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Started in 1999 for songs. Most people had songs from the 78 RPMs, so I decided to upload songs from video. The first film was Devdas (1935). Found a 45 second song that very few had heard before because no record was issued and film was hard to get. Soon other people started contributing. I was surprised that people did not know how character artists looked like, Jagdish Kanwal, Chandabai etc. So, I put up about 200 images of such forgotten people. On surfing the net I found this book about 40s actresses, Filmi Titliyan, I put up a pdf and later some magazines also.
Recently, I re-vamped the Main page.
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I have known Jayaraman S for about 20 years. Yesterday, on seeing the post on the filmography update he wrote,
"What is the guarantee that yr inputs are cent percent correct?"
Answer: Sadly, nobody can guarantee that. I know that there are errors and omissions. I am hoping that knowledgeable people like Jay will help us improve the database.
We know that updating it is a never-ending process. To wit, just this morning I saw a post by Richard Singer, who identified the dancer in a song in Waris (1954) as Roshan Kumari! [I could not recognize her leading to a blank entry.] Thanks to him, I have updated the database. we need more people like him!
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Note: The word 'been' was missing in the author bio, corrected. Thanks Anil Manchanda.
professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI, USA, is happy to announce their 37th book
India: A Reckoning With History
by Sanjay Sood PhD
Dr Sanjay Sood is a theoretical physicist and a microchip design engineer. He did his PhD in electrical engineering from the university of North Carolina. He has been in the US since 1990 and in California for the last 25 years. He has been interested in Indian history since his childhood in New Delhi.
This is his first book. In it he has tried to provide a brief but vivid overview of some important events that proved to be turning points in the nation’s history and have had tremendous impact on Indian civilization over the last 2,500 years. His main purpose in writing this book is to understand the impact of these events on the development of Indian society through the centuries and what light they can shed on the current state of the society.
Black and White interior, Color cover, 6 by 9, pages 76.
First 10 pages may be read here
- Musing 992. Bharat Shinde. J 75
- Musing 1022: "Bollywood" in 1969. J 104
- Musing 1024. Silent Cinema. J 106
- Musing 1052. Evolution of Filmography. J 130
- Musing 1114. Heera Sawant. J 184
- Musing 1075: More JFH Van der Auwera. J 147
- Musing 1048. Sitara (not Devi). J 126
- Musing 1128. First English Song.
- Musing 1079. Alladin Ka Chiragh or Charagh. J 151
- Musing 1084. 14 Reels. J 155
- Musing 1111. Tarzan Goes To India (1962). J 181
- Musing 1027. Filmography Update.
- Musing 1227. Ram Singh Thethi, Saxophone Player. J 287
- Musing 1072: Lata 25,000 to 60,000. J 144
- Musing 1094. Mohanlal Aima. J 164
