FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

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J1949 F I L M I N EH A (levaetj ITS F/PE PROOF Distributors : — PATEL INDIA LTD. 190. Hornby Road. BOMBAY. 7 90. Wallajih Rd.. MADRAS. 5. Lindsay Stree: CALCUTTA. 18. Rajpur Road, DELHI. 35mm SAFETY-BASE FILM I* No government restrictions to comply with. * No fire-proof film vaults needed. * Extremely finegrain. * Makes best quality release prints * Excellent for titles, too. * Slow-speeded for safer manipulation. Why go to the expense of constructing fire-proof vaults, why run the risk of overlooking government restrictions when the GEVAERT Safety Base Positive Film has come to the market! Even studios equipped with fire-proof vaults use it because of its very fine grain, excellent tonal range, uniformly high quality, constant speed and perfect results. It is the right Positive Stock for the economy minded studio. chariots and our little men will become little Caesars. Can our Indian film producers give us a picture like "Johnny Belinda"? 1 ou will soon get its distorted bits in a dozen Indian pictures. The first one of the series uill be "Paras'. K. V. GANAPATHY (Nagpur) How many parties do you attend every mouthy Most of the actors and actresses must be giving you dinner parties every month! The very first party I ever attended was at Kamini KaushaTs place and I hope it is the last. As a rule, I don't accept invitations for dinner because of my dietetic restrictions. Some of our ministers who were on the verge of insolvency have built bungalows and become owners of villages. How do you account for this? Dont make wild allegations. .Xante the ministers and get proofs and I shall see that the bungalows and villages are taken away. There is no sense in multiplying idiotic rumours. PURUSHOTTAM RAJ (Kathmandu) \^ hat is the root of slavery? ^ot the strength of the tyrant but the cowardice of the slave! ^> here lies beauty — at heart or in face? A beautiful heart lends a glow to a beautiful face. D. MUTHUSH \MY (Bombay) \\ by did Pandit Jawaharlal meet Bernard Shaw? Presumably to advertise Indian mangoes because we don't know where they scratched each other. W ho's going to be the first President of the Indian Republic? It is difficult to get rid of Rajaji. \\ hat would you do if a beautiful film star is shipwrecked on an island with you? Say you are thirty and she is twenty-five! / am forty-five and that is hardly an age for day dreams. GL WA.NT DESAI (Navsari) Does anybody at Karachi worship the Mahatma's statue opposite the Governor General's residence? "But-parasti" (idol uorship) is forbidden in Islam though "Peer Parasti" (saint worship) is practised generally. But the saint must be a Muslim. What are the achievements of the present ministries of health and education? One man dies every minute from tuberculosis in India and education has become twice more ex; pensive these days. P. N. KHOSLA (Dehra Dun) Do Americans carry umbrellas? Oh yes, they do.' It has not yet begun to rain 23