FilmIndia (1948)

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FILMINDI A tion pictures are seen by the uneducated masses who have raw, impressionable minds and by children who are too young to have a mind of their own. Book readers are a very small minority in comparison with the millions who see motion pictures every day. These millions need state protection from antisocial pictures which producers love to produce because they bring in money quickly. MATHEW PAUL DANTAS (Sawantwadi) Can a son betray his mother? Nathuram Godse stabbed the very womb that gave him life. M. G. UTHAPPA (Bombay) What are the the sacred duties of a man and a woman in this world? To make this world a garden of God and grow in it the silent flowers of devotion and service to humanity. MANUBHAI SHETH (Ghatkopar) When were you down to your last pie? Approximately 14600 times, that is twice a day for 20 years. What attempt in your life turned out to be a failure? Everything I tried so far has failed. After 14 years of "filmindia". our producers have not given us a picture for world competition. What characteristic of film people annoys you most? September, 19 j Their consistency in remaining stupid in a f\ changing world. MISS A. N. KHAN (Lucknow) Is the picture on the first page of "Editor's Mai yours? It wus mine in 1939. Since then I have not In photographed. No enthusiast dared to. Which were your best subjects in school? Cricket and loafing. I always stood first in tlv two subjects. ANIL PHOOKAN (Gauhati) Another little thing from the land of head hunte we are told, accompanied Protima Das Gupta in Bomb recently. What was she hunting for in Bombay? Heads. They are better shaped in this part the country than the semi-Mongolian nuts in y place. K. G. MATHUR (Meerut) Please describe your politics. Congressman by faith, critic by profession. How far has prohibition been successful in vour p vince? We have quite a few private distilleries 1 gue The drunkards have become manufacturers now a thus promoted their social status. At what age should a boy begin smoking? When he earns his own living. What are your views regarding temple entry? mcfcda t&cftfm&ftn, yotcti HOM E MOVIE but you'll agree, in the end, that you've done yourself a good turn by deciding to defer buying . . . till you can proudly operate your very own Cine Kodak or Kodascope. As you and your family savour to the full the pleasure that comes from reliving life's finest moments, as you thrill to each reel of good times recalled, you'll ■9 realise that the best has been well worth the wait. The world's most popular movie makers are now available with Lumenized lenses for better and clearer pictures. Register an order today, as a first step towards enjoying your own Home Movies in glowing colour or brilliant black and white. KODAK LTD. (Incorporated in England) Bombay Calcutta Lahore Madras 22