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Details: Published: 22 November 2021; Last Updated: 22 November 2021

Started in August 2017, received a setback in the beginning of the pandemic, continuing at a steady pace, in this 1000th Musing, I offer you two items.

1. From Jayaraman's collection 77 songs of Anil Biswas (recorded 1936-1965).

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2. The Full Cast of Paise Ki Gudiya (1974).

The official cast (I copied from Vol V of the Hindi film Geet Kosh):

15 people

Ashok Kumar, Sayra Banu, Navin Nischal, Padma Khanna, Asrani, Sulochana, Sapru, Naz, Shetty, Murad, Radheshyam, B Parera, Nazir Kashmiri, Sumiti Gupte, Lalita Kumari

The cast extended by including all the junior artists that Upendra Samaranayake could recognize.

54 more people, listed with the role they played.

Agha Shapur   Guest (Meri Baat)
Anil   Patron (Main Hue)
Bhairav Prasad   Patron (Main Hue)
Darshan   'Unche vichare' mocker
Dayanand   Madhavi's Doctor
Devi Chand   Madhavi's Doctor
Dubey   Patron (Main Hue)
E. Billimoria   'Izzat' commentor
Faredoon Irani   Mocking onlooker
Flo Kelly   Guest (Meri Baat)
Gopal   Namitha's musician
Hanif   Madhavi's Doctor
Iqbal   Guest (Meri Baat) / Patron (Main Hue)
Irene Campos   Student
Iris Campos   Dance viewer
Jagdish   Patron (Main Hue)
Jenny Stone   Nurse
June Campos   Student
K. P. Rao   Patron (Main Hue)
Kedar Saigal   Panditji / Patron
Khalid Mohammed   Intervention guest
Khurshid   Student
Kirti Nagpal   Namitha's musician
Kishan Lulla   Club arriver
Kishen   'Tawaif apne' mocker
Kishore   Patron (Main Hue)
Lamba   Intervention guest
Loretta   Operation observer
Mani   Party guest
Manjeet   Operation observer
Maqsood   Dancer (Pagal)
Margaret   Guest (Meri Baat)
Mary Bully   Guest (Meri Baat)
Mijjan   X-ray Doctor
Mohan Nagpal   Dancer (Pagal)
Moolchand   Patron (Main Hue)
Nadir   Pool viewer / Party guest
Nazir Kashmiri   Ram Prasad
Omi   'Paanch rupaiye' payer
P. D. Lal   Intervention guest
Pandit Chand   Guest (Meri Baat') / Patron (Main Hue) / Madhavi's Doctor
Raj Kumar   Post-win guest
Rajesh Bhatija   Professor
Rehana   Guest (Meri Baat)
Satya Rani   Worried Ma
Shanti   Nun
Solomon   Guest (Meri Baat)
Sopariwala   Intervention guest
Surendra Rahi   Guest (Meri Baat)
Swarna   Advance taker / Guest (Meri Baat)
Tulsi   Patron (Main Hue)
Vishnu   Titles Doctor
Yasmin   Dance watcher
Zaffer   'Gana bajana' mocker

Finally, here is Upendra, a crazy Sinhalese fan of films, there is no one like him

Now You Know!

Details: Published: 28 April 2023; Last Updated: 28 April 2023

From an article by Kalpana Sahni, daughter of Bhisham Sahni. Bhisham has been sent to Bombay by his father to find out how his brother [Balraj Sahni] is doing and try to persuade him to return and take over their father's business. Dammo receives him.

Now You Know!

Narsingh 785.

Details: Published: 02 November 2021; Last Updated: 02 November 2021

In the prehistoric, the Classic RMIM era, we had only text-based USENET posts. I decided to start my website to allow people to give me audio/video/images to post. One of the people who responded was Jayaraman of Dombivli. During December 2005, he sent to me, at his own expense, a mix tape of songs, all the way from Mumbai to San Diego, by Registered Post. He requested me to put the songs on my website, I did.