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Published: 27 February 2023

Last Updated: 27 February 2023

Originally we had no plans to publish books based on the Hindi Film Geet Kosh Database Website. But some friends insisted that we do. So we started publishing books based on the information in the database. Frankly, there is nothing new in the books, all the info is already on the website. In addition, books probably are never going to be revised whereas the database is updated as soon as I receive new information, e g the recent Sabita Chatterjee case. Be that as it may, books have been published and will continue to be published.

Inadvertently, the book prices were not fixed properly and that led to some complaints. The problem has been corrected. The new prices are as below.

Book	Dollars	Rupees
Censor Certificate Information of Hindi Talkies (1931-2010), by Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and Prof Surjit Singh (2021 English)	9.5	650
Censor Certificate Information of Hindi Talkies (1931-2010), by Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and Prof Surjit Singh (2022 Hindi)	---	650
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-1960) by Har Mandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’ and Prof Surjit Singh (2022 English)	7.95	660
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-1960) by Har Mandir Singh ‘Hamraaz’ and Prof Surjit Singh (2022 Hindi)	---	785
Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1951-1960) by Prof Surjit Singh and Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' (2022)	7.95	650

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Published: 16 May 2023

Last Updated: 16 May 2023

Many times I peruse old Hollywood magazine to see if they have something interesting about India. I usually find something.

Yesterday I found out about Lal Chand Mehra, a highly educated man who wrote Hindustani titles for King Of Kings (1927, silent) and then became a technical advisor.

From The Motion Picture Almanac Annual 1932.

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Published: 02 May 2023

Last Updated: 02 May 2023

I vaguely remember reading it somewhere, thanks to K C Pingle for reminding me.

Laxmikant Kudalkar (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal) acted as a child artist in a Gujarati film "Raja Harishchandra". He came to the industry to become a hero. Worked in about 5 films : 1) Raja Harshchnadra, 2) Pundalik (Hindi & Gujarati), 3) Aankhen (Nalini Jaiwant's brother), Shaadi Ki Raat (Geeta Bali's brother), 5) Jogidas Khumand (Khatiawadi).

Many years prior to this he did a small dubbing stint for Vishnupant Pagnis's film "Narsi Bhagat". But typhoid made him completely bald. He went back to learning Mandolin. Became an expert. Went to play for AIR. He recorded his first composition for K Parvez's "Tumse Pyaar Ho Gaya". Then came for a movie "Chhalia Babu" & one more film. All these 3 films did not see the light of the day.

Here in Ankhen (1950).

 

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