FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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Mjruary, 1949
FILMINDI A
Only in coquettish temper. When a woman is in a real temper she looks ugly. Even Gandhi ji looked ugly in temper.
Sindhi refugees have added to the beauty of BomDo you agree?
That is a kind and charitable thought and would heal the wounds of our unfortunate guests if ts k i put in practice with equally kind courtesies.
GOVINDA RAO (Mysore) n Which is the most fascinating part of film produc
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The heroine part of it, if she is a newcomer.
WANESHWAR PRASAD (Dhanbad) They say love is blind?
Must be, seeing that people pick up victims with eyes of hatred.
jjlDYANATH A. (Bombay)
Do you believe in life after death?
/ do. That is why I am anxious to improve the producers before we meet again under different auspices.
Should men be gallant towards the female sex in dern times?
Not unless they are old and helpless and always when they are in distress.
RAMACHANDRAN (Madras)
How can I civilize my wife who came from a age?
Leave her as she is and watch her teaching you a few things soon. Dont spoil the rustic fragrance with the city stink.
Is it a good thing to join in the military to serve our intry leaving our kith and kin behind?
Do you think that our soldiers have no families at home? Our freedom needs soldiers, sailors and airmen to protect it from the jealous eyes of our enemies. And we have enemies not only across our borders but also inside our ranks. If we lose our freedom there will be no kith and kin even to leave behind.
\. KUTTAPPA (Poona) What made Seth Dalmia visit U.K. and U.S.A.?
To establish one-world government there! Having done that and left the Westerners in peace, he has returned to manufacture more vegetable ghee.
^ANJAN LAL GUPTA (Delhi) Will you define a common man?
Baburao Patel and that is a complete definition.
WVAR MANMOHAN SINGH (Patiala) What do you mean by riches?
The stuff that Birla and Dalmia have. Did Indians learn a lesson from Gandhiji's simpli
?
Oh yes! They gave him his scanty costume and proved to him that his simplicity has been the fashion of millions for centuries.
Who is the greatest statesman in India today?
That iron man with a bronze complexion and a mace of gold.
N. S. SAWANT (Bombay)
Is racing an evil? Can it be stopped in India?
It has been argued out as an evil and is being stopped in India. But one wonders whether stopping racing will stop gambling.
ASH A RANI (Kotah)
Can you see God with eyes shut?
With my eyes open I see men and when I shut them I see their ghosts. Men have crowded God out of this world.
Is not the Gujarati language very sweet ?
It is but isnt it a pity that it does not inspire sweet deeds? Gujarati is the most popular language with blackmarketeers these days.
If you are sent to hell and Sushila Rani to heaven will you envy her?
Oh no! It will be a change we shall both need after a life-time together.
T. KOTESWARA RAO (Madras)
How is it that our forefathers managed without cinemas?
Our forefathers were not such simpletons as we are inclined to believe. They had their own shadow plays and our old literature is full of obscene stage plays which entertained kings and subjects alike. They had chariot races and they gambled till they staked their wives and lost. They waged fratricidal wars which wiped off whole dynasties and they employed poets to turn sinners into gods for posterity to worship. From all evidence our forefathers were greater sinners.
R. C. RAM DADICH (Jodhpur)
What will Vijoo Bhatt produce when the whole of the Hamayana will be on the screen?
I ijoo has engaged Mohanlal Dave to write a new Ramayana and its first filthy version is seen in "Ram Baari .
RAGHU NATH DASS BAIJAL (Kotah)
By the way have you any children?
What do you think I have been doing all these years in this tropical country?
My brother died some time ago. How best can I cherish his memory?
Forget him! Remembering the dead is a morbid sentiment. There are enough orphans in this world who need a brother. Adopt one and thus sanctify the memory of one who will never come back.
A. NAGARAJA RAO (Bangalore
While studying I feel sleepy at 9 p.m. but when I
am in a cinema I do not get sleep even till midnight?
That's why I am keen on the cinema becoming an extension of our schoolroom. We can teach our people better and faster through films.
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