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Everybody knows taht Kismet (1943) ran at Roxy Calcutta during its first run for 187 weeks. It is not too well-known but it ran fabulously in many other cities. Here is a report from filmindia of November 1945, when it was in the 112th week at Calcutta.
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Rafi 58
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Continuing my quest for early instruments, in the following song 4 from Amar Jyoti (1936) I do not hear tabla, but a Daf-like instrument, what Raj Kapoor played in Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960),
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Listen to Te Dil Kisko Doon (1963)
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For people who say that the early songs were of the same monotonous type, I offer another parody from a Wadia film. The MD is Madhulal Damodar master
Listen to 1940_Diamond-Queen_jaam-liyaa-hai-to-peele.mp3
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Roberto 92
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