FilmIndia (1945)

FILMINDIA February, 1945. Government House functions in Bombay: Where is the ostracism? What has the family tree to do with the individual respectability? Each person earns his or her respect by his or her individual way of life and behaviour. How does the film industry affect it? Film work is merely a professional work like any other and does not affect any one's personal character. Aren't there bad people outside the film industry, people who are not permitted to cross the threshold of any respectable home? Do you still cast eyes on beautiful girls? No. I hav*. an eye-full with me. MURLIDHAR DHADHICH (Santa Cruz) Why does Shacita Apte kick up a row wherever she goes? I heard she was in some trouble at the recent Music Conference in Calcutta? I also heard something about it during my recent visit to Calcutta. Shanta is a strange girl. Probably, she thinks that a row is good publicity. In any case she doesn't like to go unnoticed. I think it will be a good plan for Shanta to remain graceful and quiet in her future public appearance. Doing so will surprise those who expect a row and Shanta will ultimately get more publicity, because of the sheer novelty of the whole plan. I am sick of Maya Bannerjee. Aren't your I am but as I haven't to carry her on my motorbike everyday, the sickness doesn't get worse. I see her on the screen, not being sure of what I am seeing, I just close my eyes and hear the noises she makes. Why isn't Leela Chitnis tired of acting? She is a good mother with a number of children and mothers have lot of patience whether with their own productions or with those of the studios. V N. KAJROLKAR (Poona) Why don't you produce "Omar Khayyam" when you had once prepared the script after working so hard? "Omar Khayyam" will be the headache of 1945 seeing that both Shantaram and Sohrab are pulling at the single pole of Omar's tent. I don't like headaches. By the way, I am sure that what I had originally written will not be seen on the screen, whichever S produces, "Omar Khayyam" and I have no studio of my own to take up such a huge subject. Is P. K. Atre a good director? Not quite good yet but gives a better promise for the future than Shantaram is doing at present. Don't you think that Nur Jehan has pretty attractive features for the screen? Not these days. Once upon a time she looked quite a pretty thing. Now she shows a fat face with a thick nose and funny eyebrows. She has however a good set of teeth and quite an attractive smile. Picture in minute detail on Kodak X-Ray film assists conclusive diagnosis, permits treatment to be commenced without delay. E A\ Tuberculosis frequently does not give teaming of its presence without a radiograph. X-Ray Miniature Radiography makes possible regular mass examination, — and timely treatment where necessary — as a mutter of routine. is2X£iCLU_>S FILM IS IN THE HOSPITALS HELPING TO SAVE LIFE & LIMB |N the hands of radiologists everywhere, Kodak Film is helping to relieve pain and suffering by providing pictures that assist diagnosis and guide the surgeon. And a New Weapon against Tuberculosis In addition to the flexible X-Ray film — Introduced in 1914 by Kodak to replace cumbersome plates — Kodak has perfected a special miniature film and equipment for use with any modern X-Ray plant, making possible mass radiography. So simple and efficient is miniature radiography for detecting tuberculosis where no clinical symptoms are present, that the Medical Advisory Committee have recommended it as '"the only means by which such examination, could be carried out in the case of large numbers of men." Today thousands in the Services and In civilian occupations enjoy the benefits of X-Ray examination, thanks ta this process — one of the countless ways in which Kodak research and materials contribute to human welfare. Serving human progress through Photograph) KODAK BOMBAY LTD. ( Incorporated in England ) CALCUTTA LAHORE • MADRAS 2 : THE DOUBLE CROSSER He goes back on his own work. He's so undependable and negligent that he forgets to wind on the film, thus spoiling one — possibly two — precious pictures. Double-exposure is truly a crime with film so very scarce. Guard against it, as against other photographic crimes such as tilting the camera, cutting off important portions of the picture, focusing and exposing wrongly, not keeping the lens clean, leaving the film in the camera after exposure. Yes, guard against these — for today particularly am"**"* K. 4945 34