FilmIndia (Dec 1937 - Apr 1938)

Howlers of the Month Mr. Chandulal Shah and Miss Gohar, two partners of Rani it : Movietone are reported to have 1 seen at a private trial "Kisan . Kanya" the first colour picture of J the Imperial. At the end the colour is reported to have left her face and settled on his. Success is always like that. It takes away the colour of some and makes others red with rage. They say that poor Khan Bahadur blushed and old Broacha lost the opportunity of recordina the same in Cine-Colour. Oh! these are just family tragedies of colour. * • # Talking of Broacha, I am reminded of his latest advertising idea of using the "forbidden apple" as a bait for his first colour picture. Had Adam known the use Broacha was going to make of the incident, the blighter would not have eaten the blooming apple, Eve or no Eve. Maya Bannerjee, Sagar star, is evidently becoming a popular hostess, the way I see Yakub's, Mehboob's and Kumar's cars being parked from day to day opposite her residence at Club Road, Byculla. It always pays rising artistes to become popular with their co-workers. It is no use hiding virtue beneath the apron of an old mother. If smiles can get smiles in return, why shouldn't a young girl smile at the world? * * * It is however a strange coincidence that all those cars can also be seen at young Pramilla's house off and on. Evidently Yakub, Mehboob and Kumar seem to be a friendly sort and believe seriously in their social obligations. What I can't understand is all of them going together. Anyway it is a good spirit of fellowship and must be encouraged. By the way, why not take old Chaturbhuj Doshi along someday. He must be feeling rather lonely. * * * Hafisji seems to be fond of the name 'Ratan' rather than of the person. He has gone out and brought in another Ratan whom the Delhi papers call the "Chhoti Ratan". As a woman Chhoti Ratan may be alright but how long will it take her to come within striking distance of the Big Ratan, the artiste? Between the two Ratans, poor Hafisji is certainly going to have plenty of excitement. I, for one, would not be in that position and as a close friend I wish Hafisji every luck. The man who should worry is the old Khan Bahadur and not you and me. * * * Old Chowdhary — once of Imperial but now almost forgotten— is trying to stage a come-back by aoing to Poona to direct a picture for Saraswati. Who said that Rose was not going with him? Of course, she is going, probably in advance. Don't be silly, I am worried about Dada Torney one of the few friends I really respect. * • • Rumours say that "Film City" will be shifted to the ' Ajanta studios in Parel. What a change over? Are they also taking Atorthy there? . * » i| By the way, Atorthy is seriously thinking of changing the title of his picture "The Educated Fool". Is it because people have spotted him so soon? Why not change it to "The Uneducated Fool"? Indeed, why not? It is all the same as long as the hero is a fool. * * . * Ex-director Nana Sarpotdar's "Guest House" in Poona threatens to become a 'duelling' ground for angry lovers if what we heard of a recent incident is true. It seems that hardly a fortnight back two love sick swains (one a producer and the other an actor) fired by their intensity of common love for a screen fire fly, who has now thrown herself into the embrace of a third man, came to grief. Following the natural evolution from words to blows, the bottles, always a handy accessory, were soon flying about in the air bumping against swollen heads and breaking them open. The row at last ended because people suspect that old Nana Sarpotdar gave his own ideas of love and love-making. I am sure that the very impotence of Nona's theories must have stopped the combatants in utter disgust for Nona's orthodox views. The humour, however, is in the news that the prize bird of the 'duel' was snug in the arms of 53