTIC STORY OF A GIRL BEHIND THE FOUR WALLS I 7vG ""In. /LA """ Direction : V E D I Story : SHAHID LATIF Music : RASHID ATRA Songs : NAKSHAB NOW READY FOR RELEASE no. s Starring GEETA NIZAMI, SHYAM, K. N. SINGH, SAROJ BORKAR, KESARI, DAR KASHMIRI, RANDHIR, RAJ BISHWAS CJjjsiribu iors PEERIiESS PICTURES 116, CHARNI ROAD, BOMBAY 4. 43