FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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December, 1949 FILM INDIA ivery new leader is a symbol of the hopes and frustraions of the people and a symptom of the change that is mminent in a nation's life. So is Gurujt Colwalkar, the iarasanghchalak of the R.S.S., who has been recently hrilling millions all over the country with his message of hope for the revival of Hindu culture and traditions. The Muslims have a right to object to the portrayal their religious legends on the screen. The Christians /on't let any producer show Christ on the screen. The hiddhists scream whenever the life of Lord Buddha is aimed for the screen but in a country essentially popuited by the Hindus, Hindu gods are mocked at in a isgusting manner and made the laughing stock of the orld. And all this at the hands of a few mercenary roducers, many of them Hindus, and with Hindu minisre in their power posts. Motion picture producers cannot understand the tnguage of persuasion, however sincere and well-meant, ut they can certainly understand the smallest letter of iw and we demand that our film producers should be opped by a law from producing pictures and presentig portrayals that bring into contempt the Hindu gods id heap ridicule on cur entire spiritual heritage. If the ministers of our secular state cannot protect jr altars from the vandalism of our film producers, it high time that the Hindus themselves rush to the reste of their cultural and spiritual heritage to save it om these demons of celluloid. Doesn't the Bhagvat-Gita give the Hindus this sanc3n in the following words of the Lord Himself: tttitit R E C O R DIM C .Sound engineers prefer Gevaert 61ms for the many advantages they offer. The major virtues are an extremely finegrain emulsion with a colour sensitivity restricted to blue and violet. Added to this advantage is die incorporation of a special dye which reduces irradiation to a negligible minimum. Consequently, these Gevaert alms possess a very high resolving power, registering the highest frequencies with the utmost accuracy. GEVAERT ST-2 is a film of full contrast, high speed, good resolving power and high transparency. It is ideal for registering by the "constant". GEVAERT ST-4 is a new finegrain sound-film for variable area recording. Very high contrast and about the same speed as ST-2. No background noise. sole DISTRIBUTORS ^ PATEL INDIA LTD. P.O. BOX 1448 P.O. BOX 9004 P.O. BOX 364 REGAL BLOC. BOMBAY CALCUTTA M A JR AS NE«V OcLHI s