FilmIndia (1948)

[ovember, 1948 FILMINDI A That is the dress I wear in bed at present and I must deny you the privilege. Are Sindhi ladies really beautiful and charming as ney think themselves to be? / dont know what they think but quite a few of them are both beautiful and charming. That is what I sometimes see — not think. iiHIRENDRA SINGH BISHT (Naini Tal) Why is the picture "Khidki" appreciated more than Ithers? Probably it has an open window through which one can see a little more. India is still going on with the principle of noniolence at every step. Can it be suitable for present raes? Where was non-violence when we marched to meet the A izam ? L S. VENKATA RAO (Mysore) What is the difference between the war-front and tie home-front? On the war-front you die once but on the homefront you die every day. What is the difference between a widow and a idower ? The widow has a short life, the widower has a much longer one. The widow is in danger while the widower is dangerous. P. SHUKLA (Re»a) Don't you think it a good idea that producers should dopt their own pretty faces as their trademarks? // they did people will leave the theatres with' out seeing the rest of the picture. Some of them drove even their own mothers to suicide. RABINDRA NATH (New Delhi) How good is your hand shake? As strong as my heart. ^ hat is winking: a bad act or a bad art? It is a sly art for a bold act. Are you anxious to be a leader? Oh no! The leader has to do some soap box oratory on the sands of Chow patty, work at all hours and then face criticism with a smile. I believe in a peaceful life. I am an artist not a politician. S. DUTTA (Rewa) \^ hy did Debaki Bose employ as many as eight assistant directors in his "Chandrashekhar"? To make the mess complete. Debaki Babu is a conscientious man that way. Or perhaps he has start' ed a training school for directors and found a new source of income for himself. MISS si MANGA I. A DEVI (Mangalore) Which is the way to a man's heart? That depends on whether his heart is in t/ie head or in the stomach. Kr. RAJENDR A SINGH (A«ra) V\ hat is the shape of God? Cod and Satan have the same shape, only dij' ferent com plexions. What do you think of a woman who smokes? She wants to give her talk a smell of nicotine and thus coat the pill of poison. Why does your wife not object to your familiarity w ith other girls? // hich other girls? All the girls that come to my house are my wife's girls. She has quite an imposing collection. Have you ever been behind the prison bars? Not yet. My sins have not been crimes. Do film stars ever become fed up with their career? Only when their uncles, brothers and lovers rob them of their savings. MISS SAVITA PAREKH (Bombay) ^ on owe me Ks. 2 10 the money I wasted on Rajkamal's "Banwasi ", misguided by "filmindia s" review . In the last ten years this is the first time when "filmindia" has let me down and so badly. Was it really your iih n re\ iew ? No, not mine! From 16th February to 5th August I was in America. Personally. I think "Bannasi" to be an utterly amateurish attempt with no story, no acting, no direction and nothing moving in it to make it even a bad motion picture. I uas so bored during "Banwasi'' that I acquired rheumatism. T. A. RAMNATHAN (Poona) What do you dislike about Hollywood? 25 BEX COMMERCIAL (0M0HATI0N, JAN MANSION, SIR P.M. &0AD. Post Box No. 1256, BOMBAY— I. Sole Distributors for electrical Lightings " suitable for modern establishments, theatres, palaces etc. Manufactured by: Messrs: LIGHTOLIER CO.. U.S.A. Messrs:BEST& LLOYD LTD., BIRMINGHAM Lightitig fixtures on view at: PREMIER FURNISHING & DECORATING LTD., 7, Brabourne Stadium, Churchgate Street, ( Extension ) BOMBAY I.