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In spite of all the evidence I am presenting that the silent and early film makers already did lots of stuff, some people may remain non-believers. Well, here are the two opening pages of an actual shooting script for an actual silent film Gul-e-Nakawali (Kohinoor, 1924). The whole script is about 160 hand-written pages.
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Madhubala had problems with the press early in her career (1949-50). It is relatively rare to find interviews by her or anything written by her. I found this write-up by her in which she expresses her thankfulness to people who helped her in times of great difficulty. It si from Filmfare.
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An Appeal
In old days in Hindi cinema, in many films the producers used to have the (almost) full cast in the style of Hollywood. Somewhere along the way, we lost this feature. It is a pity because now, even in the films that are available to view, we do not know who is who for so many members of the cast. Even worse, so many names are mentioned again and again in the films and we still don't know how they looked like. Small beginnings have been made in this respect, but much more needs to be done to preserve the memory of those pioneers of the industry, on whose shoulders the current crop of third-rate, ill-talented Bollywood people are minting money.
Sholay was a very popular film and still remains so. Books have been written on it. Countless academics have written scholarly articles on it. But no one has presented the FULL cast list. Anupama Chopra, who wrote a book, and who has links in the industry should have done it. Well, let us try to do it. I have tried to name as many as I could. Please try to find other names by hook or by crook. We should at least match all the names in the listed cast to their faces.
And this is the 365th (ONE YEAR'S WORTH) MUSING!
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Ghazals 3
- Musing 532: Rafi 236. hari shivdasani in Shalimar
- Musing 406: Manto in Eight Days, Rafi 111
- Musing 366: Sholay 3, Rafi 80
- Musing 502: Rafi 206. Deepak Brothers
- Musing 9: Sheo Khetan
- Musing 33: Rakhi song, Jay's songs 4
- Musing 8: Song structure
- Musing 37: Two overlapping melodies, Hum Diwane (1965)
- Musing 19: India Abroad Letter. Jay's Songs
- Musing 45: tujhe bibbo kahooN, Sindbad Alibaba Alladin (!965)
- Musing 1087. M Y Mohan, Singer? J158
- Musing 70: Anarkali myth, Daghabaz (1970)
- Musing 277: Raj Kapoor and Archie Comics, Rafi 15
- Musing 400: Rafi 105. Happy Birthday, Lata!
- Musing 47: Sitar in song, Tarzan and King Kong (1965)
