FilmIndia (Dec 1937 - Apr 1938)
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VOL. 4 No. 9
FILMINDIA
think about them you can read in the December issue of "filmindia".
Will you agree with me if I call "Devdas" the greatest production of India?
One of the greatest, if you please.
What is the remedy if N. T. pictures contain the Bengali atmosphere and Prabhat the Marathi one?
You can't help this. Both of them have provincial traditions and in a way "both of them are incorrigible.
From: Y.K.K.M. (Bombay).
From the view point of chastity is there not some difference between a film actress and any other family girl not engaged in that art?
Looking at this matter theoretically there ought not to be a difference between the two as physically both are women. However the woman who works in a film industry has more chances of meeting men, but at the same time equal chances to know these men as to exactly what they are. Due to this element the sex instinct in a woman working in the film industry is comparatively more dormant than in the other women whom we find in the household. It is a debatable question whether the women of the household would remain as chaste as their sisters in the film industry given the same temptations and opportunities with different men. Leaving the black-sheep out on both sides there is enough compliment of chaste women in the film industry. I personally think that unsurmountable walls of customs, habits, and traditions are in a large way responsible for the chastity of the women in the household which, all of course, doesn't mean, that our women have no innate instinct of chastity.
From: A.G. (Calcutta).
Is there any Association in India which gives prizes to the best actors and actresses for their performances?
There is no official body doing this job in an authoritative way, though private institutions like the Gohar Gold Medal Committee and the Habibullah Committee in Hyderabad give their own medals which are only worth their weight of the gold they give. I doubt whether these medals confer any further distinction on the recipients beyond the possibility of relieving them from the financial embarrassment temporarily.
Who is the best and well known cinema critic in India?
Write to Mr. Chandulal Shah of Ran jit and he will tell you, or read "Sunday Standard" of the 2nd January 1938.
From: M.H.H. (Nagpur).
I want the autograph photo of several favourite stars of mine, but I am very shy to write to them, for fear that they would not reply? I have a very sensitive nature, and I am wounded very soon. Besides I don't want to spoil the sweet impressions I have formed about them.
I have the same nature as you have, and I am also very sensitive and get quickly hurt if a girl refuses me a favour. More so if she happens to be a young girl. But you seem to be going one better as you actually get "wounded". I would advise you not to write to these girls if you are anxious to maintain those "sweet impressions". Remember all that glitters is not gold.
From: K.V.R. (Mangalore).
I earnestly wish to see you two people — Mr. D. K. Parker and yourself, for which you may invite me direct to Bombay.
Please let me know who is paying your railway fare. If you are. I have not the least objection to invite you. But if you are not, you had better remain in Mangalore.
From: C.R.R. (Nellore).
Who is Nadia? Why do Wadia Bros, take her up in every picture they produce? Can't they get other good and charming girls?
Nadia is a foreign girl. People suspect her of having come from some circus. As long as Wadia's think that Nadia is beautiful, it does not matter much to us. I personally think that in all the jungle pictures that Wadia has produced, Nadia as a suitable heroine. A more charming girl, as you require, would not fit in with the jungle.
From: K.M.K. (Hyderabad).
Whom do you find reduced nowadays: — Uma, Gohar, Gulab, or Indubala?
I am not an insurance agent to know their exact weights. From the looks of them, I think they are fast competing with one another in growing. You can judge for yourself when they fill up the screen in their next pictures.
From: A.V.S. (Masulipatam).
Is Mr. Chandulal Shah going to star Gohar in his future films?
Of course, what else can he do! Especially after seeing the stuff that Chaturbhuj Doshi brought from Calcutta.
From: D. S. (Indore).
In "Premveer" a Huns picture, Ashalata does not sing at all. What is the idea in misguiding the people?
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