FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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FILMINDI A
August, H
What is Nigar Sultana's address?
Mamajiwalla Cottage, Mahim Bazaar Road, Malum, Bombay. But approach carefully as Nigar has a rare temper in spite of her attractive smile.
W hat do you think of Dilip Kumar's usually open mouth?
Must be a hungry bloke collecting the studio dust on his tongue.
K. N. SUBRAHMANYA (Mysore)
Pandit Nehru is reported to have presented mangoes to George Bernard Shaw. W hat does that mean?
That mangoes are better than our politicians.
G. JAGANNATH PATNAIK (Jeypore)
I am an ale-house politician. What are you? An arm-chair grumbler.
V. P. SHAH (Bombay)
Do Communists ever lead a peaceful life?
Only ivhen they sleep, I guess, if they sleep at
all.
V. A. ABRAHAM (Bombay)
Do you think the Socialist Party is ripe to take
over from the Congress?
When the Congress itself is not qualified enough to rule efficiently, how can you expect this little step-child of the Congress to take over?
B. KISHEN RAO (Bolarum)
Xehru kissed Lady Pamela. Rajaji embraced Lady Mounthatten but Sardar Patel kept quiet. Why?
The Sardar embraced the princes and they disappeared into his large heart.
MISS ASHA KUMARI (Dehra Dim)
What sort of women do film actors fall for? Not the good type, let us hope!
With the exception of a few uneducated rotters most of our film actors are decent married fclks who dont believe in chasing other women whether actresses or from the "good type" you presume.
RAMZANALI CALCUTTA WALLA (Secunderabad Dn.)
I am crazy about Kamini Kaushal. I want to write to her: what is her address?
Mrs. Uma Sood. C/o B. S. Sood, Gate Side. Clarke Bunder. Mazagaon. Bombay.
S. M. SRIVASTAVA (Meerut)
Why is the U.P. Government ready to spend Rs.
10.000' to remove monkeys?
Do the monkeys collect a bigger croud than the Congress ministers? If that be so, the monkeys must be shot because crowds are the essential vitamins of the Congress organization.
MITHU M. WADHWANI (Bombay)
Is there anything peculiar about your dog, Moti?
He is handsome, intelligent and loyal. How many human beings deserve this compliment?
K HI. SHAN KUMAR KALRA (Bombay)
They also love who stand and stare? But they tire their eyes and legs.
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K. NAGARAJA RAO (Kurnool)
Why are the Mountbattens so much interestill
our country?
Their first cousin is th< Prime MinistXi India.
B I SHAN SAHAI (Ghaziabad)
Bombay's Home Minister recently declared jh government would banish all forms of gambling. W this apply to marriages also?
No, nor to the privilege of voting for then
gress in the next election.
MISS PAR RATI PANJWANI (Bombay)
Is your mind a magazine of knowledge?
A magazine takes its contents from ouU Thought is the product manufactured insidM mind.
P. N. RAMACHANDRA (Mysore)
Have beautiful women got beautiful souls? Women are not known for their souls. RAJ KEJDIWAL (Kanpur)
Can you tell me why Suraiya is becoming bulkvjli by day?
She is competing with her bank account. • Do you approve of smoking by the so-calledw tured girls of India?
/ hate Indian women smoking. drinkin\i doing the rumba.
K. G. S. KRISHNA (Bombay)
What is the place of Communists in India ami you fall in line with the government's policy tovto them?
// we must have Communism, let it come pu, fully and constitutionally and not riding on thel bronco from Moscow, kicking and killing pcf without rhyme or reason.
HALIMA BEGUM (Secunderabad Dn.)
A Muslim friend argues that Islam is 99% I
munism. What do you say?
/ disagree. The brotherhood in Islam is a tual and not an equality in spoils as in Com nism. In Islam all human beings are equal in eyes of God. In Communism all human being!a supposed to be equal from the view point ojt state. There is a difference between God and a :i Islam insists on charity. Says the Holy Q>< "Practise 'salat' and pay 'zakaf to the poor il bow doivn with those ivho bow down" (Holy Q{ Ch. II 43). The words 'zakaf and 'poor in that the rich must give charity to the poor. In (I munism the rich and the poor dont exist. //« opinion, there is 99c/r disagreement between I: and Communism .
Acharya Vinobha Bhave. Mahatmaji s disciple.) vels only first class and is not afraid of public critic How do you like that?
Who is to ask him after Gandhi ji's death?'
never travelled that wax when Gandhi ji lived.
I). P. OROSKAR (Bombay)
In an article about Pandit Nehru published English weekly "Life" (international edition^ of