FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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y, 1949 Sigar und Mumtaz add sex-appeal lo "'Bikhre Moti", a social story of Great India Pictures. In the event of the World War HI what would you idvise young women to do? Go to war and die so that we hare less cradles and fewer people to feed. If one desires to master three languages which will von suggest? Gujarati for money, Hindustani for politics and English for knowledge. m. K. FAZLl'R RAHMAN (Bangalore) How does Kishore Sahu feel when he sees the cover â– page of February "filmindia"? He believes what he sees and his people won der. What sort of dress does Suraiya wear when she is Mat home? An old sari of Badshah Begum. That Badshah Begum is her old nanny who also signs film contracts without film work. Has a dark-skinned girl any chance of attaining I stardom? The camera needs a good mould und not a good colour. What is a girl without figure? A bamboo blowpipe. What has happened to S. Mukherjee, the one-time | ambition of many a producer? He is the producer-partner of Filmistan and u responsible for all its productions. FILMINDIA YUSUF MOHAMED SOLIMAN (Port Louis, Mauritius^ Did you wear your dhotie during your sojourn in the United States of America? / did so in my room but the American dhobie called it a mans saree. After that description, I didn't like my sex to be misunderstood in public. W hat foot do you put first on the floor when you wake up in the morning? The right one and then proceed to do the wrong things whole day. MAHARAJ KRISHAN (New Delhi) \^ hat makes women so fond of chillies? Chillies probably give an extra sting to their tongues. K. S. SANKARA NARAYANAN (New Delhi) Would you advocate the use of lipstick by all housew ives ? // Indiun housewives take to lipsticks, clubs would be deserted and husbands would f>ecome more domestic. (. \M>HI CHOITH R. (Patna) What are your ideas about divorce in India? There is some chance of marital happiness on a virgin bed but none on u divorced one which is strewn with inhibitions of the past. Mental harmony is the bedrock of every marriage and sensitive minds do not fancy taking history to bed. What must be the property of Mr. Chandulal Shah? Will he give me some monthly help? He will, if you grow two more legs and run for him on the race course. He owns race horses, a fleet of motor cars, palaces and what not. MISS KALA RIJHSINGHANI (Bombay) Why is it that when we see tragedy on the Indian screen, we are rather inclined to laugh than cry? Because when you look behind, you see the dead hero sitting in the box receiving curious smiles. NARESH CHANDAR (Delhi) My career is going to be journalism. Please give me some advice? Write what you feel and forget what you hear. And you will arrive. What purpose does lipstick serve? // holds the kiss together. YOGESH CHANDRA WHIG (New Delhi) Can you give me one good reason of Pandit Indra's popularity as a screen writer? / shall give you two: Chandulal Shah and \ asan. What has Gandhian philosophy taught you? To die with "Ram nam" on your lips when the bullets arrive. If V. Shantaram is a good friend of yours why ha? he stopped advertising his pictures in "filmindia"? Shantaram doesnt read "filmindia" and he always likes to read his own advertisement. 2S