The First Five-Year Plan is announced, with an outlay of Rs 2,069 crore. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee starts the Bhartiya Jan Sangh on 2nd October, an earlier version of the BJP, as the political wing of RSS. Film censorship becomes a central subject and a Central Censor Board with headquarters at Bombay starts functioning from January 15. The Film Federation of India is registered and starts functioning as the chief organisation and mouthpiece of the Indian film industry. Theatre Tax is levied in Bombay City, Mysore, Madras and other places. The report of the Film Enquiry Committee is published on October 10. The Film Federation of India is registered, and starts functioning as the mouthpiece of the Indian film industry. n A Motion Picture Academy is formed in Madras to give awards for cinematic excellence. The South Indian Motion Picture Studio Association is formed under the presidentship of S S Vasan. Deedar, starring Nargis, Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar and Nimmi is made. This four-cornered love story has the public lining up outside theatres. Going by its success, the producers try to recreate the magic by announcing Anarkali with Kamal Amrohi as the director. But despite the hype, the film fails to come out of the cans. The S K Patil Film Enquiry Committee, appointed in 1949, reports on all aspects of cinema, noting the shift from the studio system to independent enterpreneurship. It recommends state investment in production, setting up of a film finance corporation, a film institute and archives. The report is ignored for a decade. Anjali Devi and Adi Narayan Rao start the Anjali Pictures Studio. The weekly newspaper Screen is set up by the Indian Express Group. n Hum Log goes on to create history with the kind of response it generates. In fact, it is the first film after the war which brings the elite to the theatre. The power-packed performances by Balraj Sahni, Nutan, Shyama and Anwar Hussain are more than responsible for this. Gemini productions launches its first Hindi film Sansar, for which the songs are rendered by Lata and Hridaynath Mangeshkar. AVM brings Vyjayanthimala as the leading heroine in Bahaar. The Indo-Pakistan Trade Agreement is concluded between the Indian and Pakistani governments (February 1951), under which exposed films are placed under Open General License for trade between India and East Pakistan. An All India Cine Technician's Conference is held in Madras to discuss the problems of the industry and cine technicians. The success of Patala Bhairavi transforms Telegu cinema. P Subramanyam starts the Mryland Studio in Kerala.n The famous directors, Pudovkin and Cherkassov, tour India with a major Soviet film programme.
