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Published: 21 November 2017

Last Updated: 21 November 2017

Many of you know about the long hours M V Surender put into searching the Indian Express archive to find interesting stuff that I host on my website. I have found it to be very useful in my work. Now one more person has found it to be of immense use.

He is Sugeeth Krishnamoorthy, the young software professional who has brought out an ebook 'Talkie Experiences in Tamil', translation of a 1938 publication

http://shakespir.com/ebook/talkie-experiences-in-tamil-194291

He writes in his Foreword,

"I am also thankful to Prof.Surjit Singh and M.V.Surender for hosting and maintaining rare ‘out of copyright’ material from the Indian Express Archives on their website. It has been of immense help to me. "

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Published: 07 December 2017

Last Updated: 07 December 2017

This is the earliest example when a woman id being coerced to sing and dance on screen. There is a threat of violence actual violence in the form of the bad guy stepping on her foot and she can be seen in pain and her singing reflects it.

Listen to 1937_vahaaN_03_mujhe-n-bhejo-nadee-kinaare.mp3

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Published: 30 January 2018

Last Updated: 21 February 2018

And I can tell you with confidence that these long lost songs were discovered by a fellow RMIMer. He was the first to put them on the internet. Just in case you have not listened to there, here they are again

http://hindi-films-songs.com/mastermadan.html

Now you know!

Bharatji Lata 04 B S Kalla