FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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,.ril, 1949 FILMINDI A Nirupa Roy plays another lead in " Nanand Bhojai ", a social story produced by Ajit Pictures. B. AN AND (Bombay) Do you really like Sajjan on the stage? We try to ivoid his very sight! Sajjan is a fine, sincere stage artiste and if you avoid him it is your loss. But dont meet him socially. He is like his chief, difficult to get rid of. ARVIND DEVIDAS (Bombay) Are all people moving in motor cars rich? Except the chauffeurs. Should boys know cooking? With our modern girls doing everything but cooking and a classless society round the corner, it is high time boys look after their own meals. RADHA RAMAN (Mathura) Should students join R.S.S.? No. KRISHNAN (Kumbakonam) When does an extra girl become a star? W hen a small producer apes a big one and buys a four-seater for two persons. . You seem to be an opportunist? But they call me a journalist these days. What is your frank opinion about the thousands of blokes who pay two rupees and read your -i filmindia " regularly? A discriminating crowd which keeps me working 12 hours a day. K. P. N. RAO (Bangalore) I never happened to win the love of my boss's daughter though I saw it happen in many a picture? That is just the trouble with motion pictures. They are completely divorced from the reality of life. By giving impossible dreams they merely succeed in giving so many nightmares. K. G. SURYA (Bangalore) Please say something about Kamini Kaushal? Coy, clever and coquettish. K. PADMA NAIDU (Cocanada) What is the best way of serving our country? Work hard and watch. Can we practise non-violence in our day-to-day life? No. If you do, you will only help to increase, crime. MULLERA MUTHANA (Mysore) If the whole film world stands against you, would you dare do what you think right ? / have been in that happy position last 25 years and things I have written are turning right gradually. POORAN CHANDRA PANDE (Lucknow) How does a wise man feel in a fool's paradise? He gets an attack of superiority complex and soon reaches the level of others. Is it wise to criticize a government in power? It is always wise to criticize wisely but criminal to sabotage our own government. HARISH CHANDRA BAJPAI (Kanpur) Why aren't our film producers producing Pandit Nehru's life for the screen? They are waiting for him to die because dead men can't protest. Besides a great death is always good business for film producers. MISS R. RAJAN (Madras) How does a scandal start? Often when a man ceases to be a hypocrite and flourishes his honesty. I. S. NECI (Agra) Can you suggest any remedy to get rid of an illiterate wife? Educate yourself to the point of philosophy. At that stage even an illiterate wife becomes one more book of life to read. MAHESH (Kanpur) Does familiarity ever breed contempt in married life? It also breeds contemptuous brats. A donkey looks like a philosopher, the way it stands meekly, silently and thoughtfully! And it never gets any stomach ulcers either. Imagine the sight of our diehard Congress ministers going to hell and seeing sinners drinking heavily! Ouite a few of them will join in and beat the old sinners at their game. They would naturally be 31