FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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iruary, 1949 is romance over the wires in "Neki Aur Badi", a social story of Oriental Pictures featuring Geeta Bali. 4LENDRA S. BAHUGUNA (Dehra Dun) What would you think of a person of 65 seeing picres every day? On way to rejuvenation. . S. VENKATA RAO (Mysore) When are merit and intelligence considered to be ibilities? When they are not covered by a white cap. . VASUDEVAN IN'AIR (Puthiyara) In India, what is the line of demarcation between a wyer and a politician? When the lawyer starts searching for glamour and garlands he becomes a politician. What is a humble opinion? An apology for an emphatic view point. Though primarily a student of literature, I read only ilmindia" from cover to cover. Can you say why? Because I do all the reading of literature for you. MADHUSUDAN (Secunderabad) What would you do if a girl forcibly kisses you? When some one does that I shall tell you what I did. AM KUMAR (Lucknow) When are politicians polite? Before the elections — they are irresistibly affable. FILMINDI A ARJUN RAJ MEHTA (Jodhpur) May we know your opinion about the American journalist Louis Fischer and his writings? Fischer writes to sell and when people do that they change their ideals to suit the times. Fischer is a poor writer. Though he is much boosted in India, he is hardly read in America. OM PRAKASH (New Delhi) To what school of religion do you belong (Arya Samajist, Sanatanist. Buddhism etc.)? / am a Hindu, which means a student of philosophy and not a code book follower. Would you like to serve on the film censor board? No. I am a critic who must sit on the fence and watch both the censors and the producers. N. S. VARMA (Agra) YA hen do you, Mr. Patel, propose a tour of U. P. so that I may fix up my marriage on those dates to enable you to accept my invitation ? } ou better get married and get going. I am not a Congress minister to attend weddings of the rich and bend my head before a garland. KAMTA PRASAD (Kanpur) ^ hat has made once slim girls like Xur Jehan and Kan an Rala look like balloons? Their intimacy with the dining table. Was Bapu a God? Not till God-se lent 'God' from his own name and made him one. V. V NARAYANA RAO (Mysore) Is boxing a human game? It is brutal above the belt and inhuman below it. And yet they call it a manly sport just as politics is mistaken for patriotism. Does a woman not know her own mind? That is what a man imagines and allows the woman to escape punishment for her sins. No lawyers, no quarrels; no doctors, no diseases; no priests, no superstitious beliefs; no middlemen, no high prices? No politicians, no nothing. Is the Taj Mahal Hotel a beauty spot? From the sea, not in the dining rooms. What does the Gateway of India indicate? The history oj the British boot — the way it walked in and out. What is there in Aga Khan's stomach to necessitate an operation? There are diamonds inside — for the surgeons. Is there no God in Russia? There is. His name is Stalin. A mother-in-law desires her son-in-law to set deserving members of her family on their legs. Is it reasonable? It is too much price to pay for the pair of legs she gives to the son-in-law. 21