Filmindia (1941)

December, 1941 FILMINDIA You have forgotten one more baby — Baby (Snehaprahha) Pradhan. Who sings better between Prithviraj and Motilal? If V'hat they sing is music, then, of course Motilal, as he has sung more often. Pandarji S. Vas (Calicut) My heart was actually breaking when I read your harsh criticism of Leela Chitnis in "Kanchan"? Wait till you see her in "Jhoola", you will be compensaited for missing "Kanchan". M. P. Awasthi (Indore) Why do most of the film companies fail to live long? Because their proprietors live too well when the going is good. Minhazul Hassan (Poona) Which film company in India has the most efficient management? The Bombay Talkies Ltd. Why arc the technicians in India under paid? Now, who told you that story? Some of the technicians are so well paid that they can afford to keep motor cars and fool about with the film girls. Most of the top men are paid a bit too well. Only the assistants are perhaps underpaid more because of the ruthless exploitation practised by their technician-executives than due to the indifference of their employers. K. B. Malkani (Kotri) Don't ycu think that "Brother" should have been the title of Mehboob's "Sister"? Mehboob is a chivalrous sort of a guy and naming pictures wrongly is an established practice. G. Raghavendra Rao (Mandya) Who is this fellow Zabak? His name is as funny a.v his face. I beg your pardon. His face is furmier. Doesn't Ahmed Abbas look funny with his moustache? I had once an argument over this with Snehaprabha Pradhan and she doesn't think so. She thought that I looked like a boiled potato with a clean shaven face. I couldn't press the point home with Abbas present. Miss T. Green (Calcutta) I feel thrilled about Ashok Kumar, so do many of my girl iriends. My brother, however, prefers Prithviraj. Why is it so? Are the boys jealous of Ashok Kumar? Somehow, I have also come across this Ashok Kumar complex amongst girls. I guess some girls like a soft and tender man while others prefer the cave-man type. Boys, of couise, like virile types like Prithviraj, more so because most of our present day boys are such poor spots of manhood. Well my dear, in these matters, tastes are individual A. K. Green (Calcutta) I have seen Snehaprabha in her unique role in "Punar Milan" about twenty times. My sister says, 1 am a mad-cap. What do you think? I think you are. But wait a bit! A friend of mine is reported to have seen it twenty one times. So you are not so mad after all. A. Babu Rao (Kondapalli) Is' it possible to correspond with Miss Anis? (Not with any bad intention). Good you removed the doubt because Anis has a body guard with a gun, who always talks of shooting. Being a retired police chap, he only talks but never shoots. That is what delays the issue. I think, you should give Anis a rest. Just at present, she needs it. Y. S. Gurjar (Howrah) I am quite in agreement with your views about the Leela Chitnis picture "Kanchan". Really it is worthless picture. Leela Chitnis has failed miserably in a picture of her own after her triumphant success in "Kangan" and "Bandhan". Her dances too are very odd. I think she must have learnt dancing just before the picture. The only man who doesn't agree with what you say is C. R. Gvalani, Leela's second husband. He thinks that I wrote a nasty review to pull down the picture. On the other hand, I would have been the first one to applaud Leela, had she done something worthwhile. Husna Banu seems to wait in "Nai Roshni", a social picture of National Studios. 21