FilmIndia (1945)

December, 1945 FILMINDI A plays the main role to give us a triple expression of his art. Can't you do the same ? Kishore is a genius, I am not. Besides Kishore is in good company with Shantaram and Barua. MRS. VEERBALA BISARYA (Bhopal) I am going to live in a world in which Vanmala will have a woman-like figure, Jayashrcc will have emotions and speak Hindustani as it should be, Shobhana will have more shape and less proportions and Nasecm an intelligent look. Do pay me a visit there. Will you ? I shall willingly come to this dreamland, not merely as a tourist or a visitor hut to pay you court for entertaining an impossible, though intelligent dream. ATIQ Z. KHAN (Calcutta) If love is "fire", marriage an "inferno" and divorce "salvation", what is second marriage ? Purgatorial expiation, I suppose. S. L. BANAWATH (Parel) Seeing the name of "Dhan Lakshmi" it seems that Pandit Indra is more after money than Art ? If Panditji could help it, he would have Lakshmi as a mistress in his home. MISS BIMLA CHATURVEDI (Delhi) What will happen to 'Filmistan' ii Rai Bahadur Chuni Lall in. mics a Japanese girl and goes away as Dcvika Rani went with a Russian ? Rai Bahadur is a good businessman and he is too old to play with 'love'. If he takes a Japanese girl it will be only for a light massage. SACHIDANAND K. ALLEPPEY (Benares) Can you define, "life without a wife"? "Strife without a knife". What is the law of Karma ? Not merely to woo but to do. M. ABDUL RASHID (Bangalore) Now that Shahu Modak has agreed to get play-back for his songs, who will sing for him, a woman or a man? This is a case of progress by compromise. M. D. PUTRAJ (Mysore) What is journalism to you: a pastime or a profession ? It is a bread-hunt. RAM DAYAL KHANNA (Benares) Is this industry going upward or downward ? Backward and forward. TARA NAGARAJ (Huliyar) What qualities must a picture have to be called a good one ? The same like 'Aspro' of curing a headache. H. S. VENKATA RAO (Mysore) Which plays a greater part in acting — intelligence or inspiration ? The director, who has neither. MADAN A. HANMATTEKAR (Bombay) I think our producers and directors are literally following the Churchillian phrase "We hold what we have", seeing that we see old faces like Prithvirai, Ishwarlal, Shahu Modak etc, very frequently on the screen instead of giving chances to those whose photos are being published in your esteemed magazine. What is your opinion ? Our producers and directors not only hold what they have but also hold what their fathers had. S. AURAMES (Madras) Mahatmaji says that he wishes to live for fifty years more. How long do you wish to continue ? What is fifty years to the old man ? Saints live even after death. I want to die a sinner. Give me a few crowded years. S. K. JATHAR (Poona) Is love to be looked upon as a blessing or a curse ? If it is the love of a good woman it is a blessing from heaven. If that of a mean and selfish woman, which is an improbability from a type like this, it is a fire of hell. MISS MEERA JOSHI (Lonavala) Can a broken heart be ever repaired ? Human heart is a brittle possession. Once broken, it is difficult to collect the pieces and join them up, because through the joints memories will express themselves in pathetic sighs and keep AdmirnbU ttvpUwvs Pure Qhee DELICIOUS &■ TASTY -HAND BRAND VEGETABLE PRODUCT DigasUble &■ Health Giving VEGETABLE PRODUCT DEPOT 14. Gujar Street, Bhenriy Bazar, Bombay 3. Tel. 42238. SOLE D/STR7BUTORS Ms. A.M.H. PATEL DHAN NUR, Sir Pherozsha Mehta Road, Near F/LM1NDIA Office Fort, BOMBAY. Tel.: 33422 DALDA DEPOT Laheri Manzil Sandhurst Road, Bhendy Bazar, Bombay 3. Tel: 42238 V