Write an essay for about 300 words on:Role of films in promotion of Freedom struggle.
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The freedom struggle that stretched across a century has been captured on camera by our filmmakers, some of whom had even participated in this struggle.
The film industry was particularly charged with patriotism during the struggle days. The filmmakers thought of new vistas and brought in a new vision that altogether changed the outlook, text and tenor of the Hindi cinema. A large number of films in the patriotic mode were made which made the audience/people realise that no price is too high to defend the honour of the country and safeguard it. The films inspired the youth of those days to join the armed forces or at least to serve the country in their own way.
During the shooting of Bombay Talkies’ “Kismet” (1943) starring Ashok Kumar and Mumtaz Shanti, the Quit India movement was at its peak. Kavi Pradeep wrote the lyrics of this film, the music of which was composed by Anil Biswas. Pradeep had strong nationalistic feelings. He came up with lyrics “Aaj Himalaya ki choti se hum ne yeh lalkara hai/Door hato ae duniya walo Hindustan hamara hai...” The song was passed by the Censor Board and it was only when they noticed the tremendous enthusiasm of the audience did the Censor Board realise they had blundered.
But they did not recall “Kismet” for recensoring. The underlying content of Kismet was nationalist and anti-British; not only did that escape the censors, it seems to have ensured that the public would greet the film with acclaim for that very dimension.