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Published: 16 July 2021

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You may have seen this photo. Just in case you did not know. From Filmfare 1960.

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Published: 16 June 2021

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Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' called this morning about a book we are writing together. Conversation turned to BV Dharap, founder of Alka Talkies Poona, author of a dozen books on Indian cinema and the man who, single-handedly, unearthed the censor certificate information for all the Indian films from the very beginning. I wanted a photo of him and he said he had been to Alka Talkies afew times knows people there and he will try to get it. He mentioned in passing that Dharap was trained as an electrical engineer and even worked as an assistant sound engineer for a film. He then sent me this booklet, here, for your pleasure.

Vish Vaman Booklet

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Published: 03 July 2021

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The relevant sections from the report are reproduced below. It is clear that

1. Rafi is nowhere mentioned.

2. The ban started on AIR on May 4 and Doordarshan on My 5, 1976.

3. Kishore wrote a letter dated June 14, in which he agreed to cooperate, but there is no mention of any apology. [I would love to see the actual letter.]

4. The ban must have been lifted in a few days after this letter.

4. When asked to freeze the sale of his records, Polydor did not commit to do anything, and HMV agreed only to stop recording solo items. As amply shown by KC Pingle, this half-hearted 'ban' was not very effective.

5. In his deposition to the Shah Commission, the Minister of Information and Broadcasting , VC Shukla, excused all his officers and took full blame of the regrettable episode.

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