FilmIndia (1948)

Pvember, 1948 F I L M I N D I A ■ 5S MOHINI G. ALIM (Bombay) ■t Do you believe in hell? / have left behind one very recently. RSHWANT N. MOODLIAR (Poona) Have you anything to say about the American film I ustry and about their top ranking directors and stars ? Some of the top directors are idealists who give the film a social conscience when they get a chance to do so. Most of the stars are crude and uneducated. All, however, work hard to pay the taxes. Which are the actors and actresses that have gone ■Pakistan? All had gone but almost all have come hack. IS. NAIDU (Secunderabad, Dn.) I Can the industry be killed with heavy taxation by I Government ? Not so if safeguards are provided along with taxation. At present it is a one-way traffic — all taxes I and no safeguards. Who is the most clear-headed and clear-eyed public In on the Indian political scene now? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. the bronze idol of I India. ( It. DASS (New Delhi) What is the difference between 'technicolonr' and decolour'? All the difference betueen good and bad. What is an eye bank ? There is one in the John Hopkins Hospital in America, where eyes are kept and grafted on bUnn* persons. It is generally a rush job. however. VENKATESAN (Nagore) Retween rice and wheat which do you prefer and / am a barley boy. My doctors eat wheat and rice. Do you consult your elders on important matters inected with your profession? / have no elders in my profession. I am my ' own ancestor. Do you respect journalists from South India? / do. Many of them are very competent newspaper writers. In fact, ncuspaper journalism in India owes a lot to South India. I B \N\ERJEE (Poona) I What will be the future position of the Hindus in Ikistan? They will be treated as travelling backers to be robbed on /he rrturn journej ■ llNAGESH RAO MANAY (Bangalore) What do you think of the slogan heard in Pakistan, flaske liya Pakistan. Ladke lenge Hindustan"? They echoed that in Hyderabad too. How long should our Jawaharlal work for us day land dav out? Till he is taken to Rajghat to commune with his Master. Jawaharlal is not a politician, he is just a patriot and patriots work for their country even after death. Does God jest with man as men do among themselves? Human life is God's supreme jest which man has turned into a tragedy of tears. W hat is the worst disease that a man can ever suffer from? Himself. Is there any beauty in South Indian stars? They have attractive eyes and sonle of them have nice features and figures. Do you think "Chandralekha" is the greatest South Indian picture? Pandit fndra tells me so but then he was paid nearly Rs. 30,000 for turning Tamil words into Hindustani. IN. SUBRAMANYAM (Madras) If your ideal is to improve the taste of the public, why should you price your magazine so high? Then who is going to pay for the paper and printing? My father is not going to leave me a fortune to entertain you folks. What do you think of M. S. Subbulakshmi as a musician and actress? A good musician but a tiny actress. SURESH KUMAR (Darbhanga) What did you teach the Yankees in America and what did von learn from them? / am a student. I never teach. There is a lot to learn from the Americans and quite a lot not to learn too. A. N. NARAYANA RAO (Mysore) If we ask no questions, we will be told no lies? But I don't lie, though I bluff sometimes. A bluff is a provocation to find out the truth while a lie needs no further research. How is it that some women are never polite, unless there is company? Those are the club women who sheathe their swords in a crowd and exhibit the shining scabbards as proof of their culture. Isn't Pandit Indra a moving spectacle for compas>ionate minds? The very sight of him seems to have moved Vasan into giving Pandit ji a lucrative billet for five months. W hat is the way all drunkards go? All go the same way — grave-wards but drunkards take a :ig-:ag route and in their intoxication some of them do not even feel the cold embrace of death. Is monogamy impossible? It is legal, anyway. When intellect finds itself in conflict with ancestral institutions, can it question them bravely? 35