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January , 1946
FILMIND1A
Lauren Bacall is the other atom bomb discovered by America. Watch her bursting in "Confidential Agent", a Warner picture.
the jingling cavalry of the medieval times than in the atomic bomb. Our films smack of lassitude and lethargy which are so characteristic of the Indian life. May be it is due to the climate or may be because we hate to be speed-ridden. You may writhe in agony or choke yourself with impatience but the picture won't move because it has no reason to.
"Films like 'Shakuntala' and 'Kadambari' with such tremendous dramatic possibilities failed to impress because of this blunt refusal to move. Movement implies breathlessness, suspense and an emotional grip. And a picture which fails to provide these, no matter what other qualities it might
have is bound to prove a drab affair. What could make our films shed their langour and move at a break-neck speed? Will a general whipping of the producers be of any help?"
RAWALPINDI. Surrinder Singh Sarna.
A SADIST! EH?
"Men are generally adored for their virtues; but I admire you most for your one weakness and that is your egoism. After the hard and unrecognized toil of the day "filmindia" affords me at least a few moments when I can freely indu'ge (vicariously of course) in the elevating pleasures of this last infirmity of a noble mind."
HYDERABAD (Dn.)
Ghulam Yazdani.
HAVE PATIENCE
"The I.F.I, short "India of Tomorrow" was shown very recently in the city. The producers of this film clearly visualize India of tomorrow, which wi'l be very much like the Western countries, srmuch progress it will make within such a short time. They tantalize the dumb teeming millions of this unfortunate country by parading various channels of progress and prosperi'v, shortly to be opened. The film is like a beautiful and glorious dream. Rut one Question springs to my mind whether this dream will turn out true, would to Cod, it be so. To be visionary is not at all condemnable but it is stranee to see visions of evervthing (in this country) but of the inalienable right of man — freedom that is not granted to us. It is detrimental to the cause of the down-trodden, povertystricken peoples' primary urge for freedom."
NAGPUR.
M. A. Karim.
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"The Hindi Pictures usually reach here in their second or third year. Previously T was unab'e to know whether the films were rea'lv worth seeing. But a few months before I became a regular subscriber of "filmindia" and beean to read your reviews. Now I find my opinions entirely coincide with vours. So an ex
Para has a good figure for the screen and it is used with purpose in "Rakhwalla", the next picture of Protima Das Gupta.
j^nse of two rupees a month makes me a gainer of about five to seven rupees. So, my dear Editor, I shower hundreds and hundreds of 'thanks' upon you." TRICHUR. N. M. Kuruppath.
IN THE "CITY" OF AN IMMORTAL GRAVE
"Agra has four cinema houses but excepting one, the Jaswant, none of the others observe punctuality of time in starting their shows. For them the time to start a show is when their halls become sufficiently crowded no matter whether the cinema goers have to wait an hour or more than their
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