FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

Ay, 1949 FILMINDI A ling up constantly and the Government films threateng to scare away people. That Hahih Hussein, the faithful follower of the ja Khan, introduced the wife of his future Imam to s friends and admirers by giving a sly show of "The ives of Carmen". If Aly gets half of the stuff that ta delivered in the picture, his marriage is going to one long honeymoon. That the Liberty Cinema has a significant name sing that its boss took the liberty of showing an unrtified film to a small gathering of 1.000 friends. That eatre should be renamed "License Talkies". That by giving a sly show of "The Loves of Car;n". little Habib Hussein proved to Minister Morarji. e man with the big stick, that law is a ass. That baldpated \ . Kashinath brother of \ . Shantam in turn brother of V. Avadhoot. has been visiting i Strand Hotel these days — rather these nights — dresslike a bridegroom in a silk shirt and excessive Hazele Snow on the face. Is he again on a bride-hunt for s fourth time? That baldpated V. Kashinath is reported to have fade a lot of progress during the absence of \egus.ired \ . Shantaram at Panhala but owing to the rains d chill v weather. th° news has not disturbed the familv F That the present chilly weather seems to be bringing •ople closer the way we find Dev Anand taking out e usually chaperoned Suraiya alone to Actor Shyams y party at Lentin Court. That the Dev Anand-Suraiva visit shocked one of our cent and -ensitive Muslim directors so much that he tpt for a week pressing the different poses of the ~har Din" calendar to his bosom. That whoever marries Suraiya stands to get over n lakhs of rupees straightaway seeing that Suraiya «ps all the money with her without allowing her mmy and granny even to look at it. That is a tip to Nasir. He can risk one more marriage. That the three maidens of Marine Drive — Xargis, iraiya and Madhubala — are all within the most popur furlong of the Drive and it is no wonder to see Al asir. Dev Anand. Asif and even that optimist Arora — 1 parking there for fresh air. They don't even mind the ummies and the grannies spitting on their cars. Such •od natured bovs! That millionaire Makhkhanlal. who is also inside it maidens' zone, is reported to have cut off from M. T. Ltd.. backed up Sakshab and backed out again id produced a dozen pictures last year. People in e maidens' zone can do anything. That even Kaourchand's Keval who lives in the aidens' zone oftrn talks funny the way he thought that inister Morarji didn't know a thing about the exhihi)n trade in Bomhav. Keval is waiting for an invita)n from the Home Minister to reveal a few things. That song-writ r Xakshab's picture was inaugurated • the Negus-haired Y. Shantaram. with hair parted and t for the occasion, w ith the result that the financier is ported to have run away and Xakshab is looking for lother patron. The Shantaram touch! That after "filmindia's" review of "Sawan Aya Re" many a whiskered director seems to be anxious to get the size of Kishore Sahu's shoes these days. That is just like Indians, running to worship, without realizing that the stuff is in the head and not in the feet. That even Mohana, the girl with Jane Russell responsibilities, looks at Sahu with her moist bulging eyes these days. The look has made some new hair grow on Sahu's bald head. If Mohana keeps looking that way for a month. Sahu won't need a wig in the next picture. That one of the grievances which producers want the Government's inquiry committee to investigate is about the heroes asking for specific heroines or vice versa in their pictures such as: Suraiva wanting Dev Anand: akub insisting on Sulochana Chatterjee: Dilip Kumar asking for Kamini Kaushal, Geeta Bali wanting Kedar Sharma etc. The producers feel that this pairing upsets their financial budgets though it improves the quality of the love scenes. That all the grievances of the industry are waiting on their toes since the last eight months because the Government of India have promised to deal with them onlv through the inquiry committee, though no one. including the Government, knows when the committee will be appointed. That though all the grievances of the industrv must wait till the committee is appointed, the Government don't need the advice of the committee to increase entertainment tax and levy other impositions on the industrv. That at this rate there won't be any grievances or any industry left to investigate by the time the inquiry committee is appointed and thus the Finance Department of the Government of India will automatically save all the expenses of the committee. That will be a great national service from Minister Diwakar. That Director Mehboob is happy these days seeing that his "Andaz" collected as much as three lacs and sixtv thousand rupees within nine weeks at the Liberty. But Director Kardar thinks that the push-hack chairs of the new cinema did the trick. Whatever the reason we are happv with Mehboob. That Negus-haired V. Shantaram. brother of V. Kashinath in turn brother of V. Avadhoot has got a bad attack of constipation these days due to "Andaz" takings at the Liberty. That Javashree called the family doctor the other night when she heard Xegus-haired V. Shantaram muttering in his sleep the words "Fazalbhoy". "Apna Desh". "Andaz". "Muslims" etc. The doctor could not diagnose the new malady. It is a new disease in exhibition. That in any case it was good that "Apna Desh" was not released at the Liberty, otherwise the takings of the push-back chairs would have convinced V. Shantaram that he had produced a great picture and his publicity tuskers would have gored us to death with their sickening stuff. That K. Ahmed \bbas, the vest-pocket revolutionary of India, had gone to Malabar in search of elephants but returned disappointed as he could not find a match for his own tamed tusker of Maharashtra. Sathe has some rare tusks. Why not try matching with a walrus! 15