FilmIndia (1948)

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I »ctober, 1948 ayant play* the lead in "Sabak", a social story of Ralan Pictures. Would you be interested to know that here a man f 87 is taking up flying? He is angling for a spectacular death. MESH CHANDRA WHIG (New Delhi) At what age does a man leave off being a fool ? A fool has no age. He doesn't grow. What does her mirror tell a young gal ? That she is the favourite descendant of Eve. I'KKSH CHANDAR (New Dellii) What is a \ ice? Drinking during the British regime was a social fashion. It is a vice now. Virtue and vice change their definitions with the passage of time. What do you think of .Nazir I of Sitara fame! as a irector? Or of Suwarnalata fame! Poor, very poor as a director. Women often prefer the wrong man. Why ? They choose the right one in the beginning hut later bn, evidently, he turns out to be the wrong one. What" do you think of the new Jewish state of srael ? // deprives the Jews of their universality and make* them like big frogs in a small Well. It ith the establishment of Israel, the Jew loses his world citizenship. FILM INDIA P. MADHUSUDHANA RAO (Masulipatam) Is there any place in Bombay which resembles Trafalgar Square? » JT e have our Flora Fountain, but there is only a fountain and no flora and no lions nor Nelson. \^ hy are good women like ivy? They cling and cling till the oak itself comes down. Is love necessary for a man and woman to have children ? No. Only a man and a woman are necessary. Our huge population is not a wholesale product of love. R. SHETH (Relgaum) Javaprakash Narayan has said. "British rule was better than the present misrule. ' Do you agree? Jayaprakash is a sick man. He is talking in a delirium. In JawaharlaTs place J. P. would have committed suicide in the lap of Vallabhbhai. No government in the world could have done more within a year or even so much in the face of numerous nerve shattering difficulties. Whv do our popular ministers need new laws and acts to govern the country — can t they govern with love instead? With freedom as a national accident, the 200year old slavish inferiority complex has burst out into petty rebellion and mass indiscipline. If orms under the British boot consider themselves to be patriots of the present times. Love fails with such types. They need the baton and a heavy one. PATEL N. C. (Ghatkopar) Do vou believe in clubs for women?. / do if they are located far away from the town. Who can raise a house on sand? The Jews have built a whole city on sand in Palestine. A. V. MUDHOLKAR (Relgaum) Why do you dislike dhoties so much? / wear them at home but in the streets they have a habit of becoming parachutes and the wearer is accused of indecency. What are children to the Western people? Same as in our case — accidents of pleasure. Are Academy Awards given in India as in America? Where is the Academy? S. N. S. SASTRY (Rangalore) Most of the film industrialists invest in share markets and on races. On what do you invest? / recently invested my life's savings on a duodenal ulcer. Let us see what dividends I get. S. [FT ABA HUSAIN (Dehra Dun) What is the secret of good journalism? Honest reaction to the events of the day, honestly interpreted. 31