FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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February, 194$ alone can restore to normal size. It turns dwarfs into giants and makes the wise look idiots. MESH CHANDRA ARORA (Agra) What in your opinion can be the best memorial of lapu? Forget him and consign him to our pantheon of gods instead of using and misusing his name to justify all the conflicts between the grain and the bullet. S. PILLAI (Naduruloulou, Fiji) Is it bad manners to sleep in the midst of a movie .Jirogramme? It is a blessing if you can do it. Does lipstick improve or impair the look of an ndian belle? // improves the appearance of the belle but spoils the laundry look of the mans kerchief. What possibly could be the highest tribute we 5 lindus can pay to the memory of Mr. Jinnah? Remember him night and day and watch for another. '. M. KANNAPAN (Trichinopoly) Is it possible for all Indians to speak one language nd embrace one religion? India will then cease to be a secular state and our present ministers would be unemployed. ). DORAISWAMY (Bellary) How should a newly married bride call her husand? She doesn't need to call him. It is difficult to keep him away in the early days. . K. FAZLUR RAHMAN (Rangalore) What happens when a lover kisses his beloved for le first time? The beloved starts believing him from that point onwards. "Low, lower and still lower". How do you like this aption for Rajkamal's trade mark? / may not like it but it describes Rajkamal's recent pictures pretty well. Why is Maulana Azad keeping himself out of the ews these days? These are bad days for the Muslims. Even the best of them realize that silence is golden. . D. SHAHANI (Bombay) How would vou like to play vour part in a game of >ve? Love is not a game, it is a race for life and I would like to be at the u inning post. . JYOTI PRAKASH (Rajuhmundry) Should India remain in the British Commonwealth? Yes! To prevent the British from helping Pakistan openly and precipitating a war between the two dominions. What do you think of Nargis's singing? // is music that flies from another's throat and perches on her lips. FILMINDIA R. A. RAO (Mangalore) Do you really believe that no theatres and palaces will be built for the next five years due to Government restrictions? / don't have to believe. I just see two palaces under construction right in front of my door and I wrote and told our Prime Minister about them. He graciously acknowledged the letter but the heavens seem to be pouring steel and cement through dark and moonlit nights and the palaces are throwing bigger shadows every day. JOHN MATHEWS (Bombay) How can a rich man be made to understand the real worth of poverty? Poverty has no north, it has only a woe which only the poor know. Did you find slums and beggars in America on your recent tour please? Plenty! The dollar land has its disgraceful side like any other country. I have seen the poor sleeping on pavements after being driven out of public gardens. hat is meant by a "big shot"? Manu Subedar! He got away with two palatial buildings — one of them a cinema we don't need. Why does the Communist Party of India speak ill of tiie Socialists? Politicians build their fame On the defamation of others. Gandhi ji tried to put scruples into fjeeta Bali gives a coy performance in "Nai Reel", a social slory produced by India Films Corporation. 27