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February 1939
FILMINDI A
From: Ghafoor Ahmed (Banda).
I want to know something about Wadia Movietone?
There is not much to know in this company. They produce pictures which in utter modesty they label as "stunt" pictures. Even Nadia getting down a staircase is expected to be taken as a "stunt". See the "Flying Ranee" and you will know both the past and the future of Wadia's.
From: B. K. Chaudhury (Cawnpore).
Which of the following pictures contributed towards film technique and art this year: "Dharatinata", "My Son", "Adhikar", "Jailor", "Baghban", 'Industrial India", "Asha", "Poornima", "Brahma•hari" and "We Three".
"Adhikar" proved a high water mark in film craft. "Brahmachari" proved that film comedies if correctly produced could be big successes. "Dharati Mata" pointed out that even classic subjects could be considered for film production. "Baghban" proved by its huge success, that luck plays a great part in film production. "Jailor" provided Sohrab Mody with an excuse to tour the Punjab. "Industrial India" provoked the thought that film producers can think of moulding public opinion to develop our industries. "Asha" pro
vided an object lesson to those who have money but lack experience in production. "Poornima" proved that dogs and horses were not absolutely necessary to make a picture a success. "My Son" brought home the fact to us that even Prabhat can sometimes produce weak pictures.
A Lahore magazine called "Adhikar" 'good', and "Jailor" 'very good', while you call "Adhikar" very good. How do you explain this?
What do you think of it yourself? If you think "Adhikar" to be very good, you have only to follow "filmindia" for your future guidance. Don't believe these Lahore papers — they are sentimental and affectionate. When they praise they believe in extremes. Sohrab Mody must have been 'very good' to the man who called "Jailor" 'very good'. There is another way of being 'very good'. It begins with a two page advertisement.
From: C. S. Reddy (Kurnool).
Who is Leela Chitnis and what is her screen career?
Leela Chitnis is a young Bene-Israel girl. Till a year back she was a married woman with children. The children she has still got, but the husband is divorced. She is one of our few good
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