which depends a misshaped gold statues. Everyone 'delighted', 'very excited', 'honoured' and winning was just one big surprise even l1 the had been tipped off Everybody, just DCLOIC everybody, looked intense sincere but that comes after yeats of acting.
This year the Brits cashed with Ghandi which is a message for peace, love, and box office bonanza, and what bank could ask for more than that. Art cinema triumphed over reality.
Back i Doul Africa Ghandi's grandson Mewa Ramogobin is now in his 17th year of house arrest He is stuck out in the Indian township of Verulam where everv five vears ne gets his sentence renewed and there is no appeal. bit on getting those ment and explóitation of the people who discovered the American continent.
But why spoil all these nice peoples' evening by reminding them that the racism violence of white imperialism is more important than box office figures? Nobody asked the awkard question when Lev Corase slack what happened historical truth? Where did Subhas Chandrea Bose He was freedom ighter who broke with Ghandi and was pressed with British Emprie than the MahatNor, surprise, Ila. prise, does the film deal with Dr BR Ambedkar who was a leader of the untouchables. When the film deals with there is an absence of blacks. just might be because Ghandi started from, and never deviated from, the in that racist hell hole was to get a better position for Indians.
When Attenborough got attacked by SUllIC reviewers the young Indian film directors whc wanted to know why the Indian government but uc £4 million to finance a film made by a white man and did not gIve Indians The able quote the approval of Mrs Ghandi. He can even boast of being made a Padma Bhushan which the equivalent of British peerage. Getting Chandi colade trom. Mrs should be no surprise. She needs to seen asle natural heir of the Mahatma and she had no intention of her own directors making a film that showed she her cheated the Indian people of their rights.
Films Also the rake off from the Indian Films DevelopCorporation $4 million investment will go hands VELO Mrs Malti Tambividya the IFDC's managing director is not too worried about 'white only' premiers. She chuckled merrily: 'We will expect our share from the South African distribution.
In the of capitalism, be it run by whites, blacks or asians, the fast buck is more important than morals principals.
Ghandi's Oscars mean big rake offs Down Although the British cinema audience was down to 65 million last year this is not senaing snivers of apprehension down the spines of and his backers.
of TV movies US only for starters. those wet faces at the • Oscar don't get misled.
drinking. induced greed avarice. The film that got nominated for A happy Sir Richard but Mewa Ramogobin is less ecstatic by Jack Lemon) and his wife (Sissy
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big cars. Lots of toothpasty smiles. You can hear the dollar bills rustling and the producers' and directors' minds totting up the potential profit — or loss, both