FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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arch, 1949 FILMINDI A LYANT Kr. MOHAPATRO (Patna) Are you on good terms with Suraiya? Advise her to duce her fat. The poor girl works hard enough but I guess she can work off her weight a little more. j What is meant by "bursting with emotion' ? See Nur Jehan, Suraiya, Meena and Manor ama on the screen and you will know. How did you build your personality? / worked hard 27 years. 12 hours a day. IIVANAND PRABHU (Kumta) What should be done when many boys are fighting ith one another for the sake of a beautiful girl? If it is a problem of many they should refer the matter to the L .N.O. and ask for a Commission to be appointed. D. TYAGI (Delhi) If a tax is imposed upon virgins, will it be of any le to society ? The government will collect huge amounts from the film actresses, because non-payment would amount to a confession. K P. JHUNJHUNUWALA (Kanpur) On Jaipur Congress 65 lakhs of rupees were wasted j pomp and show. Was it a party conference or a imasha? It was the victors' vanity fair with the rich on the sofas and the poor on the tent tops. Many called it a disgusting exhibition of Congress democracy. All that money could have built quite a few houses for the homeless poor. When does love become a monotony? Marriage is love s monotony. IVMCHANDER GUPTA (Tukneri) Why did some people object to Pandit Nehru's [Using Lady Pamela Mountbatten? Who objected.'' I did not nor did Lady Pamela. Then what the hell have "some people" to do with it? I kiss my daughter so often and no one objects. What is a sin in politics? The whole affair is one big sin. A. RAMAN ATH AN (Poona) \\ hat is the closest to a woman's heart? A baby's lips which make her the mother of the human race. The Yankees say thev will one dav go to the Moon. y? To find out what moonstruck Indians have been doing tliere for 10000 years. For what is Hollywood unpopular? For misrepresenting the whole world including their own little town. PAL BANERJEE (Barrackpore) Wherein lies the glamour of a girl? In her youth and refusal. Sulochana Chatterjee, always a bright and sunny soul, plays a great role in "Nai Reel" produced by India Film Corporation. MISS SULOCHANA (Madras) What do you think of women as bus conductors? / / they are nice and polite that is at least something to rest the eyes on, seeing that the seats are never comfortable. Nowadays Rajaji is more like a saint than a statesman, isn't it? Rajaji, a saint? We shall have to call back Candhiji to prove that. S. P. VASUDEV RAO (Bangalore) \^ hich is the best way of earning a good name in this world? This world is not worth all the trouble. The best name ice have has been turned into a vote catching device. If they can do that to Candhiji after 50 years of his selfless service, what is the sense in you and I struggling to earn a name? U e can do the next best thing: earn an honest living. Though the Congress Party is socialistic in its principles, how: is it that the Socialists oppose it tooth and nail ? The Socialists seem to be in a devilish hurry for power and they want it before some of them grow bald and unattractive. HANUMANTHA RAO (Bangalore) As man advances in age he becomes more talkative. Why? With years he has collected so much more mat 21