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FILM INDIA
Why does Veena always look pensive in her
photos?
She misses something a/nd she herself doesn't know what. MISS SH AH ID A AKHLAQ (Lucknow)
Why are Indian film producers more particular about a beautiful heroine than a good story?
It is easier to tell a good story with a beautiful heroine.
MISS SANTOSH KUMARI (Mombasa)
In the films why should an actress always go to bed looking like an arum lily and wake up looking the same?
She is in the hot bed of glamour where Time stops and Reason dies without a struggle.
M. A. HIV BAIG (Secunderabad)
Are you a Brahmin, Mr. Baburao?
// by Brahmin, you mean a man of some learning, I am one. But if it means the legendary "heaven-born", I am not. I am only a Wan jam — to be precise a gipsy.
Who is No. 1 Villain in our films?
The producer who poisons the world to satisfy his own greed for gold.
What is the secret of your success?
Where is the success to search for a secret/ Let me confess that I live by reading "filmindia"?
That is a more sensible way of living than dying with a hooligan's knife by reading the papers.
Satya Rani plays the leading role in "Double face", a social thriller.
December. 1946
P. THAROOMULL (Bangalore)
Which would you prefer: A woman with less beauty and more womanliness or vice versa?
Womanliness is the highlight of beauty. In a woman there is no beauty without womanliness.
What would Gandhiji have done if he had been appointed as the supreme judge to give his verdict on the Nazi criminals?
He would have questioned the very right of the Allies to sit in judgement over the Nazis. If the Nazis had won, the Allies would have become the cnminals. This is a world of victors where losers become criminals. What is the relationship between Nationalism and spiritualism?
In India, Tiationidism begins with spiritualism and ends with individualism. Elsewhere in the world nationalism begins and ends with capitalism. KAVINDER NATH SAHGAL (Lahore)
You have a habit of throwing challenges. Some day you may come across a Punjabi. That will be a tough day for you?
You forget that I am a tough Banjara myself and tough Punjabis like tough Banjaras. It is a case of mutual respect. What are Shantaaam's reactions when Dewan Sharar recites poetry to him?
.4s Dewan Saheb's poetry begins with Shantaram and ends with Shantaram there is both "Shanti" and "Aram" in Shantaram. What will you do on the day Indian producers give you a better picture than the Hollywood ones?
/ shall walk on my head. ZAHRA (Bezwada)
What is Kananbala's husband's name?
To us it should be, Mr. Kanan Bala. When our neighbours become a source of nuisance to us, which is the most polite way of putting an end to their nuisance?
Give them a copy of "filmindia" to read every month and tell them to behave on pain of forfeiting the privilege of reading the magazine. This is a very effective method. HARIHAR SHAW (Dumka)
What is the religion of "filmindia"?
Universal catholicity. Where does love begin and where does it end? It begins with seeing and ends with being blind.
Why do girls look most beautiful in their teens?
Why girls, even donkeys are beautiful in teens.
S KRISHNAN (Alwaye)
We Malayalees are more often called Madrassis by the North Indians when we are quite different from the latter in many respects. Will "filmindia" support our right to be distinguished from the Madrassis?
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