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Filmfare awards have undergone many name changes. The earliest ones were named after a veteran film writer, Clare Mendonca, after she passed away. Her is a photo of her from 1939.
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As far as kissing and nudity on screen are concerned, the censorship after independence was stricter than before. Usually, it is easier to show nudity in mythological films. They offer many situations. There is the nude bathing by gopis, with Krishna stealing their clothes, they have to come out of water covering themselves with their bare hands. Then we have the Rishi Vishwamitra losing his balance, when Menaka, having been sent by Indra whose singhasan was always in peril, loses her anga-vastra, as they say. Another often used situation is when Anasuya, in the nude, has to serve food to the trinity of gods, whom she, in a hilarious twist, reduces to crying babies. The last one was used for the first time by D N Sampat of Kohinoor in the silent days. Here is B D Garg writing abut him:
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Listen to Insaaf (1966)
- Musing 499: Rafi 203. GaDiMa on Najm Naqvi
- Musing 90: Censorship Predictions, Narsingh 693 Tunes
- Musing 564: Changez Khan, Jimmy Vining
- Musing 4: B V Dharap, Gazette
- Musing 298: Nutan offers advice, Rafi 36
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- Musing 301: I Love You, Rafi 39
- Msuing 296: Jhande Khan, Rafi 34
- Musing 80: Woh Ham Se Chup Hain, Narsingh 683
- Musing 524: Rafi 228. Shakila Bano Bhopali
- Musing 484: Rafi 189. Seth Dharmdas
- Musing 82: Movie Goofs, Narsingh 685 Tunes
- Musing 508: Rafi 212. Madhu in Shama
- Musing 27: Breathing, Pyar Ka Bandhan (1963)
- Musing 394: Durrani at AIR, Rafi 99
