FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)

)ecember, 1949 URS. MANOR AMADEVI BHARAD^'Aj (Indore) If Samaldas Gandhi could win a war in Junagadh. vhy is he not posted in Kashmir? In Junagadh it was a war of words. In Kashmir it is a matter oj bullets and a nephew of Gandhi ji cant be sent on a violent front. L PLSHPAVATI (Seeunderabad Dn.) Why do I prefer seeing you in photo than in per on? ) on musn't be much to see and you don't wish to disillusion me. I appreciate your courtesy. I HARDET SINGH (Singapore) How many Patels are there in India? Only two. Vallabhbhai and myself, the rest are bankers. i D. MERCHANT (Bombay) Why are guards of honour provided to our leaders? To provide as uith an exhibition of their strutting. That is one of the vices we have inherited from the British. Please note that it is dangerous for you to move at ight. with your wife wearing valuable Jewellery. Don t ou rememher Aga Khan's recent mishap? My wife has no jewellery worth robbing. I am her only Kohinoor and no one else wants that. Is kissing dangerous in a medical sense? But doctors don't let the nurses escape. Do they? Why is Sarahhai's family more in the news nowlay s? Because one of them is suffering from dancing hysteria. ISHAN S VH VI (Ghaziahad) How can a hen-pecked husband be recognised in a 0\\ (I ? He walks behind with his bed-accident in his arms. Cannot the displaced Indian princes he of some use the film industry ? .Some of the princes have already adopted quite a few of our celluloid princesses ar.d we can smell a lot of money burning these days. L. PI RI (Simla) If "Loves of Carmen*' could he banned w by not "Barat"? Then "Barsaat" must be an interesting picture, because there were more "legs" in "Carmen than a l ft loves . S. RAMAN 1 Ml THAN V\ (New Delhi) How can one live year after year with the same man d yet hold his love and interest ? By being the shadow of his self and the widow of one s own. C. K. TH ATHACHARY (N« » Delhi) What is the qualification of the Honourable Sardar Idev Singh? He belongs to the race with virgin hair. FILMIND1 A S. H. DAGA (Bombay) Whv did Pandit Indra leave Sardar Chandulal and go to Vasan ? F rogs tra: el when a well dries. What is pain? The democracy of God. E. RATNASWAMI (Kancbeepuram) What are these Madrasis doing in Matunga? Xot Matunga but Matungam. They are cooking idli and dosai and cursing their employers. Ml NEYB (Triebinopoly) "Love is an art". Is it? // 13 food for the lovelorn — food that you cun t grow with tractors. V. D. MAHABAL (Poona) What can you say about Madhubala? Nothing yet to say. Her eyes are still blank and innocent. MISS RUBY CHOI DHI RY (Bankura) What is mental polygamy? It is a love-thy-neighbour game on a big scale. Is love a worship? Only, if the beloved is a deity. MISS SAROJA (Bangalore) Have you visited the Rrindavan Gardens in Mysore? And ulso noticed the waste of water and electricity on the half -starved population. If e need fountains in fields and not in parks. ISIRMAL (Reva) \re there saints in America? America has several "Saints Incorporated /laying regular dividends. \\ ho creates problems for the politicians? 25 DON'T PAY MORE The 5th edition of "Grey Dust", India's best seller, is now on the stalls. Don't pay more and encourage blackmarketing. We shall print as many copies as readers want. The prices are: India Hs. 10j-, Pakistan. Burma & Ceylon Hs. 12| Overseas £1 or $5.00. tax and post paid at your door. Remittances should be made by M. O. or postal orders. Copies will not be sent by V.P.P. GREY DUST THE 11 ORLD'S MOST EXCITING BOOK ORDER VOI R CO/'Y TODAY. SUMATI PUBLICATIONS 55, Sir Pherozeshah Mehta Road, FORT— BOMBAY— INDIA.