FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

:uary, 1949 FILMINDIA i That both A] Nasir and Veena do need film contracts mr badly after their long holiday in Pakistan. The 4 snag is that the new baby will acquire the Indian Nnality if born in Bombay. That is putting Islam in ■;er all over again. ■That the ever charming Mumtaz Shanti, who is now 'ild old, has named her little "munna", Sikandar. gives Walli Saheb a right to produce Sikandar, the , without Prithviraj. ^That Producer Roop K. Shorey who learnt some uction tricks in Hollywood within a week is renorted 3 training Meena these days to make her the Rita vorth of India. That film actresses go to the race-course these days >se for snapshots in community groups to prove that are birds of same feather, in case people mistake for others. That film actress Kamini Kaushal takes her screen lo to the races and the horses shy and lose their . That's why we have been having so many flukes ■That some one mistook Kamini Kaushal for a fisherHin and wanted to know whether she had come to sell Br back horses. We congratulate Filmistan's Chuni Ion his clever idea of advertising "Nadiya-ke-par ". ■sket of live fish would have, however, added more tara looks sad and wistful in "Kamal", a social of Hind Kamal Pictures, directed by Mr. Suryakumar. That if attracting attention by looking odd and unusual in the public is the sole aim of our film actresses, we must admit that some of the film actresses succeed admirably in doing so on the race course. If they could only hear what people talk and think of our film industry! That Suraiya now wants to start her own production company and collect all the profits herself instead of making all the money for the different producers. Producers seem to have heard of these plans and they threaten to sign her up for the next thirty years, along with her granny. Because granny is a part of Suraiya's boxoffice. It seems to be a case of two negatives making one positive. That Director Nanda has become wise in shouting these days the way he exercises his lungs only on Durgabai, Jairaj, Singh and others leaving alone Suraiya and Madhu Bala. It seems to be a matter of more contracts! Or isn't it? That Suraiya doesn't eat even a chocolate on the sets for fear that her "chocolate charm" might fade away and instead eats "kabobs" made by granny. It is a precaution all little people take to prolong life. Nargis, however, doesn't care a damn whether it is chocolate or charcoal as long as it tastes sweet. That Manu, the magician, lost a great opportunity of opening his Liberty Cinema during Rajaji s visit to Bombay. That would have put the royal seal on that pile of cement and steel and made it legitimate. That a new "Ramayan" has been written recently by Mohanlal Dave and Vijoo Bhatt and now there is no further need of worshipping Ram and Sita as our deities because all their godliness has been squeezed out of the new version. That V. Shantaram brother of V. Kashinath in turn brother of V. Avadhoot is also going to give us a new version of Shiva's life after which Lord Shiva will look superduous in the Trinity. Why not put the three V's together and give us a new trinity? That after reading the January issue of "filmindia", Chandulal Shah refused to remain the president of the producers but because that would give undue importance to Baburao Patel the producers did not accept his resignation. Chandulal re-accepted the post after some "diplomatic" language. That Pandit Indra goes about like a wounded dog these days after reading the report of Chandulal Seth's performance before Minister Morarji. Panditji still maintains that his Seth spoke better Hindustani than the Minister. That's why Panditji is not given the dialogue work of Ran jit. He is still a court poet. That of all people Producer-director Kishore Sahu, the greatest Hindi author, critic and what not — of course according to himself — thinks that Minister Morarji gave a beautiful Hindustani oration and what that Ranjit chap spoke was all wrong. Now who is to decide between these two scholars? That Minister Morarji is now guilty of at least one "murder'' because of his "No Smoking" order in the cinemas. In Surat a door keeper was sent to heaven with the help of a knife because he took Lady Nicotine from the lips of a paramour. 15