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FILM INDIA
January 1943
KRISHAN KUMAR BAHL (Amritsar)
I shall be highly obliged if you will please print a half-pose of Snehaprabha Pradhan in your next issue.
Which half?
MISS S. E. ROSE (Guntur)
Why is Rama Shukul, who is very handsome, sometimes given a villain's role?
In real life villains are often more handsome than the heroes, and Rama's casting as a villain is probably intended to secure more realism. That doesn't mean that I accept Rama Shukul as a handsome man.
M. JAIGOPAL NAIDU (Hyderabad)
People say that you are a bigamist. How far is it true?
People are really very charitable.
N. JAIN (Aligarh)
You may be perhaps aware that Sikhs, as a rule, resent taking off their turbans in cinemas. The reason for the request is obvious as persons sitting behind them cannot conveniently see the screen. I have res
pect for their resentment, but at the same time I would request you to suggest a way out of this, because many a time the hall is so packed that it is not possible to move to another seat. With all due respect to our Sikh brothers, whose size being normally a little bigger, can a request be made to them for removing their turbans in cinemas?
A request can be made to friends and foes alike. Friends respect the request, foes don't. The good-hearted, rustic and hefty Sikh is always a problem, not only in the cinemas but in many walks of life. The only language he can understand is that of request. Argument always fails with these sturdy sons of India. I don't think by removing the turbans, — if at all the Sikhs ever agree, — the problem will be completely solved, because inside their turbans is a huge knot of hair standing erect in military formation — quite sufficient by itself to screen the screen. A better plan would be to reserve some last rows in every cinema with a prominent board reading: "Reserved for the tall and martial races of India." This will appeal to the natural vanity of our Sikh brother, who may charitably occupy one of the reserved seats. And yet there is no guarantee.
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