FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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FILMIND1A Does a romantic woman frame her own laws of romance ? Romance is a Bohemian game and has no fixed rules. Can a woman play with the hearts of two men? She can provided men have hearts. What we mistake for heart is usually the mans pride. What is it like when a long separated couple meet together? Time stops and the world suddenly becomes too crowded. If one of the pre-historic monsters were to come to life in this modern world, what would happen to it? It would steal the publicity from our politicians and thus be a victim of our penal laws. Is it possible to sleep with one eye open as some old ladies are said to do? // you do that memories of the past become ghosts of the present. Do you hope to go to heaven? / refuse to. I shall disqualify myself sufficiently before the final event. Isn't life more like a great fairy story? The tales which fairies tell are not tragedies. D. SURYA PRASAN (Khargpur) Is the Soviet film industry bigger than the Indian film industry? No. But it is harnessed for the spread of Communism. PRITHI PAUL SINGH (Simla) Where there is a flower, there is a thorn. Why so? Only in Urdu poetry which smells only of roses and thorns. There are many other flowers besides the rose. A. S. NAIDU (Secunderabad Dn.) What are the assets and liabilities left by Mahatmaji to India? Freedom is the asset we enjoy while his virtue is a liability we can't meet. Don't you think that the retention of English as the common language of India would unite India and also enable international contact? That is what I think, but who am I? We have wiser fools. Why is the common man losing faith in the Congress nowadays? Because our Congress rulers have become aristo-brats who cry when they are criticized and lecture when they are garlanded. That is a poor performance for our one-time freedom fighters. MRS. INDIRA DEVI (Kanpur) Which is the most precious secret that you harbour in your heart? // is temperamentally impossible for me to nurse a secret. Even the ulcer which I had I got removed. What does love mean to Cupid? 22 February, 1' A jest for his arrow. Did you ever show your generosity to any Ameri beggar? Quite often but even the beggars there nee> rupee to smile. If you again publish that photo of Pandit Indra the fair pages of "filmindia" I will stop reading mag. Please note! Send me your photo and I'll stop toying u Pandit ji's. MRS. M. M. RRIGGS (Anantapur) When I kiss my husband, he says I sound lik< vacuum cleaner. How can I rectify this? Ask him to kiss you. After 21 years of married life my husband only cently started flattering me. Is there anything suspicii in this? Did some relation of yours die recently leav, you money? My husband says that you are good looking. I dc agree. Do you? My wife does. I don't. N. V. R. SWAMY (Negapatam) Nowadays our women prefer wearing artificial flc ers made of paper. Why? Paper flowers become natural companions artificial complexions. Neither have fragrance their own. Nalini Desai makes a pleasant reappearance in "Gunjai a social tbeme produced by Nalini Films.