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   JOYDEV MAJUMDAR MEDIA, LAW AND ETHICS  INTRODUCTION The cinematograph act, 1918 as it stands, is of mixed content, dealing with two separate matters, namely – (a) examination and certification of films as suitable for public exhibition and (b) regulation of cinemas including their licensing. In the Seventh schedule of the constitution, “sanctioning of cinematograph films for exhibition” has been included in entry 60 of union list and “cinemas, subject to the provision of Entry 60 of List I” in Entry 33 of the State List. The purpose of the present bill is to resolve the confusion by re-enacting the provisions of the Act1918, as amended in 1949. The cinematograph Act, 1952 has been passed to make provisions for certification of Cinematograph films for exhibition and for regulating exhibitions by means of cinematographs. This act was passed in Parliament on 21 st March, 1952. It consists of in total four parts which are further sub-divided into 18 s...

Theatre Street Journal Vol.2, No.1 27 March 2018 ISSN 2456-754X Page 123 BOOK REVIEW Introspecting the third dimension of Indian Theatre Joydev Majumdar Two Plays: Badal Sircar (Translated in English by Subhendu Sarkar);Hard cover, PP:165, Price : Rs. 350, ISBN : 0-19-806549-3, Publisher: Oxford University Press “The basic tool of trade of the art of theatre is the human body. It is the presence of the body that ultimately distinguishes theatre from cinema” said Badal Sircar in his book Third Theatre. The truthfulness of the above lines has dramatically been brought down in this book Two Plays.This unique book is broadly divided into 4 parts with few pages of picture in between. The front cover is a hard cover and carries the name of the book, name of the writer and the name of the plays. The front cover also carries a picture scene from a famous play of Badal Sircar “Hattamalar Opare” and the back cover carries a picture of another famous story named, “Khat Mat Kri...