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tober 1939
FILMINDIA
seeing Indian films. Why don't the producers nd some better stuff to this part of world?
Good pictures cost money. Ask your distributors and exhibitors to pay more and get better pictures.
rem: M. Ibrahim (Balebennur)
If war breaks out in India what will our proicers and artistes do?
Same es you or I will do — get under cover when the bombers come.
In the time of war what about our editor Mr. iburao Patel who is touring Europe?
Thank God I am leaving Europe and by the time you read this I will be in glamorous Hollywood where they shoot only with Cameras.
rom: K. Hiraman Singh (Bangalore)
Who is the better artiste between Leela Chitnis id Shobhana Samarth?
Leela Chitnis; and now don't argue, rom: M. G. Sastry (Ellore)
Is there any standard and reliable College in tdia where I can study Sound Engineering?
Yes. The Abdulla Fazelbhoy Technical Institute, c/o St. Xavier's College, Bombay 2.
rom: N. Basviah (Secunderabad)
Who can sing better, Sheela or Nasccm? Sheela.
rom: K. S. Setty (Tumkur)
Devika Rani acted in Karma, an English picture. Tiy not some of the American stars appear in Inan pictures?
Have patience. What do you think I am going to Hollywood for?
rem: N. Tenjarla (Narsoraopet)
Is "Kangan" of Bombay Talkies the first picture i which Mubarak, that polished actor of the Indian creen appears?
Yes. It is Bombay Talkies first picture and Mubarak's 100th.
rom: A. K. Ando (Bombay)
Would you please furnish me with the addresses f Deanna Durbin; Olivia De Haviland and Dorothy amour?
1. c/o New Universal. Culver City, California, .S.A.
2. c/o Warner Bros., Burbenk, California, U.S.A.
3. c/o Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, Los Ange!S U.S.A.
rom: K. R. Kisri (Cocanada)
What took Sabu to London Films! His luck.
Is Ram Bagai your Hollywood correspondent an n Indian? And what is he there?
Yes. He is an Indian like you and me. He is in Los Angeles studying film technique.
From: H. K. Lall Ranade (Assam) What is the caste of Chandramohan?
He is a fine artiste from UP.
Who is the greatest Director of India?
No one is the greatest. Shantaram and Nitin Bose are the greatest.
From: B. K. Desai (Nagpur)
Write a sentence about each of the following: — Gouri in "Tukaram"; Vasanti in "Tulsidas"; Chotu in "Unexpected"; Charlie in "The Kick"; Chandramohan in "Pukar."
1. A daughter of the Earth wedded to a son of
Heaven.
2. She sings her way to your Heart.
3. Jagat Mama — the mad mama of the mad World!
4. Charlie puts a Kick in to the Picture!
5. Without Chandramohan the Pukar would have
been a Pukar in Wildsrness.
Queen of Beauty — Empress Nur Jehan, played by lovely Naseem in Minerva's "Pukar".
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