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Published: 28 June 2019

Last Updated: 15 April 2021

professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 13th book

The Illustrated History of Punjabi Cinema (1935-1985) (ENGLISH EDITION)

by Bhim Raj Garg

This book (IN ENGLISH) contains authentic details of 221 Punjabi films starting with 'Ishq-E-Punjab' (1935) to 'Vairi Jatt' (1985). This book will satisfy the quest of readers regarding their queries relating to the name of the film, banner, producer, director, music director, lyricist, songs, playback singer, and, of course, the star-cast. In addition to above details, song picturization, censor record and video particulars have also been furnished. The book has been studded with rare film posters and photographs, which will attract the readers.

The book has 276 pages, Letter/A4 size, published in COLR and BW editions.

Amazon (US) BW

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1074646347?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

People in India should by from POTHI.COM.

India BW

https://pothi.com/pothi/book/bhim-raj-garg-illustrated-history-punjabi-cinema-1935-1985

Here are some pages from the book.

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Published: 05 March 2018

Last Updated: 05 March 2018

I think this is unique among Hindi film songs that names of 32 contemporary stars are mentioned in one song. The song has been posted before.

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Here I bring you the photos of all 32 stars, even some that you may not have seen before. Most are from my collection, a few are from Dr R K Verma's book on Silent Filmography.

Now you know!

Bharat 38 Lata Roshan

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Published: 15 September 2017

Last Updated: 15 September 2017

It is mentioned on many websites that he won many Olympic gold medals in cycling. In the film Khazanchi (1941) it is said that he was a "world champion cyclist". It is very easy to check these days. For example, this medal tally of India (sports-wise) shows that India has never won any Olympic medal of any kind in any kind of cycling!

Olympic Medals

Perhaps he won in the Commonwealth games. They have a website and one can search by athlete. I searched by entering Janki Dass, Janki, Janki Das. Under the last one, we find that he did participate in 4 cycling events in 1938, but was not even ranked in 3 of them and was 14 in the  1 Km time trial.

Athlete search

So, he went to the Berlin games in 1938. I guess it was a big deal just to be able to go, but no MEDALS.

So, was he ever a world champion cyclist? I have searched everywhere, but could not find anything. But, I know that absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence, I love to be proved wrong and I do reward handsomely those who find my mistakes. Please help me.

Now you know!

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