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Published: 29 October 2023

Last Updated: 29 October 2023

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professor toofaanii publishers is honored to announce their 69th book

Hindi Film Geet Kosh
Saga of Compiler's Odyssey

by Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'

(Edited by Prof Surjit Singh)

This book is based on the prefaces of Hindi Film Geet Kosh. It traces the history of the legendary volumes from conception (in the 70s) to the publication of Volume 4 (second edition) in 2012, almost 50 years. It is written by him, in his own words. It talks about all his travels to dozens of cities and collecting information from the record collectors, booklet collectors, various libraries and govt offices, meeting hundreds of music lovers all over India and meeting with filmy people, mainly in Bombay and Calcutta.

It also acknowledges the names of hundreds of Music Lovers and Film Personalities who provided valuable information.

Paperback (English), 6 by 9, 71 pages.

First few pages may be read here

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Published: 17 November 2023

Last Updated: 17 November 2023

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professor toofaani publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 72nd book

Radio Transcripts, Volume – 1
(Vividh Bharati Special Programmes
& Non-Vividh Bharati)

Sujoy Chatterjee

When N Ramaswamy recently mentioned that Sujoy Chatterjee has transcribed about 1,000 radio and TV programs from various sources, the first thought that came to my mind was that this a gold mine! It must be published. Luckily, Sujoy agreed. This is the first of a series.

From his preface:

    Listening to radio has been the author's favourite pastime since childhood. From early 21st century, with the arrival of the personal computer and the traditional mobile phone, he took his hobby to the next level, that is, he started making transcripts of radio and television programmes that were somehow related to film music. The transcribed information mostly comprises of biographies and interviews of artists, transcripts of programmes presented by them, and record of trivia and interesting incidents related to the making of film songs, and other additional details.
    Over the years, the number of transcripts crossed the thousandth mark. The information base thus created is massive. This book is the first Volume of the Series entitled ‘Radio Transcripts’ that includes transcripts of programmes broadcast over Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) on special occasions and those broadcast or telecast over few other radio and television channels.

    If you are looking for some never-heard-before and at the same time reliable information about film-related Radio Programmes, you will enjoy the series.

Pages 177, US Letter size, transcripts in ROman script and Hindi/Urdu language.

First few pages may be seen here

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Published: 22 October 2023

Last Updated: 22 October 2023

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professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce another double feature, books 67 and 68:

GROWING OUR FAMILY, Part 2: NY and PA

GROWING OUR FAMILY, Part 3: NJ

Sheo Khetan

I am always asking people of my age or older to write their autobiographies. Ours have been a most interesting generation having witnessed unprecendented changes in the world. I will not bore you with a list, you already know. We have gone through so much and have had so many good and bad experiences that will be lost forever, if not written down. Of course, practice what you preach, I am writing my own autobiography!

My very dear friend, Sheo Khetan has already published the first part tracing the history of his ancestors starting from the Middle Ages to his student days in the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. In these two books he continues the story after he arrived in the US for higher studies, his marriage, his four sons, his jobs until 2005. As before, he has decorated it with hundreds of rare color photos.

Both books are in color, US Letter size paperback, pages 181 and 483, respectively.

First few pages may be seen here