Filmindia (1941)

September 1941 FILMINDIA Adam Rahaman (Durban) Who is this Romola of Calcutta who has made such a big name on the screen? She is a Jew girl from Calcutta, in her thirtees probably. Her name is Raechel Cohen and now she has made a greater name in "Khazanchi". I. A. Alvi (Fyzabad) Are the film stars justified in getting married after they enter the film world? Marriage requires no justification. It is a consent decree which binds both the parties with no triumph for either. Ramesh Chandra Dutt (Fyzabad) Film fans think Snehaprabha Pradhan's age to be near about 20. Is that right? Height and size hardly provide an index to age. 1 think Snehaprabha should be well over thirty, but I may be wrong. In these small-sized women, it is difficult to tell the age. Is Snehaprabha younger than Khursheed? Of course not. In comparison with Snehaprabha, Khursheed looks like a bud that blossomed a little too soon. B. Ganesh Rao (Secunderabad) I want Mr. Motilal's home address? Motilal Rajvansh, 138 Walkeshwar Road, Malabar Hill, Bombay. Lala R. C. (Quetta) Why can't Director Chaturbhuj Doshi of Ran jit produce successful tragedies? Chaturbhuj himself is a tragic figure suspended between a high-flown ideal and downright practical necessity. As such he is an object of amusement to his many friends. To a man like this, an attempt to create comedy for others helps to tone upliis own mental walls. When Chaturbhuj tries a tragedy, it brings in too tragic results to his producer. And thus the tragedy comes home. In "Adhuri Kahani", Chaturbhvj failed more than the picture could. M. V. Ahmed (Agra) When is Renuka Devi coming to the screen next? She will be soon seen in the second picture of Shalimar pictures. H. Naquvi (Aligarh) When will Chandramohan be again seen on the .^creen? 1942 will bring him to the screen in "Apna Ghar", a Circo picture and "Roti", a ^{ational picture. Dwarka Prasad (Katihar) What is the significance of showing the busts and thighs of Mehtab in "Chitralekha"? In these days of flat chests and lanky legs, the director probably intended to stress the blessings of physical culture. H. C. Varma (Lahore) "Nishat Talkies", a local cinema, where pictures of New Theatres and Ranjit are shown, has a bad sound machine and the nine-annas seats are worse than the third class seats of any third class cinema. Why do New Theatres and Ranjit give their pictures to such a rotten theatre? Your complaint is a little difficult to believe. As far as my information goes this particular theatre is controlled by Mr. Kazi who is expected to be a good showman. I am, however, publishing your letter so that any defects that may be there at present may be attended to soon. A fashionable place like Lahore should not have apologetic cinemas. H. Srinivas Pai (Mangalore) My friends say that you are a big blackmailer. May I know whether you agree with them or not. Some of my own friends also say the very same thing. Our producers actually believe it. That is one way of describing success. In this race of life those who lag behind call those ahead, blackmailers. Many who call me a blackmailer would only too willingly like to be in my place. I don't worry about what others call me, I am not born for their approval. Blackmailers need not work fourteen hours a day. And I do. Any blackmail that needs so much hard work is truly honest labour. S. Jalaluddin Akbar (Gaya) Is there any film company that needs male artistes? Yes, Prabhat needs a hero for their new pic Hansa Wadkar in the title role of "Sant Sakhu", a Prabhat devotional. 27