FilmIndia (1948)

.ne. 1948 FILMINDIA ishok Kumar and Rehana hawk little trinkets on street pavements in "Sajan", Filmistan's picture running at Novelty. Maulaiia is a spent force. He echoes only Congress slogans. The Muslims of India require a new dynamic leader to rally them under a new national banner. IISS GITA MEHROTRA (Cawnpore) "A woman is the shadow of a man". What do 'ou think r.bout this? A woman must be something more than that Men don't get scared of their own shadows. What is it that you appreciate in Begum Para? Para has brains, education and figureWhen do you feel ejigry? There is no when to my temper. Any time is good time and any thing is good thing. My temper is my greatest vice. If Nehru is made the King of India would you ike to he his Prime Minister? Xo. I don't like to sit at the feet of human beings. The best of them have dirty feet. •IRS DULARI VARSHNEYA (Aligarh) I have generally found heroines and side heropea in pictures addressing their husbands as 'swamy', 'nath', which is not at all a common practice hese days! It is only in pictures that icives are so pedantically polite. I icould divorce the ivoman who cglls me "Swamy". r KEJRIWALA (KanpuiJ) How can the film producers serve the nation? They can rule the nation only if they knew how. B CHAKRAVERTY (Kasganj) To whom should Madras belong — Tamils or Andhrr.s? See if two bipeds can make a quadruped and turn the province into a big zoo. DEODURG G K (Sholapur) Do you know what was the mystery behind Rashtrapathi Acharya Kripalani's resignation? Give it in a nut shell. From a clapper, he became a critic of his colleagues and ivas blessed out with lot of lip sympathy. D KRISHNA (Kuala Lumpur) I am very keen on seeing you. Are you at all anxious to see me? Xot a bit! I believe what I see and I have been cheated so many times that I don't want to see anything I shouldn't believe. Rs 500 IN 25 PRIZES EVERY MONTH The following prizes are awarded every month for questions which are considered interesting or elicit interesting replies in the "Editor's Mail". 1st Prize: Rs 100; 2nd Prize: Rs. 80; 3rd Prize: Rs. 50; 4th Prize: Rs. 40; 5th Prize Rs: 30 and 20 Consolation Prizes of Rs. 10 each. A reader can ask as many questions as he likes. Questions should be neatly written or typed if possible. Unless the letters are signed, they won't be considered. In awarding prizes the Editor's decision shall be final and absolutely binding and no correspondence will be entertained. The names of the prize-winners will be announced in "filmindia" every month and the prize money will be remitted by Money Order. PRIZE WINNERS FOR JUNE 1st Prize: Rs. 100 to V. Prakash (New Delhi); 2nd Prize: Rs. 80 to Nirmal Kumar (Kanpur); 3rd Prize Rs. 50 to S. Indrani (Madras); 4th Prize: Rs. 40 to Bulo T. Harisinghaney (Thana); 5th Prize: Rs 30 to P. Y. Bhandarkar (Indore) and 20 consolation prizas of Rs. 10 each to the following: — M. S. Deshpande (Kamptee); V. R. Moorthy (Bombay); Ramesh Kumar (Bombay); Hiralal N. Shah (Madras); H. M. Jammadar (Belgaum): M. A. Badruddin (Mangalore) ; Yogesh Chandra Whig (New Delhi) ; V. Syed Ahmed (Bangalore >; K. G. S. Narasimha Murthy (Salem); Mia, Pons Aniah (Mercara) ; Madan Lai S. Solanki (Jodhpur); G. C. Bhagia (Bombay); Miss Vinodini Choudhari (Bombay); R. R. Rishee (New Delhi) ; A. V. Annamalai (Ranchi); M. K. Vishwanath (Bangalore); R. Sharada Devi (Bangalore) ; Miss Gita Mehrotra (Cawnpore) ; Mrs. Dulari Varshneya (Aligarh) and B. Chakraverty (Kasganj). Money Orders are being sent to the prize winners. 27