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bruary, 1948
FILM INDIA
There is no why where our Congressmen are concerned.
ISS M. FERNANDEZ (Bombay)
What is a dream?
Generally a mirage, often an oasis in the desert of life.
In every 'filmindia' issue why do you review ly Indian films and not English ones?
/ have dedicated my life to the improvement of my own film industry. I have nothing to do with the foreigners. They hcve their critics to look after them.
] S. NAMDEV RAO (Bangalore)
Why is fate cruel to some and lavish to others?
Fate is blind luck. It often stumbles against the wrong ones.
kjlRI H. DASWANI (Bombay)
Whe.t is a man's life without the co-operation i his wife?
He usually becomes a politician to bum down other homes.
What is character and how manv women have
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A woman's character is a man's sheet anchor and all good women have it.
Whpt is marriage without true love?
It is a two-in-one partnership for turning out children.
Is it wise to marry a girl of a different nationsty?
It is a mistake which comes home with tears within the first six months.
What makes a man international?
Different men different methods. Gandhijx preached love and non-violence, Jinnah supports hatred and violence.
As. PADMA AGARWALA (Tezpur)
In Bihar, in Darjeeling, in Assam, almost fry where in Indi<°.. the anti-Bengali feeling is ining high. Do you know what is wrong with the :ngaiis that they cannot live in peace with any ) er community?
There is nothing wrong with them. They are only more intelligent and therefore less social. Intelligent people get bored sooner.
>SS NIRMAL (Mercara)
Can decontrol help when there is food shortage?
It will help those that sell, not those that need.
iSHI KUMARI (Kotah)
What is blind faith?
That the Congress Ministers will turn India into a land of gold and happiness.
' If goondas are let loose on you, how would you *come them?
They can't kill me twice. Can they?
The two Mumtazes, Shanti and AH appear to be discussing some naughty problem in "Padmini", a Punjab Film Corporation picture produced by Walli Saheb.
Did you ever enjoy in a fools' paradise? If so, when?
/ have been in it twenty-five years and it has been such an air-tight place that intelligence couldn't peep even through the key hole. What is fair deal in politics?
That is one field in which you never have a fair deal.
Will you accept Xmas greetings in Independent India?
Oh yes! Even more than Idd, the Xmas belongs to us because it symbolizes the birth of Christ who preached love.
KRISHNA MOHAN SAHAY (Ranchi)
You published that every evening you go to the cinema. Do you pay for the ticket or do you go free?
/ had to pay even for "Gvalan", the picture I wrote, produced and directed. Mine is a thankless life.
RATAN CHAND (Jodhpur)
What would be the fate of the film industry in Pakistan?
Precisely the same as that of Pakistan I want to come to Bombay in the near future. So please mention the scenes worth seeing in the film industry and the city?
In the city ice have the Zoo with half-alion and $th of a tiger. In the film industry you can meet Chhotu Desai, the president of the producers.
MERCHANT F. H. (Bombay)
Please tell honestly with what feelings you
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