FilmIndia (1946)

FILMINDIA May, 1946 impression that my favourite Director Shantaram was still the most out standing figure of our film industry hut to my utter disappointment, the picture was the average idiotic production, replete with the usual unimaginative "torrodu" lorrodil, torrol' with no sense of consistency in it. 1 still doubt very much if Shantaram is the same man who once gave us pictures like, 'Padosi' and 'Admi.' CAWNPORE. S. D. Shukla. PITY THE LORD "( )f numerous boring factors in many of the films of recent days, the worship of Lord Krishna stands as the most prominent. The moment I he hero or the heroine meets with some trouble, the director cuts short the speed of the drama by presenting an idol — never a be!autiful one — of Krishna before which the distressed person prays and kneels. Even in 'Phool', we see the same story repeated although the Muslim environments least permit such an occurrence. To crown this all. we often find a deep resemblance among the songs of this type. One is the copy of another in a different form. Boredom is precipitated when the form, the meter and the words too, come to resemble one another. Two songsone of 'Kismet' and the other of 'Manorama' — can be chosen as instances." ALLAHABAD. Shri Lall Shukla. STOLEN ALREADY "In American pictures we find many stories based on famous novels, but our Indian producers are running after historical and mythological pictures. Why don't they base their themes on our novels which can bring more realism and life to our screen?" CALCUTTA. Chand Kumari. AGREED "Shalimar's "Ghulami" is the latest addition to the long list of those pictures that fail because of their wrong cast. The picture has quite a pleasant story with pretty good music .ind yet it fails to entertain. "Masud Parvez who is not only an.icmu hut effeminate and ugly has **-en given the role of thc hero. Similarly the age-worn Rcnuka. whese face has never attracted so far is thrust into the picture as the young heroine of 18. What a wail! With these two ugly ducklings in the top roles, one finds it rather difficult to be entertained, however interesting the story." SIALKOT K. P. Paul Singh. TIME LONG AGO "We have heard a lot recently about the plans for the better films, but nothing seems to have been done for the improvement of conditions under which patrons will see them. The condition of the local theatres, generally speaking, is not much to write home about. The projection is often very bad, seats dilapidated and sanitary conditions leave much to be desired. Admitted, present conditions will not allow for much repair, but conditions in general could greatly be improved by the exhibitors. Surely it is time the patron was entitled to a little more comfort, so that a visit to a cinema is pleasure instead of something to be just endured. RAWALPINDI G. G. Ray PHONE 22 2 3 B: 353 KALBADEVI ROAD, BOMBAY. 64