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FILMINDIA
December 193{>
Large collections are seen only on good pictures and one good picture is produced after nine bad ones. The law of averages beats the producers. Those producers who beat this law of averages are the ones who have made money. The rest are bankrupts or will be so very soon.
From: Y. K. Jain, B.A. (Meerut)
I aspire for cinema life. I aspire not for its girls or its high salaries, I aspire because I cannot resist my heart's desire to serve the noble art. My ambitions and my dreams of life are to serve this noble art.. My hobbies are acting, directing and story writing.
I sympathise with you.
From: K. Shiv Shankar (Nagpur)
A friend of mine said the other day that Mr. Baburao Pendharkar was dead. .Is it true ?
He won't die so quietly. That will be his final act and he will give a good performance. The industry should be grateful that he is still living. We do not wish to lose our best character-actor.
From: S. Singh (Poona)
Don't you think that Paul Muni is the greatest living actor in the world today ?
Yes, one of them, but there are others who are also great.
How many Indians are there in Hollywood working in the film industry '.'
About twenty. One ties turbans, one takes very small and insignificant parts, the third one is a sort of an adviser on Indian affairs and the remaining seventeen are coolies doing extra parts in association with monkeys when they want the "real Indian atmosphere". Most of these Indians are starving residents of Punjab and some come from Ceylon but probably all of them came as cooks for the different Indian restaurants in the States and stayed to work in Hollywood, drawn by its glamour. . •
From: Kamla Kapur (Simla)
Is Hedy Lamarr the most glamourous star in Hollywood '!
No, she is one of the several. But just at present she is very popular with the Hollywood folks.
From: H. S. Murthi (Shimoga)
Where is Padma Devi working now '.'
She is working in "Kum Kum the Dancer" being produced by Sagar Movietone and directed by Mr. Madhu Bose.
Haue you any hobbies ?
Yes, loafing round the world. Only I can't indulge in it oftener.
What are the real names of the following: Bibbo, Nadia, Madhuri and Sabita Devi ?
I know, Madhuri's is Beryl Claessen. About the other three I have never worried.
Will you print a tri-color photo of Shanta Apte ? Tri-colour photos are supplied by the producers.
I want to know the present activities of Shanta Apte ?
I wish I knew.
From: Shaik Ali (Nellore)
Yakoob the Sagar actor has taken to direction. Has he had any special training in this art or is he naturally gifted ?
All our directors are naturally gifted and become nature's gifts to the producers. Isn't it wonderful ? And who told you that direction in India is being taken as a serious art ? Don't kid yourself with such fancy ideas otherwise you will soon get the bad habit of comparing the Indian pictures with the Hollywood ones. Our producers can only survive if the audiences remain ignorant and our producers must live. Art may be sacrificed or the industry may die, who cares., as long as the producer lives. So, next time don't look a gift-horse in the mouth.
Guess who she is, filmindia in one hand and a stick ;n the other -No prizes offered.
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