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Salvi, playiag the title role in "Maharana Pratap", carries two swords but doesn't draw out even one, but threatens nevertheless.
ported and no one knows the cause of the fire yet. It is said that a number of foreign distributors have lost their copies as follows: United Artists 7, Universal 6. Warner 20. Twentieth-Century Fox 29 and R.K.O. quite a large number.
It is also said that the negative of "Jhumke", which was sent to Calcutta for making prints, has been completely burnt.
It is high time that the different provincial governments start taking drastic steps in the matter of storing films or one day our film producers will burn the whole country down and roast the people alive.
TIMELY WARNING
The workers of the Indian film •idustry have suddenly become
nscious of their ny;ht< and quite lightning strikes have been r< '! in different studios.
C -ix hundred workers of the Rani. Film Company went on a strike ii 'j. September because 200 wo] • wore given the walking-tick' ne good morning. The silver-haii centurion, Sardar
Chandulal Shah, left his race horses at Poona and rushed to town and after a lot of quibbling agreed to withdraw the walkingtickets. They say that he spends Rs. 15.000 every month in feeding horses which run for him and lose money.
During August, 500 workers of the Central Studios also went on strike demanding Clearness allowance. Theatre-magnate Keki Modi granted the allowance immediately and promised to consi
October, 1946
der other demands within a month. They say that Keki Modi is worth nearly a crore of rupees and also runs race-horses for fun.
Still another strike of the workers of the Famous Cine Laboratory, owned by Shiraz Ali Hakim, a movie-millionaire, was settled amicably by granting an increase in dearness allowance, thirty days' leave with pay, public holidays under Factory Act, free medical service and an equitable Provident Fund scheme.
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RATAN * NEK PARVIN * SHAM A ANMOL GHADI * NARGIS * GHUNGHAT HUM EK HAIN * MAHARANA PRATAP RANAK DEVI * KRISHNA LEELA
THE GRAMOPHONE COMPANY LIMITED COLUMBIA GRAPHOPHONE CO. LTD.
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