FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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E JiW5 Hail (/n fAis section, the editor himself replies to queries from the readers. 4s thousands of letters are received every month— some anxious and several frivolous^— it is neither possible nor convenient to attend to all. Selected letters are usually treated in an informative and humorous strain and no offence is meant to anyone.) SATYANARAYANA RAO (Kurnool) What is the important difference between the dreams : the poor and the rich? The dreams of the poor go in search of food while those of the rich think of different purgatives. R1THI PAUL SINGH (Simla) Yi hen a woman is in love, she goes into ecstasy, hat does a man do when he falls in love? He pays for the ecstasy. . RAJAGOPAL (Mysore) What do film stars see in their mirrors? The terms of their next contract. When does a girl close her love affair? U hen her parents give her a licensed bedroom and a man all to herself. VGDISH PRASAD JAIN (Hapur) Say -omething about Nayan Tara? A charming chameleon. What is the difference between a college girl and a •hool girl? They are little women on different sides of the keyhole. OPAL CHANDRA BANERJEE (Barrackpore) How to handle an old man who stares at young rls? Ignore him. His desire dies with the s'..<e. Name a god-forsaken place? Try Delhi! It is haunted by ill-clad refugees and white-capped devils. Do you write poems on a rainy day? No, I collect the rain in buckets and use it for washing my clothes. What is indispensable to you? Gods grace! The rest can be replaced. I am a blind supporter of Jawaharlal. Are you? No! I don't believe in hero-worship though I admire Jawaharlal. I do not consider it fair to Jawaharlal to follow him blindly, when his life provides so much material to think. Have you ever met Pavlova, the dancer? / did and I fell in love with her. But then she told me she teas a Russian. That settled our future. ISS KUNDA SARANG (Bombay) What is prostitution? Commerce that started with the loose-leaf system of Adam and Eve. MISS GANGU KL SHALPA (Mercara) \^ hat sensation does a full moon cause in you? She reminds me of u thousand idiotic film songs wickedly thrust on us under her aegis. I get nausea when I see the full moon these days. Does darkness frighten you? Only when it is lonely. May I know the list of pet names with which you are called? t/v wife calls me 'Babs ', my father calls me 'Bubu. my friends call me 'Buburao' and producers call me — . Never mind that! K. T. RAMAC.HAR (Rayadrug) Do you know the name of the new Madras premier? It is P. S. Kumaraswami Raja. Does it frighten you? Dilip Kumar, the most popular hero of the Indian screen, gives one of his happy-go-lucky performances in "Shabnam". a Filmistan hit now running at the Roxy in Bombay. 19