FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

AT HOME AND ABROAD "SHAHEED" BANNED ! Bombay, October 20. Filmistan's popular picture "Shaleed" starring Kamini Kaushal and )ilip Kumar has been banned by he Pakistan censors giving no parti:ular reason. "Shaheed" contains a tender love .tory against the background of the 942 Quit India movement but the 'akistanis having nothing in comnon with Indians now seem to have lisowned even the past. DISSOLVED IN TEARS! Hollywood, October 17. Shirley Temple will soon divorce ler actor-husband John Agar on rrounds of "mental cruelty". Shirley says she has already been "crying ibout it for the last two weeks". Shirley and John were married vith a lot of tom-toms and they have l daughter too but the one-time :avourite child star seems to be folowing the notorious Hollywood Dattern of divorce. Only two weeks' tears are now sjoing to dissolve a wedding bond. less tamasha: Dacca, October 15. In order to cut down the consump tion of electricity in Dacca, the District Magistrate has passed an order to the effect that all cinema houses must remain closed from 6-30 p.m. to 8-30 p.m. Consumers who fail to comply with this order will have their electric connections cut off. NOT A SET! Bombay, October 16. Film actress Geeta Bali was fined Rs. 45 for exceeding the speed limit and driving at 60 miles per hour. Geeta sat in her car and sent a 'representative' to answer a charge of overspeeding. But Presidency Magistrate H. G. Mahimtura said, "What does she think she is? Call her up!" Geeta went up two steps at a time and pleaded guilty. That was a real court, dear. DOUBLE FARE! Madras, November 1. It is reported that the Government of India insist that as all the other provinces have agreed to restrict the footage of films to 11.500 feet, the Government of Madras should also "fall in line in the interest of uniforrr.ilv"'. Even the unconventional Sardar Patel has to follow the routine of conventional partie in New Delhi. So he threw a party on the 17th October to meet the members of the Constituent As»embly — people whom he already knows; too well — and looked at their faces once again. Here is Rajkuniari Amrit Kaur, our Health Minister with a hungry look, pointing out at some one who has come to the party — probably uninvited, But then what will happen to Producer Vasan and his villagers who want nothing less than 20.000 feet? They will have to be shown two pictures for a single ticket. OH! SARAH! Sea Island, October 19. Miss Sarah Churchill, actress daughter of Winston Churchill, married Anthony Beauchamp on Wednesday the 19th October. Anthony is a British fashion photographer. Now that he has married an actress, he will have enough material in Sarah to keep his camera clicking. That is Socialism in Churchill's home. TAX OR FINE? Lucknow, October 18. For allowing five persons to see a cinema show without paying the entertainment tax, the manager and the proprietor of the Regal Cinema weie fined Rs. 500 each by the Additional City Magistrate under the Entertainment and Retting Tax Act. This evasion of tax was noticed by one of the senior entertainment tax inspectors. Tsn't it time that the inspectors nf the Government of Bombay caught some people for similar offences? Or are all people in Bombay so damn honest? SO WHAT? Hollywood. October 16. Hollywood comedian Victor Moore. 67. married a 22-vear-old girl. A friend argued the difference in asre thus: "What's wrong with that? When she is 100. he will be onlv 145." \ ictor. is however, in line with the South Indian. E. V. Ramaswamv Xaicker. 70. who recently married a 25 year old girl. WE MISS HIM. TOO! Poona, October 26. We regret to report the death of Colonel Amarnath Kashyap on Tuesday the 25th October from heart failure at his residence. 7 Lothian Road. Poona. Amar, as he was affectionately called, was the elder brother of Kamini Kaushal. At 36. he was quite hale and heartv and his sudden death shocked everyone. He was worried a lot in recent months in trying to smoothen the domestic problems of his star-sister, Kamini, 55