FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

bruary, 1949 mora ma plays the lead in "Laehhi", a social theme of Kuldip Pictures. it our people are losing veneration for our ancient ars of worship, the great Shantaram classifies even his ukaram", the social story of a modern saint, as a my)logical subject and claims to have done full justice to : mythological characters presented in "Tukaram". antaram. of course, is not expected to know the correct :aning of the word "mythology" and that is how karam seems to have acquired a mythological status. While Baburao Pai of Famous Pictures describes ; ministers of the Madras Government as "the modern jnterparts of Mahomed of Gazni"' and "idol breakers the screen", he questions the right of the Government step outside the mandate of the electorate and stop the m people from producing their own versions of Hindu ds. Baburao Pai >eems to labour under the delusion it the film producers have voted the different Congress nistries into power. But what amuses us most is that these two film procers. Shantaram and Pai. are wiser than the Rt. Hon. . M. H. Jayakar. M.A..LL.B..L.L.D..D.C.L. Bar-at law. ivy Councillor. Why the hell did Dr. Jayakar spend that time getting those degrees if these little film procers can be wiser than him? >L*LL HARDLY BELIEVE— That according to Actress Kamini Kaushal you can t "heaven" into your "heaven-made" marriage by arying ways of making love". Why not open a class d teach us some of these "ways", and thus give us a tie taste of heaven too? That Actress Kamini Kaushal says that this method putting heaven into marriage is hard and "not for the lallow and the ignorant". We admit her being very FILMINDIA "deep and enlightened" but then how do the "shallow and ignorant" get heaven? That Actress Begum Para regrets that though princes and college students have tried to woo her, they did not put any warmth in their wooing and it all proved in vain. That's a hint to our romantic boys. Next time they should carry the burning torch in their hand in the Olympiad manner and then Para won t complain of want of warmth. That film actress Protima Das Gupta fancies a world of women without men in which there will be no prostitution. How will the prostitutes live then? That in Actress Protima s world of women "there will be no infection". That means there will be no injection either. How will those women cure rheumatism in the legs and sciatica in the hips? I am all worried about these ladies. That wherever film actress Snehaprabha goes only Chinamen seem to fall in love with her. Even the Chinese waiters give her a free meal saying: "We likee you very much". That s because of Snehaprabha's funny nose. It probably looks Chinese. How unfortunate! That according to our long-nosed actress Veera, her husband pays a compliment to her sex and to her in person by defending womanhood. Why drag the entire womanhood to justify one woman? That according to our long-nosed actress Veera, her husband can make the woman he loves feel just like a queen. But queens are not known for any traditions in womanhood. Is that why Yeeraswamy's previous queen went to Pakistan? That according to our long-nosed actress Veera, her husband is "a man who refuses to be bored". He needs that divine patience now after Xeena's departure, even though Islam gives four chances all at once. That Kehana. the window-woman from "Khidki", feels rather uncomfortable with our little Yashodhara Kathju in the same picture. Educated girls should make it a little easier for our Rehanas of the screen. That while our politicians were busy stopping the shooting war between Pakistan and India on the eve of the New \ear, Actor Rehman started another one with Kuldip Singh at the Ritz in Bombay. That means more work to the l .X.O. That many Muslims in India still emphasize their loyalty to the State in this strange manner and create plenty of goodwill for their fellowmen. That Protima Das Gupta has been completely outclassed these days by the light-eyed iSigar Sultana who also wears slacks and goes one better by lending the masculine gender to her speech. That the one place which Protima Dasgupta failed to storm was Minister Morarji's office in spite of the "Sadhu" banning "Jharna" for misrepresenting village life. The slacks probably gave the minister a wrong impression. That after her shortly expected baby, Veena will be once again on the screen to earn a new living as the old one is in the safe custody of her affectionate brother. Al Nasir will also be signed up to prove his loyalty as the husband. 13