FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

^/oQ5 & Sick OQ5 (This is the reader's forum — as and when space permits. From the producer to the lay film-goer, every one can write to the Editor and ventilate his grievance. For every letter published in these columns, the publishers will pay Rs. SiLetters should be signed and marked "Woes And Echoes". Photographs of the readers will be published along with their letters, if convenient. — The Editor.) HAPPY? ['Allow me to say a word about I. K. C. Purohits letter published I the oes & Echoes" columns I 'filmindia'' of January 1949 unI the caption "Islam in Danger". I 'Simply because a few lines rearing to Islam occur in a song and I words Islam and Kom are utterI in the picture "Dard". he conInns the picture as one "containI nothing except seeds of commuI trouble '. The relevant lines are: I 'Allah ke bandon ko majhdhar ka gham kyoon ho". 'Islam ki kishti ko ham par laga denge". 'I fail to see where is "communal uble" in them. If Islam is in lger it is only from within, i.e., m the Muslims themselves beise of their deviation from the "h. I think that is the way to ;rpret the lines in question. s 'Because 'at many places' Mr. Irohit complains, 'there are words I? Islam and Kom (caste)' the Jture contains 'communal trouble'. In absurdity go further?" ■ NGALORE. Abdul Rasheed. KALA CHASHMA? 'Nargis wept so much in Jaimini Itvan's 'Lahore' to make the picte a hit but failed miserablv along ih the picture itself. Her eye|ht must have weakened. Is it t advisable to send her glasses?" «'LHI. Narain Das. OUTSIDE! 'The Odeon Cinema of this town, t only theatre which plays foreign ■lures, is hardly a theatre in the Ise we usually understand. Its jnimum charged seat costs Rs. 1 5 tause there is no other cinema iliwing foreign pictures. 'Making money is alright but ■it you think we should get some • initios for our money? The fnd svstem here is bad, the pro|or is faulty and one has to strain » s eyes to see the picture. The I* are all third class. ^here should we stand Mr ■ el?" CHRA DUX. K. Chosh. I DO BUT— "In the cinemas in this town, college students are given a concession rate but school students are not allowed to enjoy this concession. Is this fair and sensible? If at all, the school students who have lesser buying power should be given the concession rates. Don't you think so?" MEERUT. Niranjan Bhatia. FRANK BUT TRUE! "I congratulate you for your frankness which is revealed in your last month's editorial (filmindia March 1949). You have shown clearly how poor India's money is wasted on such useless adventures. Illustrated Weekly's "London Letter" clearly states that Lday Shankar could not cut much ice in U.K. also. "I hope our directors and producers bear in mind constantly your valuable editorial whenever they think of sending any films abroad and wasting our nation's wealth". NAGPUR. N. Y. Gore. WEEPY ENTERT UNMENT! "There are two cinemas in Sambalpur. Roth of them are getting packed houses every day. Here at Sambalpur leaving alone the adults even the lower primary students are addicted to smoking. Consequently one can hardly find any moment without a bidi or a cigarette being lighted during the short span inside the hall. Specially after the interval one would find innumerable stars glittering inside the hall in the darkness. The place at that time appears to be a veritable hell full of smoke. True to speak eyes smart and water due to the smoke. "I appeal to the authorities to follow in the footsteps of the Bombay Government and put a ban on smoking inside the cinema halls." ORISSA. Durgaprasad Pabnee. ALL FOR MONEY? "Recently I went to 'Minerva' a local picture palace, to see a Bengali picture. There I found howone can be tortured in a non-violent way. The picture was simply a nonsensical hotch-potch. "I have however to complain about a far more annoying thing and that is about the seats provided to the cine-goers. 1 paid Rs. 1|5|and the seat that I was shown in was not even worth a garland of torn -hoes round the necks of the sell h. sreedv and \ ulnar million When Rehana and Raj Kapoor come together the silver screen become j r olden spot in "Sunhere Din" 8 social story of Jagat Pictures. 69