FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

F I L M I N D 1 A March, 194' Raj Kapoor seems to be so persuasive in romance that Rehana doesn't seem to mind so much in "Sunhere Din" produced by Jagat Pictures. sionally, please, for heaven's sake, do not go even a mile near the two recent "damnations". "Demon Land" & "Mohini" which are pictures worthy to be seen only by aborigines cf forgotten days." S. C. Sivananjappa. SAXGEXAHALLY. TOO BAD! "Recently 1 was in Bombay where I saw "On an Island with \ou", at the Metro theatre which is still considered the best theatre in India. But I am very sorry to say that its urinals are very few in number so much so that one has to wait in a long aueue for his chance. I had to return disappointed due to great rush at the urinals as the interval was very short. BHIWANI. Rajesh N. Saxena. WHY PUNISH MY SON? "I don't know whether you have a son. I sincerely wish you have one for we require a little Patel in South India. Please teach him Tamil and Malayalam and send him over here to save South Inc'lan film-goers from complete annihilation of their aes 72 thetic sense by South Indian producers. KOTTAYAM. S. Ramachandran COURTESY OPINIONS "I read in the papers that the Governor of \^ est Bengal saw the Hindi version of Gemini's "Chandralekha" and gave his verdict praising the film. I can't understand why our politicians should not stick to their own field instead of encroaching upon other fields which are totally strange to them. Film criticism is a specialised job and it requires brains, experience and honesty and unfortunately this country has got only one critic (It is needless for me to mention his name here i. Personally I get thrilled when I read film reviews only in "filmindia"." TAXJORE. Mrs. William Moses. PAYING FOR THE ROOF! " 'Mayfair' is the best English picture house in Lucknow, despite I he fact that its roof gave way only a few months ago while a picture was being screened and quite a good number of the people in the dress circle were injured. The management may be excused on that count for reasons of the accident being unfore seen but that it should resort to moral greed, is really shameful. ( j iecently 'Hamlet" was being scree! there and you can well imagine rush that was expected speciallv f the student community. Forese this the management enhanced I admission rates and thus earned q] a lot. This has now become a ctice with these owners of pict ! houses, to enhance the rates when»i there is a long or an extraordir picture, while they never care to \ ice-versa in case of short and tli tate pictures. Is this not highlv picable and should not the gov. ment do something to stop it ?" LUCKXOW. K. Duivl GRATITUDE ith an English picture I I ihe trailor of "Grihasthi", about I ft., and I dare say that it constitij the poorest recommendation for I picture. The most repulsive elerx) in it was the vulgar song "M< wali chhori", sung in a car by tt ugly 'beauties' making all sorts unbecoming gestures as the car ]i sed through the streets! I thanked \ stars for that trailor which saved i from the torture that 3 hours of s \ 'entertainment' would have brou. me ! " NEW DELHI. Omesh Chandra Wl DAMN DISGUSTINO: "The owners and managers of § cinema theatres in Mysore City a not seem to understand the impel ance of starting the shows at ■ scheduled time. Almost all the th|» tres commence the film at least lOp 15 minutes after the scheduled tin The higher class audience, thotl disgusted with this nuisance, sorB how tolerates it but the lower ell crowds lose their patience and be* all sorts of indecent shoutings al hootings. "There is another grave injust; which cannot be tolerated. The (■ kets issued in almost all the theati are more than the actual number I seats. More than 20 to 30 extra M kets are issued in each class. Tl management shifts and annoys othM in trying to provide for these peopk Isn't this all disgusting?" MYSORE. M.K. .\eelakanta r\