FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

, 1949 F I L M I N D I A Why in the name of rational i:tual faculty do these artists leap imitators moving to and i the made-to-order sets of the ?d film directors? high time Mr. Patel, that these stress the demand for good ring true-to-life roles which enhance their fame on the jient of filmdom." IskwarduU B. Sharma. 1 5ASA. INDEED! ;t month I happened to see | dozen pictures and it was a [f to find Suraiya acting in all m. It seems our producers nothing else to offer to their Ice save Suraiya. ink God. Suraiya could not ly herself like God Krishna p we would have been bored th. That's a consolation, any I done with these monotonous yas", "Nargises" and "Dilips". int new faces with new angles esh action." AY. /'. Parikh BETTER LATE! . Patel, last week I went to irahasti". It was a horrible ;. I wish your review of this ! had come out earlier. 1 ) think that you nursed a grudinst those producers and direc.hose pictures you criticised, •w I know I have been wrong, ncerest apologies to you Mr. and from now on the ■ filmwill be my guide provided iews come in time. This "Craaffair came out a bit too late." ACK. Dora Samuel. A PAVING MISTAKE! iris' School" has been released dimar Talkies here. Vi hen I 0 see this picture, I was very surprised to hear a character in try say that having passed his he had to prepare for the examination. To make sure 1 to see this picture thrice, but the same mistake again and UR. Gurbachan Singh. AGREED! vent to Hubli to see a picture i 'Deccan Cinema'. Its surngs are very dirty. The inf the theatre is like a kitchen of an old house. The screen has many patches. The fans need a man with a long pole to give them a start. The chairs are useless for sitting. Even the 1st class chairs have no arms. '"And the sound? Alas, neither songs nor dialogue can be heard. Such theatres must be closed because of their uselessness to the public." DHARWAR. H. Hemakesari. Is Suraiya all ready for a quarrel ? Is Dev Anand worrying her in "Shair". a Jagat picture? WISE BUSINESSMEN! i congratulate the Gramophone Company on their wise decision to withdraw from sale records of songs banned on the screen on grounds of morality. It is ridiculous that while the film censors ban songs as morally harmful to the public, these songs are played everywhere on the gramophone. Ironically enough, they become more popular than others on account of their very objectionable nature. Hence the decision of the Company is indeed gratifying." BANGALORE. Abdul Rasheed. AS GOOD AS THEM! "Mr. Patel, I wish to tell you that the picture "Matlabi" which was banned by the Bombay Board of Film Censors ran here successfully for about three weeks. "It is matter of pity that the Government allow such rotten pictures to run overseas. "Africans are generally fond of such stunt pictures, especially of Bhagwan. because they contain vulgar dances and disgusting actions of Bhagwan. "The theatre owners are cunning enough to keep such pictures on the last days of the month when the Africans get their salary. While people like me hate such pictures what do you think Africans think of Indians?" TANGA. A. M. Mamujee. HULLO, CHERIAN! "There are four theatres in the town of Kottayam two out of which are not functioning and the other two are ow ned by Mr. M. M. Cherian. This is a monopoly town and Mr. Cherian shows whatever rot he likes and never a good Hindi picture. As soon as he finishes a Tamil programme, he screens some English picture for one day — you know it is cheap business — and then begins another Tamil torture which lasts for weeks. The idea of showing Hindi pictures does not occur to him it seems!" KOTTAYAM. P. E. Jacob. ASK TAX INSPECTOR! "In Kirkee there is a cinema house known as Maya Talkies and it is under a Sindhi. I noticed a peculiar system here. " The door keeper in the third class collects the entire ticket and does not return its half part meant for the purchaser. "What do you think he does with the whole ticket?" KIRKEE. Abdul Kadar. 71