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FILMINDIA
In "Bandhan," they sing and singing they step into your heart. Leela Chitnis and Ashok Kumar draw crowds at Roxy.
run their own business. I am always prepared to give free publicity to N. T. pictures for the sake of my numerous readers. But New Theatres seem to care a damn for my readers. They do not want to tell us what pictures they are producing. Then why talk of photos and art plates?
B. Saxena (Kasganj)
I wish either to marry or to act with Vasanti. What should I do?
Now, make up your mind first. You can't do both.
I am very much interested in the film industry. Will you please tell me in which company there are vacancies?
September 1940
Sohrab Mody of Minerva Movietone, Sewri, Bombay, needs a hero. Had he had one he would not have given a role to Naval in "Bharosa". Sohrab helps every one, so you can safely apply to him.
Murthi Matam (Anantapur)
Scenes of drinking and smoking on the screen offend both imagination and sentiment. They look artificial and are quite disgusting. Why don't you with your paramount influence, lead a campaign against them?
Before I do that, they will ask me to stop drinking and smoking and I am not in a hurry to be a Mahatma. I shall leave the agitation to Ahmad Abbas — but even he smoked seven cigarettes when he saw "Andhi". And when he came out he looked as pale as when stepping out from a Chinese opium den. That picture made him a sinner, and since then he doesn't mind people doing things.
S. Abraham (Bombay)
Will Snehaprabha Pradhan go up the ladder of fame and beat the top liners?
Well, the girl can act a.nd she has brains and talent. But pictures need good-lookers and she is definitely not one. Her features are not at all photogenic. But Ahmad Abbas thinks that she has the same chances as Kanan Bala. And Kanan Bala is not much of a good-looker either. Well, if Pradhan goes up as high as Kanan Bala, she will have gone enough. But I doubt, unless a new producer like Kishore Sahu takes a personal interest in her future career. I have no faith in the old brigade. And yet, let us see what she does in the next Bombay Talkies' picturel
U. Abdul Gafoor (Bangalore)
Why did Mr. Najamul Hussein, the hero of "Jawaniki-Hawa" leave Bombay Talkies?
For the first time, the Indian screen gets an educational subject in this Naga dance picturised by National Studios. It will be released with "Sanskar" their next social picture.
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