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November, 1945
FILMINDIA
D. S. DIGHE (Simla)
Is there any relation beween the quality of work and the remuneration paid to our film artistes?
Yes, if sex is to be accepted as a symbol of quality— not otherwise. Our girls are paid more than the boys.
S. KRISHNAMURTHY (Bangalore)
Which is the best method to judge whether a picture is good or bad ?
Hold your forehead between your thumb and first finger and press. If the head aches, the picture has been bad. If you have a head that never aches, that head should not bother about quality.
M. G. CHANDARANA (Karachi)
What are your first feelings when you see an unusually beautiful girl ?
That Old Man God had a lot of spare time to toy with some fine clay. Why do you sound so insolently proud?
Pride is the only capital of a poor man. How will the sudden end of war affect our film industry?
We shall have a crop of mushrooms in the production field.
D. R. K. MURTI (Bangalore)
Why are the college girls are very fond of "filmindia"? Because "filmindia" provides them with a strange and warm companionship which helps to give some shape to their day-dreams — something modern college boys woefully fail to do. "Film india" is a tickle without a scratch.
It is only motherly Sunalini holding Baby-face Nalini so close in "Phir Bhi Apna Hai", a Venus picture
Well-matched aren't they? Yashodhara Katju and Mirza Musharaff supply comedy in "Nek Parvin"
A. M. JOSHI (Bhusawal)
What is a "Pandit Shiv Kumar Subject"?
It is an affair with Pandit Anand Kumar as the verb and Panditani Lalita Pawar as the object.
What is the reason of your adulterating the film industry with politics ?
Politics cover all industries and every phase of human life. In the present world, people are given a fixed patern to live. No longer do they live a nomadic life. Politicians draw the present patterns of life and in doing so, affect every human activity. Our film industry is as much dependent on our politics as are our problems of food and clothing. If our politicians fail our industries will have to be closed down soon. Politics is not a different game from our industries and in so far as our industry is concerned, I am compelled to pull in politics and political leaders to assure the future of our film industry.
MISS LALITA DHUME (Bombay)
Why don't you prescribe some medicine to reduce the fat on Nur Jehan's face and Shobhana Samarth's hips ?
They are both mothers and the spots you want to reduce are milestones of their motherhood. Motherhood is a national industry in this country and it should not be compromised by glamour prescriptions lest we hurt the traditional sentiments of our old fogies.
Why does one die for glamour?
No one dies for glamour. They all sweat for it
Do all girls who work in the film industry require to keep their faces in veils?
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