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People who have been reading my posts for a while already know this, but it is worth repeating for newcomers. If you have wondered how I know about all these background dancers, here is the story, again.
After I published the biography of Edwina Violette, I realized that she must know about her co-dancers. So, I requested my friend Narsingh D Agnish to watch all the more than 100 videos in which Edwina had appeared and capture still images of her co-dancers. He painstakingly captured almost 1,000 images, of which about 500 were selected to be sent to Edu by email. She responded promptly, identifying most of them and writing little notes about them in the bargain! The three of us then published this little book about them.
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What I am doing is picking these dancers one at a time and putting up one or two photos in my Daily Musings. You can just buy the book and learn about all of them in one go :)
And if you want to praise somebody about telling you about these dancers, it is not me but Narsingh and Edu who deserve all the praise; I just came up with the idea!
In Baat Ek Raat Ki (1962) song, 'Akela Hoon Men', Dorothy, Ramesh, Unknown, Edu (Dev in front).
In Juari (1968) Dance before the song 'Main Hoon Badnam', Edu, Shashi Kapoor, Unknown, Willie, Joyce, Mohan, Dorothy.
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Background Dancer.
In College Girl (1960) song, 'Ham Aur Tum Aur Ye Samaa' right, on the left is Sheila.
In Aarzoo (1965) song, 'Jab Ishq Kahin Ho Jata Hai', Sheila, Hameeda, Aruna (dancer).
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I am doing picturization info for songs from 1961-1970. In Phase I, I just copy all the info from my copy of the Geet Kosh. That part is done. Next I watch all the songs again carefully to correct any mistakes and note down carefully all the extra people who are not lip-synching. I am still not familiar with many dancers and their faces. To help myself I printed out this sheet. I also wrote their names. Here I present the faces without names.
So, it is a QUIZ! Answers soon.
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