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You may heard vague stories of famous singers of the 30s and 40s becoming very poor and begging. Here is some info from Nalin Shah
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This is the earliest song in which I hear whistling.
Listen to 1938_gopaal-kRishN_11_ratnon-jaisee-gauen.mp3
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Here are images of 4 prominent personalities from the Parsi Theater Era. These guys were superstars in their heyday.
From left (clockwise): K N Kaabaraa, K P KhaTaaoo, D S PaTel, J F MaaDan. The last one is written as J F Madan in English. If you ever wondered which of the 8 possibilities (madan, madaan, maadan, maadaan, maDan, maDaan, maaDan, maaDaan) for his names was valid,
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