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Published: 24 July 2015

Last Updated: 05 February 2017

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Published: 08 January 2020

Last Updated: 07 June 2021

Note: In the first printing of the book, on page 155, towards the end Shyama is mentioned as playing the 'mother' of Meena Kumari in Sharda (1957). Please correct it to 'daughter-in-law'. This has been corrected in the latest version available now.

professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 15th book:

Beete Hue Din (Forgotten Memories of Hindi Cinema)

Interviews with Actresses of the Golden Era of Hindi Cinema

Shishir Krishna Sharma
(Edited by Professor Surjit Singh)

Huge amount of information is available about Hindi films on the internet. Unfortunately, not all of it is reliable. Mistakes range from honest clerical errors to outright made-up interviews with famous people. In this book the author describes his real interactions with Hindi film actresses who were active in the 40s to 60s. Most had been away from the industry for a long time and were living anonymously. The author made great effort to seek them out and interviewed them. He has obtained much rare and authentic information, clarifying many misconceptions and finding elaborations of other well-known facts about them. We hope that the readers will enjoy reading about them as much as the author has writing about the interviews.

The book is in English, 6" by 9", 192 pages.

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The first 20 pages can be read here.

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Published: 28 July 2016

Last Updated: 28 July 2016

Musical Date with a Decade (1981-1990)

Compiler: Narendra Singh

After the publication of Hindi Film Geet Kosh lovers of Hindi film music have been eagerly waiting for similar books on the later years. I am happy to report that this need has been ably filled by Shri Narendra Singh of Lucknow , now living in New Delhi. The author kindly sent me a copy and I must say that it is a monumental piece of work.

I am sure that in this day and age many people would say that this is not needed because so much information is now readily available on the Internet. Later one can hear the same people bemoaning the fact that much of the information on the Internet is incomplete and erroneous! Therefore there is ample need for this kind of solid work. There are also people who say (myself included) that the quality of music has been going down and nobody cares for the 'modern' music. To them I say that people have been complaining about the quality of music since the early forties when Khazaanchi's music became a hit, so that is nothing new. In any case, de gustibus non disputandum est, or Khyaal apanaa apanaa pasand apanee apanee.

The book obviously required a lot of hard work. It is complied in the style of the previous Geet Koshes. So, there is information about the title, producer, director, cast, songs etc.. The author has introduced many enhancements. He has included information about the video availability, release date, and other info. In the best example set by earlier Koshes, he has wisely left blanks where reliable information is not available.

I can recommend this book very strongly. Here is some information about the book.

Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/musicaldate/

Publisher Asha Rani and Ira Singh, New Delhi, India

Size About 900 pages of full size pages, hard cover

Price Rs 2,000 (India), $40 (abroad) including all charges

Author email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Cell phone number 91 9643287097

Please contact the author for buying the book.

Here are photos of the compiler, title page of the book and a review in the Hindustan Times