FilmIndia (Feb-Dec 1949)
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lecember, 1949
FILMINDI A
One good picture as against ten rotten ones. Some of them however entertain but don't enlighten.
EACHARIAS HAMLET (Madras)
How did a question originate? Can you please tell ne who put the hrst question to whom?
If hen Adam sau Eve and wondered, the firtf question took shape. The Serpent answered it.
)ERRICK BAILEY (Meerut)
Can Raj Kapoor be called handsome?
He is too short to be handsome. A man must be man-sized. Rafs father was very handsome once.
Why do you charge for your autographed photo vhen .\ehru gives it free?
Thousands of Nehru s photographs are published every day. His photos have no market value, mine have as they are not published so frequently.
tf. H. JAFERY (Madras)
Is smoking prohibited in Bombay cinemas also?
All prohibitions begin in Bombay first because we have a government with more inhibitions.
KL'MARI SHAMA (Srinagar)
India has given her jawans, her wealth and her sverything to save Kashmir from the raiders. What lave the film people contributed to this cause?
Didn't we send some of our acting junk to be photographed with Sheikh Abdulla?
We have got a thousand and one raped women in refugee camps here. They are in a miserable condition Jue to no fault of theirs. They are looked down upon is untouchables, even worse than that. Don t you think hat their faith in religion, God and humanity has been ihakcii ?
But still they seem to have faith in our glibtongued politicians. I think some of these politicians should marry these unfortunate women and set an example to others.
SATINDER PAL CHOPRA (Jnllundur)
Do you believe in fortune telling?
Only if the hands are fair and soft and the fingers are long and artistic can I remember Cheiro's remarkable conclusions of palmistry. Fortune telling is a good drawing room pastime if there are less men and more women as guests.
V1RS. TAR A V. GOPAL (Madras)
What do the masses see in Suraiya to go crazy about?
They are crazy about what they don't see.
ALBERT D. GONSALVES (Bombay)
Does imagination help us to forget our worries?
You can't imagine sugar, rice, wheat, money etc. You got to have them to forget your worries.
VI1SS SNEHALATA SRIMVASAN (Bangalore)
Did you ever dream of becoming such a witty per*
■on?
A hungry man becomes either a humorist or a Communist.
M. M. NAIR (Poona)
What was Minister Morarji Desai before he became a minister and Congressman?
He was a deputy collector in the British regime for years and then he became the S. K. Patil of the Gujarat Provincial Congress Committee.
K. G. MATHUR (Gbaziabad)
How do you feel on seeing our filmstars making love under the Municipal lamp-post?
That is degrading the lamp-post. Minister Morarji learnt under it.
Is Tata related to Bata?
Tata has got his head in the air, Ba'u has got his bread in the boot.
Is Pandit Indra your friend? Oh, no! I am his friend.
SARLA KAPUR (Mussoorie)
I believe in a few years time Sardar Patel will not allow ballroom dancing in India. Is it also a vice?
The Sardar has none of these puerile inhibitions, Sarla. He would have danced with you had he not had a heart to nurse. It is these little provincial Caesars who are killing all the joys of life.
MISS G. SREE (Vizagapatam) What is love?
To a man an argument of desire, to a woman a guarantee of security.
SATYA PRAKASH JAIN (Karachi)
Are you aware that even the tailors of Karachi have stopped stitching Indian-made cloth?
But the idiots forget that their skins are still Indian and so were the breasts from which they once sucked milk.
KHARAK SINGH (Kuala Lumpur)
V\ hat does Kardar mean by "High, higher and still higher"?
That refers to his pile of money. I have often seen young, beautiful girls mentioning your name and admiring your answers. Ain't you a lucky guy?
ff here is the luck? See the blasted distance between us!
HARIHAR SHAW (Dumka)
Why did a man like Gandhiji take birth in India and not in Europe?
Gods are born in the midst of worshippers. Did you ever hear of a prophet being born in England or America?
V. SUNDARARAJAN (Poona)
A friend complains of emotional poverty in his wife. What is it?
Your friend has failed to warm the bed properly.
Define 'middle class' ?
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