1980-1989

Food for Work

This film highlights the benefits brought about by the Food for Work scheme. Such payment in kind (i.e. food grains) to the working people living in teeming poverty helped them get two meals a day. Food for Work was an effective employment scheme in rural areas, especially for the land-less, unemployed people.

Pankaj Mullick

Pankaj Mullick was a great popular music composer and singer of Bengal. In this film he talks about his musical journey. In 1925, Rabindranath Tagore heard of young man, who it was said sang one of his poems most beautifully. This led to a meeting at which Pankaj Mullick sang for Tagore.Mullick was one of the pioneers of music broadcasting in India.He held a music teaching programme on radio every Sunday for 45 years untill just before his death. Mullick who introduced KL Saigal to the radio, also composed music for a number of Bengali films produced by the New Theatres.

Jewel of Manipur (Part - I )

Manipur, which became a state of India in 1972, abounds in natural beauty in the north-eastern region. As mythology goes,God Nongpokingthou and Goddess Panthoibi created Manipur in their cosmic dance for the happiness of ancient tribes. This film has a panoramic view of life, culture of Manipur and various developments that have taken place since 1972.

Indo - Soviet Friendship

A film recording glimpses of the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi's visit to the USSR in 1982.

His

A family planning motivational quickie advising people tospace child births by using contraceptives.

Four Faces

An anti-alcoholism film presents a case history of four incorrigible alcoholics who create nothing but unhappiness for themselves and others. Drinking is destructive.

For Your Better Tomorrow ( Aane Wale Kalke Liye )

A film campaigning for savings, it narrates a story of Harish, a mill worker and a union leader who persuaded his fellow workers to save regularly every month through the Pay Role Saving Scheme.

Dr. Shivajirao Patwardhan

A biographical film on Dr. Shivarjirao Patwardhan who did aremarkable work for eradication of leprosy. Dr. Patwardhan wasborn in a Karnataka village on December 28, 1892. After obtaininga degree in Homeopathy, he went to Amravati (Maharashtra) in 1

Do Hi Bachhey

A family planning campaigner informs the public about various family planning measures available for both males and females.

Raja - Radha

A biographical on the well known Kuchipudi dancer-couple Raja and Radha Reddy from Andhra Pradesh, In this film they talk about their art, their trials and tribulations, their agonies and ecstasies’ and their hopes and aspirations. Raja and Radha Reddy have provided a new dimension to the traditional Kuchipudi dance.

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