FilmIndia (1948)

J tember, 1945 F I L M I N D I A Df KER M. DESAI (Bombay) I How is it you failed to inform us, the readers, of lr "GvalanV" release in advance? "Gialan was in the hands of a bania who I wanted milk without feeding the cow. 33 lakhs of I Bombay's population did not know that "Gialan I was released in the city. Even I hud to buy tickets I to see the picture I had written and directed. ■ LVANI LAC.HMAN K. (Colombo) I W hat is vour opinion about those college girls who I their parents that they are attending college while I find them in picture houses with their boy friends? / sympathize with the parents for not having I had cinema theatres in their days. MS MONDIRA BOROOAH (Gauhati) I What is the present-day standard of measuring lead■tip — the number of mills one o\wis or the number of l?s one goes to jail ? Ao "goes" but "has been " to jail. "Owns " is all I right. IrI LI KAKOTI (Dibrugarh) I I have no sisters. Can you arrange to get one for The world is full of sisters vainly searching for V brothers. ■ iKlNTAl.A J A MK.HAND1 (Bangalore) I Mr. Patel. what is the difference between yon and a ■age Patel .' That was 'me' at birth. I'. B. >W OH (Negapalam) ■lave vou got belief in horoscopes? In this land of astrologers not one man could foretell Mahutmaji's assassination. He was the one man in India in whqm these sky-gazers should have been interested. In his death was involved the destiny of a nation mid yet M \l (Rewa) Are there no women saints in India? Almost every Hindu home has one. She has u god. an altar und a heart as an offering. ;. DESHP WDE (Delhi) When does Cupid become a villain? If hen his shafts hurt and turn dreams into nightmares. \ \K V\ I V( HREKAB (l)harwar) In India, who is the greatest business man so far as film industry is concerned ? It present. Chunilalji oj r'ilmistun beats all. They hal f their turns. iNUAR NATH (Ho*hiarpur) Whv are politicians seldom good-looking? Dirty work and dirty thoughts don't create handsome faces. R. RUPAINDER RAO (Hyderabad Dn.) W henever I read "filmindia"", something w ithin me urges to do you some good turn. But how, when and what shall 1 do sir? Never mind the turn. I accept your intention as an encouragement. NARENDRA SINGH (Meerut) Is God a thief ? He stole our only saint and left us with an empty altar. MISS SURAIAH (Dodballapur) W ho is the self-made man of the film industrv? All are self-made. That's one thing distinctive about our film industry. U hat they have made of themselves is altogether another question. 1st Prize: Hs. 100 to Md. Mavazeff Hussain (Masulipatam) ; 2nd Prize: Rs. 80, to K. G. Mathur i Meerut i: 3rd Prize: Rs. 50, to H. Nagesh Kao Manay I Bangalore ) : 4th Prize: Rs. 40| to V. Subramaniam (Madras); 5th Prize: Rs. 30jto Nirmal (Rewa) and 20 consolation prizes of Rs. 10: each to the following: — A Nagappan (Coonoor ) : hi. Kumar i Kanpur ) : M. G. I thappa (Bombay ) : Manubhai Sheth (Ghatkoparl; Miss A. N. Khan (Lucknow); S. N. Hari Prasad (Suva. Fiji); N. \ enkatesan i Xegapatam) : G. V. Bharatha Raja Kao i Madanapalle i : Marris Nelson (Agra); A. S. i Naidu (Secunderabad Dn ) : M. S. Trasi I Bombay) ; i H. S. Venkata Rao (Mysore): Bharat Bhushan Sharma I Dehra Dun i : Sindhu Tambe ( Poona) ; A. Y. NaraMmhan i Hyderabad Dn.) : Melvani Lachnian K. (Colombo): Miss Mondira Borooah (Gauhati i : X. G. Deshpande ( Delhi ) : Narendra Singh (Meerut) and Miss Suraiah I Dodballapur l . Monev Orders are being sent to the prize winners. 29 RS. 500 in 25 PRIZES EVERY MONTH The following prizes are awarded everv 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. Lnless 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 w ill 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. PBIZE WINNERS FOB SEPTEMBER