FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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[y, 1949
FILMIIND1A
■iNAYO AKALI (Kanpur)
Should refugees remember their native province?
As long as they remember, (hey will remain refugees. When there is no going back, why remember a dreadful past and make the present unhappy?
SE P. THEKINATH (Trichur)
Why do Hindus refer to the horoscope while marry
L?
Hindu marriages are made in heaven and it is but natural that they should see the map of heavens while forging the link below.
RAM ACHANDRAN (Anantapur)
The other day Sardar Patel said that it may not he Issible to hold elections in 1950. Why are they postning the elections like that indefinitely?
They have to count the ( roads and tha! is some job with people adding more every minute. Stop adding and the counting will be easier.
\S. WILLIAM MOSES (Tanjore)
If all the girls are given the privilege to choose ?ir own husbands what will happen?
We shall have happier homes.
(SH WAIN' AND AN BHATNAGAR (New Delhi)
Have vou ever broadcast from any of the stations the All India Radio? If not, why not? , They don't pay enough and I have no time to
waste nor any election to win.
SHWAPATI SHARMA (Delira Dun)
Why does Nargis with lakhs of rupees look thin and le?
This excellent artiste seems destined to go to an early grave. W ork is killing her by inches. The goose is asked to lay too many eggs and too fast and one day the egg collectors will miss the goose. The greed of gold has killed many a great artiste! It is a pity!
IAKUR PRASAD TULSYAN (Kanpur)
What is "420"?
It is a section of the Indian Penal Code under which persons are hauled up for cheating others of their valuable property.
Mehtab is not seen on the screen nowadays. What wrong with her?
Sohrab Modi.
How can one win an American girl?
The American girl is the easiest girl to win if you marry her and listen to her the rest of your life. Of course, the dollar dole must be regular.
P. SHARMA (Madras)
Even an old granny is seen shrinking from a hache■. Why?
The hungry look in his eyes reminds granny of grandpa with the Kruschen feeling.
4 V. KUPPUSWAMY (Trichinopoly)
What will be the result if all the beggars in India »me politicians?
The best of our beggars arc politicians and the result is obvious.
A. N. DIKSHIT (Eta>vah)
Has Vijay Bhatt stopped producing pictures for good ?
No such luck yet!
Who is the best comedian?
Dixit! And he is tickling his destiny these days and trying to make it smile a little longer.
S. AARON (Cannanore)
Are all girls meant only to marry? Can they not get on better as they are?
They can if they are only allowed to. But the boys often irritate them into getting married and thus begins the Adam and Eve story all over again.
S. P. KAUSHIK (Anibala)
What is a communist?
A capitalist who takes everything you have under the excuse that others must also live and then gives you a dole to sweat continuously till death stops furlhei exploitation.
KAMAL R. SHARMA (Simla)
What is the Indian "yellow press"?
The press that doesn't join the official band of sycophants and plays "Jana mana gana" in the midst of "Vande mataram".
GURUDEV SINGH (Patiala)
All the 24 hours Indians worship C<h\. What ha* He done for them?
He has given them a saint like Candhiji, a patriot like Nehru, a statesman like Sardar Vallabhhhai fate! and the privilege to starve and multiply in their own land of sunshine. H hat more do you expect God to do if people merely worship and don't ivork?
C ABBAS (Hyderabad On.)
I understand that in France love is a comedy, in England a tragedy, in Italy an opera and in C-ermany a melodrama. I want to know what it is in India?
A cradle song!
L. B. MANS (New Delhi)
When will Bombay become New York?
// ith Morurji Desai as the minister, it. is soon going to be a Sahara making life itself a long mirage.
Who is more charming and attractive: Nargis or Kamini Kaushal?
/ like Kamini. Nargis is still a child and has quite a few physical defects which detract from her femininity. Kamini is a nice, compact woman with plenty of verve.
S. I'. VASUDEV RAO (Bangalore)
Is the span of life given to man short or long?
The evil ones live too long. What is 'why'?
A red rag to the Congress bulls.
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