Filmindia (1941)

FILMINDIA January 1941 Lalchand R. Chawla (Shikarpur) Almost every picture of New Theatres nowadays is a failure. What should they do to enhance their reputation? They should approach their work with greater sincerity of purpose with a desire to do better every day and not draw further on their old reputation which does not exist to-day. Abid Abbas (Muttra) I hate you intensely but I love to read "filmindia" over and over again. What is the reason? You are a sick man. You have got that epidemic called "filminditis" which prevails all -over India — in schools, colleges, clubs, homes and libraries. The disease is generally jound in adults, both male and female, between 16 and 25 years of age. But cases have also been found am-ong persons under 16 and over 25. While several rare cases have been recorded of persons over 50 being severely attacked by the colourful complications. The disease is infectious and is accidentally transferred from one person to another. It results Khursheed, charming as ever, attracts attention in "Pardesi" a Ranjit picture by Chaturbhuj Doshi. in palpitation of the heart, dilation of the pupils at the colour complications, acceleration of the brain cells resulting in day and night dreams, highblaod pressure due to a peculiar type of a melancholia and a constant desire to imitate and look smart. The male patieiit often carries a blank, dreamy look in his eyes which brighten only when he meets a similarly suffering female or sees on the screen the parent germ of the disease. The cure lies in acquiring immunity by constant companionship with the disease, which, by the way, is also considered a fashionable malady of the the day. Md. Rafique (Bhagalpur) Daily at night, when I am sleeping, Kanan Bala comes and sympathizes with me. Please ask her not to be so kind to me. Asked and she says she won't in future now that she is married. I will come and soothe you now. B. Ram Prasad (Durban) How is that Ashok Kumar, the dull man of the screen, has not improved in acting after being with Bombay Talkies for so many years? His lazy acting makes me lazy and then makes me sleep. Which means that Ashok Kumar has a definite place in films. But don't worry, in the next picture written by Ahmed Abbas for Bombay Talkies, Abbas says that Ashvk surprises even him, which, by the way, is not much but still is better than before. Miss Leela Priyadarsini (Bellary) Has any picture been produced to promote communal harmony? Yes, "Padosi" of Prabhat is the most purposeful picture in this respect. S, K. Supekijr (Mysore) Mrs. Snehaprabha Sahu has been called a "manproof" girl in a film magazine. What is a "man-proof girl? From the very fact that Snehaprabha is a married girl, she is not so much "man-prcK)f" as stated by the film magazine. Snehaprabha is too charming and feminine to be man-proof. If by "man-prcrof" the writer means a girl not susceptible to the attractions of a man, then in my opinion she is not much of a girl. There is no particular ummanliness in a girl resisting a man inspite of herself. It is natural that every girl should meet her own mate some day and when a girl tries to become "man-proof" she denies nature its primary privilege. Shaik Alii (Nellore) Is it true that Hafisjee, the director of "Ghazi Salahuddin" has married Ratan Bai, the heroine of the picture? He says so whenever friends get him in a corner. 18