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I first read about him on Greta's blog. He seemed to be quite knowledgeable about Indian and Pakistani films. Later I learned about his expertise in VHS/VCD restoration. I saw a few samples that he used to distribute as multi-part ISO files. The difference between the quality of the original VHS tapes and his final DVD-quality videos was magical. We became friends and, later, I also contributed a lot of videos that I had from my own collection and the collections of Dr Manohar Lal Kapur and late Amarjit Singh Anand.
Also I would like to mention here that although I ended up writing the book on Edwina, Tom is the one who actually interviewed her and graciously allowed me to use his material in the book. Thanks Tom!
He posts his videos on YouTube, focussing on early films, for which the copyright has expired.
Thomas Daniel: Video Restorer and a Great Friend
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Rafi 204
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This is the earliest song in which I can hear temple bells clearly. Of course, it is a pooja scene. The song is number 3a from here
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Listen to Toofan Men Pyar Kahan (1966)
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From the introduction to Ghalib by Ali Sardar Jafri. How to pronounce Urdu word? Rather than the original Persian or Arabic, he prefers the spoken version, so chiraaGh not chraaGh.
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Rafi 135
- Musing 107: Singers became beggars, Narsingh 709
- Musing 122: Whistling, Narsingh 724
- Musing 129: Parsi Theater Persons, Narsingh 731
- Musing 238:SD Burman first, Roberto 88
- Musing 280: Phulke! Rafi 18
- Musing 412: Rafi 117. Hollywwod vs Bollywood
- Musing 424: Sharma got $50. Rafi 129
- Musing 291: Revised hichakee, Rafi 29
- Musing 65: Garba like sticks, Aadmi Aur Insaan (1969)
- Musing 599: Panjabi Vanjara 1954. M R Acharekar
- Musing 423: Rafi 128. chhor chhachhoraa
- Musing 198: Leads do not talk, Bharat 36 Lata Roshan
- Musing 223: Raghupati, Roberto 74
- Musing 319: Gulab drugged, Rafi 57
- Musing 142: Overlapping melodies, RMIM 05
