The first decade can be summed up as the decade of the big studios and their popular stars. And they did practically every- thing that could be done. I will try to bring in some of the things I failed to mention in the previous ten posts.
Another Damroo sound is heard but this is a special one. Here, in addition to hitting the ends, the performer is also loosening or tightening his grip in the middle to vary the pitch. This kind of Damroo was used by Bairagis (Shiv Bhakts) who lived in the city and used come to beg for food (a memory from my childhood.)
Har Mandir Singh sent me all the special issues of Nai Duniya (Indore) and in one of them it said that Jyoti was Bindu's mother. Har Mandir also has a rule about having two independent sources. Luckily a very knowledgeable friend confirmed it. So, I mentioned it on RMIM. Somebody quickly pointed out that Jyoti, who acted in Aurat (1940) was married to G M Durrani. More research showed that Bindu's mom was actually Jyotsna Desai, a stage actress. I immediately accepted my mistake.
What about the 2 independent sources? Turns out that my friend had spent lots of time in Indore and his source was the same magazine that had the mistake!
