FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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FILM INDIA
Are you a spectator?
In this world of hatred and jealousy no one can be a mere spectator, everyone is a victim.
JAWAHIR S. THANVI (Jodhpur)
Why religions were founded, are founded and will be founded in future?
Religion is the conscience of sin. Once in a while some one comes along and excavates the human conscience from the pile of unholy acts and we call it religion.
Which is the favourite game of the Americans?
Making money and when they get tired they play some baseball.
When do you eat your own words?
/ spit words, my rivals eat them.
It is said that Pandit Indra is an adopted brother of your wife?
That is right and I have not got over the shock
yet.
Who should be called the father of journalism in India?
In India journalism is an orphan profession. Those who grow old become merely old orphans but never fathers.
Who is more extravagant — man or woman?
Woman! Her extravagance keeps the world croivded in the midst of floods, famines, pestilence and wars.
K. L. SESHAGIRI RAO (Mysore)
What makes you hesitate to reveal sex in its nakedness?
Sex becomes a science when stripped and an art when draped. I am an artist and not a scientist.
D. T. BALANI (New Delhi)
Have our actors and actresses done anything to help our soldiers on the Kashmir front?
Under the excuse of helping the soldiers they recently vomitted some old bile against prohibition and film censorship and relieved themselves of a bit of helpless frustration against the government.
H. BHAVRILAL (Bangalore)
Why are you so prejudiced against Suraiya in calling her ugly?
/ am rot prejudiced against her. I don I even know the kid. I believe what I see on the screen.
Who, do you think, is going to win Suraiya in the field of matrimony?
Whoever does will get a few buildings, a lot of gold and a good-natured girl as I am told.
K. G. MATHUR (Chaziabad)
I hear that Sardar Chandulalji fears death. Why?
Oh no, he is not that bad. He fears insolvency more and that is why he works hard.
What is the difference between the Indian system of marriage and the English system of marriage?
So long as the purpose is the same, the different systems don't matter.
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Are you in favour of Jai Prakash, the socialist?
Absolutely! Provided he stops talking starts doing things.
Differentiate between Bapu and Jinnah?
Bapu was the father of humanity, Jinnah father of Muslims.
MISS U. PAI (Bombay)
Why do the dogs of aristocrats bark only at sw
ers and beggars?
Human beings have made even the dogs c conscious by naming some as the pariahs and ot. as the pedigreed ones. Loyal to their masters dogs play their part loyally.
Is pity a bad thing '
Pity is a demoralizing sentiment. It ho a patronising and aristocratic flavour which is hi{ unsuited to our democratic age. Self pity is wc It is a murder of one's personality.
What is the yardstick of a person's intelligence: j
His conversation which is often silence in um
face of provocation.
Should I see the Taj Mahal only in the compj? of my beloved ?
The Taj Mahal is a symbol of a royal Zatii fanaticism in love. It is a monument of selfish ,M to build which thousands sweated day and ni"ht v years. Though beautiful in architecture, ther nothing ennobling about it seeing that a crazy i immortalized his bed of pleasure by a mausoln in marble.
Is hero worship good?
If God is the hero. The rest are idols with of clay.
M. B. KANHERKAR (Poona)
Whv is 'ace-director' Shantaram deteriorating quality these days?
He has stopped learning. Men like Kisi Sahu and Raj Kapoor are pushing him back.
MISS SUNDARI REDDY (Kurnool)
I am allowed to read "filmindia" but not alio to see pictures. What should I do, dear editor?
You are not missing much. If all younr i had wise porenls like yours, our pictures would prove quickly.
M. RUKMINAMMA (Gudur)
What was the reaction of black marketeers du^| the recent cyclone?
They made a fortunr selling candles uhenm had no electric lights. Blackmarketeers cash il fortunes and misfortunes. My lucky metal is gold. What is yours?
Cold is all the luck the world wants and Iw one of the world.
What is the Ran jit studio famous for?
As the place where the film magnates pros * ed before Minister Morarji Desai.