FilmIndia (1946)

SUBSCRIPTION RATESi The annual subscription, f< 12 Issues of "filmlndla", fro »ny month In INLAND FOREIGN: Rt. 2AIShillings 50, Subscription Is accepted only for a collective period of 12 months and not for a small period. Subscription money should be remitted only by Money Order or by Postal Order but not by cheques. V.P.P.s will not be sent. filmindia PROPRIETORS FILMINDIA PUBLICATIONS LTD. 55, SIR PHIROZESHAH MEHTA ROAD, FORT, BOMBAY Telephone: 26752 Editor: BAB U RAO PATEL Vol. XII. J ULY 1946 No. 7. ADVERTISEMENT RATESi The advertisement rates are as follows: Per Insertion Full Page Inside Rs. 400 Half Page Inside Ri. 210 $ Page Inside Ri. 120 4 Page Inside Rs. 150 2nd & 3rd Cover Rs. 4th Cover Rs. 1st Cover Rs. 1,000 The cost of the advertisement should be submitted In advance with the order. The advertisement will be subject to the terms and conditions of our usual 500 Vo 1/ou Want -0 A/atlon Of) Kotteu? Sushila Rani comes to the screen again in "Gvalan", written, produced and directed by Mr. Baburao patel. As a nation we are on the eve of freedom today. Whether, as a people, we deserve it or not must be left to the verdict of history. A single question is enough to justify our people's present claim for freedom. After all, who are the British to rule over us? That question can be answered in two ways: By condemning the British and their well-patented imperialism or by presenting our credentials for freedom in these fast-n.oving times. India's freedom is Britain's headache and the British people can rid themselves of it only by surrendering freedom to the ever-increasing thunder of 400 million people. If they can do so gracefully before the thunder breaks out into a deluge, which will sweep off the wily islanders, the British and the Indiana will still remain the best of friends. Because, of all the foreigners, the Indians know the British most and for people we know best we have both likes and dislikes. In the flush of freedom the generousto-a-fault Indians will forget the dislikes and hoard up the likes to forge a future good-will bank between two great nations. But whether freedom is given willingly or not, India will soon wrest it from the greedy hands of British imperialism, because no one can any longer deny to a fifth of the world's population their birthright to live in their own way. Freedom, however must be identified as a milestone of our maturity as a nation in the big family of world nations. As in every other country, we also have our various leaders who often give us contradictory designs for living. The conflict between their ideologies has sn far pushed us ahead on our journey towards freedom and at the same time nulled us back often. Freedom's journey has always been a hard course of jolts and jerks. And yet out of this natural conflict of ideologies will come creation one day. That creation will be freedom of 400 million slaves. Xo sooner we hang Freedom's Calendars in our homes, other people of the world will start watching our dates with them. Slaves can never keep dates and they have no need of Calendars. Bondage is a pathetic state in which Time has no meaning, no purpose nor glory. But it is not so with Freedom which makes Time a slave and turns its dates into so many opportunities. Our country is therefore on the brink of opportunities, great opportunities in all fields of human 3