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Manohar Deepak and his brothers (Gurbachan and Avtar) popularized the Bhangra in India. They performed all over the world. Of course, in Hindi films too.
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Rafi 206
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A Very Hard Worker, True to His Word
N S Vishwanath, a fellow RMIMer came to see me and I gave him copies of all my Hindi films on a hard disk. He gave them to one of hiss friends Sheo Khetan. One fine day, Sheo informed me that he has copies of all my movies and he would like to do a project based on them. I ignored his request becuase my projects are very labor-intensive. He did not give up, so I requested him to capture photos of all the named actors, and the ones that had a speaking part and even animals. Our hope is to publish a massive album of all the actors who ever worked in Hindi films, to 1960 at least for now.
He started doing it and has finished about 30 films. Here is a sample of his work. Enjoy!
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Listen to song 3 of Chhaya (1936) from Jodhpurwale Girdharilal Vashwakarma here
Not sure if this is the first ever, but surely the earliest rakhi song that I have heard.
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- 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)
- Musing 472: Rafi 177. Bipin Gupta debut
- Muisng 323: Clare Mendonca, Rafi 59
- Musing 50: Sakina nude, Insaaf (1966)
- Musing 499: Rafi 203. GaDiMa on Najm Naqvi
- Musing 90: Censorship Predictions, Narsingh 693 Tunes
- Musing 564: Changez Khan, Jimmy Vining
