FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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remains an excellent secretary and works eight hours every day.
MAMED HANEEF (Belgaum)
Has any refugee girl joined the film industry so far?
Quite a number of them are working as extras in films these days.
What would happen if Mahasabhites, Socialists, mmunists and Muslim Leaguers join hands against our sent government?
Nothing will fiappen to the present government, only those joined hands will collect a big stock of bullets.
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STOM S. IRANI (Bombay)
My husband does not allow me to go out alone, iv ?
Wise man! He wants the marriage to be a success. He knows the world better than you do and you should follow his lead.
LAMAN SINGH (Meerut)
Why are the present-day college girls so much inned towards the Socialist party?
Because most of the Congress leaders are in their late sixtees and as such are incapable of firing the imagination of those dreamy girls.
SS KAMALABAI (Bombay)
Why I cannot control myself in spending Rs. 21 per >nth after your magazine, though at present I am a ugee who has lost everything in Pakistan?
You have still " filmindia" for which Pakistanis are screaming.
ISS N. SATYAVATI (Cocanada)
Why is it common nowadays for boys and girls to jrry late in life?
Marriage brings the grocer home. And entertaining a grocer needs both age and money.
MO I II. VI (Bombay) What will be the future of Muslim producers in idia if an Indo-Pak war starts?
Some of them will have to be put in prison for tfie safety of our state.
RS. P. K. SINHA (Lucknow)
Barring "filmindia" which other cinema magazines ould yon recommend to your readers?
Try some foreign magazines. Some of them are quite good.
M. KANNAPAN (Tricbinopoly )
It is generally said that Madrasis are not at all *;ed by anybody in Northern India and that they are eated with contempt. May I know your personal ainion in this respect? Do you have any dear friends nong the South Indians?
/ have hundreds of South Indian friends. No one looks upon South Indians with contempt. You have got the urong end of the rumour. The South
FILMINDIA
Indians suffer from terrific inferiority complex being unable to mix well with their neighbours and live in groups of their own away from others.
E. SAMUEL DANASINGH (Madras)
Why my friends always quote your answers in arguments?
/ am not surprised. My replies have been flung back at me by my own friends who invite me for dinner and feed me with my own stuff.
INDRA KACKER (Jodbpur)
Nowadays critics come to light more early than men of any other profession. Why?
This is a world of faults and false promises and there is so much injustice that even worms turn round and scream.
RS. 500| IN 25 PRIZES EVERY MONTH
The following prizes are awarded every month for questions which are considered interesting or elicit interesting replies in the "Editor's Mail".
1st Prize: Rs. 1001; 2nd Prize: Rs. 80j-; 3rd Prize: Rs. 50|-; 4th Prize: Rs. 40|-; 5th Prize: Rs. 30' and 20 Consolation Prizes of Rs. 101 each.
A reader can ask as many questions as he likes. Questions should be neatly written or typed if possible. Unless the letters are signed, they won't be considered.
In awarding prizes the Editor's decision shall be final and absolutely binding and no correspondence will be entertained.
The names of the prize-winners will be announced in "filmindia" every month and the prize money will be remitted by Money Order.
PRIZE WINNERS FOR FEBRUARY
1st Prize: Rs. IOOj to A. N. .Narayana Rao (Mysore); 2nd Prize: Rs. 80| to K. G. Mathur (Ghaziabad); 3rd Prize: Rs. 501 to A. Raghavan (Anantapur) ; 4th Prize: Rs. 40! to V. R. Acharya ( Benares) ; 5th Prize: Rs. 30 to J. S. Rekhi (New Delhi) and 20 consolation prizes of Rs. 10| each to the following: — S. D. Shukla (Kanpur); B. Shantaram (Coimbatore) ; Gurbachan Singh (Singapore); R. L. Nagar (Nabha); V. R. Borker (Bombay); K. Mrutyanjaya Rao (Calcutta); M. Rukmini (Gudurl; N. S. Varma (Agra); A. S. Naidu (Secunderabad Dn.) ; Mrs. Indira Devi i Kanpur); N. V. R. Swamy (Negapatam); B. Subba Rao (Madras); H. S. Raja Gopal Rao (Mysore): Udhav M. Daga (Bombay); Raymond Miranda (Mangalore) : Wadhio J. Bijlani (Thana) ; Miss Gouri Dass i Ahmedabad): J. S. Pillai I Naduruloulou. Fiji); Miss Pushpa (Kanpur) and Asha Rani (Kotahl. Money Orders are being sent to all the prize winners.
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