FilmIndia (1946)

April, 1946 FILMINDIA His plans are too big to be accommodated in a small country like India. So Hirlekar is nursing them as family secrets. K AM ALA RANI PRASHAR (Simla) Why do our Indian girls like to put on trousers these days? Trousers help to establish that a person has two legs. Owing to our saris, foreigners always thought that our girls had only one leg to stand on — the husband usually. H. S. VENKATA RAO (Mysore) I read recently that Hollywood stars have their pets in dogs, monkeys, parrots and the like. Then, what are the pets of our stars? Some adopt producers, some distributors, a few like directors and the rest drag their husband:, behind. B SAMBAMURTHY (Cocanada) Love is not blind. What is your opinion.'* Who said it was blind? It sees more things than it should — usually beside and behind the beloved. L. S. SRINIVASAN (Bombay) Why are you eternally against poor Kedar Sharma ? Why don't you leave him a'one? Who is against Kedar? He is an intimate friend of mine and moreover I have respect for his literary talent. But that does not mean that I should also like his rotten pictures. MRS. S. HAMEED (Aligarh) Is marriage the end of a man's worries f Marriage multiplies worries by the simple mathematical process of adding. Why do these Anglo-Indians consider themselves to be Europeans and not Indians? Is it an insult in their eyes to be Indian? Not nowadays. The Anglo-Indians are poor and hardworking people. They were misguided for a while, nevertheless in Free India they must have their privileges like any other community. K RUKMINI (Madras) What's the difference between man and the devil? If you subtract "man" from the *'Devil", you will have "Woman" on hand. M VENKATESWARA RAO (Masulipatam) Can you judge the ability of an actor with his first appearance on the screen? Seeing the pot I can judge the clay it is made of. C. R. GEORGE (Bhiwandi) Why do Indian film companies still allow Durga Khote to act in her old age? Are they after her fair skin? Durga is not fair but she is an excellent artiste and she plays roles which suit her talent and age. K. R RANG1AH (Secunderabad) Generally we see handsome husbands having ugly wives and vice-versa. Why is this so? READ AND EARN Rs. 500 GIVEN AWAY EVERY MONTH "Read and Earn" shall be the new slogan for buyers of "f ilmindia" in future. The Directors of Filmindia Publications Ltd. have decided to give away Rs.500/ in prizes every month to the buyers of the magazine from the June '46 issue onwards, till further notice, for their questions in the "Editor's Mail" section. The prizes will be as follows. 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/-. Only subscribers and genuine buyers will be eligible to get the prizes. Only those buyers whose questions are considerd interesting or elicit interesting replies will be given prizes. The Editor's decision shall be absolutely final and binding and no correspondence will be entertained. Each buyer will be entitled to one entry and a maximum of ten questions. Entry Token for the June issue will be printed in the May issue. Without this Token no questions will be considered. One Token can be used only by one person. This scheme is primarily adopted to discourage the prevalent black-market in the copies of "filmindia", as also the hiring and circulating racket practised by some people. It is, however, hoped that needy students will take a full benefit of this scheme. 23