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Published: 05 October 2023

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Hosted by Surjit Singh and attended by Sreenivas Paruchuri took place on October 3, 2023.

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SP arrived at about 10 am. SS said I have known you since the mid-90s but do not know much about you. So, SP gave brief summary of his autobiography.

Then the discussion turned to Indian film scene in the 30s and 40s, where SP educated SS about the early Telugu cinema, pointing out parallels with the Hindi cinema. Many other topics were touched upon, old books, magazines, newspapers, availability of early films etc.

There were no quizzes or singing of songs.

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New19. Radharani.

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Published: 20 October 2023

Last Updated: 20 October 2023

Hindi films only. In order of appearance. Thanks to inputs by Balaji Murthy and Kalyan Kolachala.

Ishrat Jahan (Bibbo). Adal-e-Jahangir (1934)

Jaddan Bai (Nargis Mother). Talash-e-Haq (1935)

Saraswati Devi (Khorshed Minocher-Homji) was the first female music director with the film Jawani Ki Hawa (1935)

Amirbai Karnataki. Shahanaz (1948)

Usha Khanna. Dil Deke Dekho (1959)

Sudha Malhotra (one song in) Didi (1959)

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New32 Shevan Rizvi

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Published: 20 September 2023

Last Updated: 20 September 2023

I will never get tired of saying this:

Before I published my book on Edwina, I did not know too many non-star actors. But thanks to Narsingh, Edwina, Dr Ramnath, Upendra (and others) and their hard work, I know many more now. In watching the songs from the 1961-1970, I was delighted to be able to recognize many of them. 

The maximum number of people, who were not the lead singers, recognized in a song, is 29 from Woh Kaun Thi, Tiki Riki song. Here is the list of top ten numbers. Our favorite Edwina is in many of them.

Note: English version coming soon. It includes well-known actors and character actors.

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New06 Mixed Songs.