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Musing 1610. Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1961-1970) [ENGLISH]
Musing 1609. Arunkumar Book Review. New13
Musing 1607. CID (1956) Police Station. New12
Musing 1606. Abhay's Help. New11
Musing 1605. M D Soni from Jaipur. New10
Musing 1604. Shaheed (1965). New09
Musing 1603. Salim Durrani. New08.
Musing 1602. Book cover. New07
Musing 1601. Background People. New06
Musing 1600. Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1961-1970) in HINDI
Musing 1599. Madhubala in Kala Pani. New05
Musing 1598. Madhubala, the Director. New04
Musing 1597. Master Vithal May Be. New03
Musing 1596. Master Bunty Grows up. New02
Musing 1595. Birbal in 1964. New01
Musing 1593. Veer Abhimanyu (1970).
Musing 1592. Mahal (1949) Editors. N838
Musing 1591. Madhubala in Jan 1959. N837
Musing 1590. Cinema Halls in India in 1952. N836
Musing 1589. Questions from the 40s. N 835
Musing 1588. Films in Ludhiana in 1963. N834
Musing 1587. Beete Hue Din Part 2 HINDI (Book) in Hard Cover
Musing 1586. Beete Hue Din Part 1 (Book) in Hard Cover
Musing 1585. Aan (1952), One Crore in Three Months. N832
Musing 1584. Song picturization info completed. T72 (last).
Sad Musing 1581 (last). Gurcharan Singh Sandhu (Dec 15, 1948-Aug 28, 2023)
Sad Musing 1580. Gurcharan Singh Sandhu
Sad Musing 1579. Gurcharan Singh Sandhu no more.
Musing 1578. Rs 30,000 for an award. T69
Musing 1577. Sachche Moti (1962). T68
Musing 1573. Fact and Fiction II Fact. T64
Musing 1572: Kishore Kumar : The Ultimate Biography
Musing 1571. Pushpanjali (1970).
Musing 1569. Using Old Songs. T61
Musing 1563. Holi Aaee Re (1970). T55
Musing 1562. Wedding Movies in 1927
Musing 1561. Hamara Adhikar (1970). T53
Musing 1559. Kalyanji in 1956. T51
Musing 1558. Movies at home. T50
Musing 1557. Chetna (1970). T49
Musing 1554. Shatranj (1969). T46
Musing 1553. Trilok-Madhuri. T45
Musing 1552. Bathing Shashi Kapoor. T44
Musing 1549. Kulbhooshan Kapoor. T41
Musing 1548. Funny Titles. T40
Musing 1546: Zebunissa, then and now. T38
Musing 1545. Shyama (1937). T37
Musing 1544. Sheo Khetan's Two Books.
Musing 1543: Leela Mishra, the Early Years. T36
Musing 1542. Speak English and get Rs 25! T35
Musing 1541. Movie Camera in 1925. T34
Musing 1540. Fearless Nadia. T33
Musing 1539: Year's Sweet Seventeen Sapna. T32
Musing 1538: Tales of Stealth for the Curious One
Musing 1536: Lolita Chatterji. T30
Musing 1534. Films and Communalism in 1928. T28.
Musing 1533. बीते हुए दिन (भाग-2) Beete Hue Din (Part-2)
Musing 1531. Vimal Chadha. T26
Musing 1530. Early Hindi Film Advertisements II (1940-43)
Musing 1528: Raakhee-Gulzar. T24
Musing 1527. Refreshments in 1929. T23
Musing 1526. PICTORIAL JOURNEY OF HINDI CINEMA 1951
Musing 1525. Deepak Kumar. T22
Musing 1524. Calcutta Fire 1925. T21
Musing 1523. Capitol Cinema. T20
Musing 1522. Lagta To Nahin! T19.
Musing 1521. PATHTHAR Ke Sanam. T18
Musing 1519. Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. T16
Musing 1518. Mini RMIMeet. T15
Musing 1517. Lata earned $200,000 a month! T14.
Musing 1516. Gunahon Ka Devta Contd. T13
Musing 1514. Early Names for Movies. T11
Musing 1513. Dhriren Ganguly is famous! T10.
Musing 1512. Raghupati Venkayya. T09
Musing 1510. Deenanath Mangeshkar. T07
Musing 1509. Rajendra Nath and Dhumal. T06
Musing 1508. Bhakta Prahlad (1967). T05
Musing 1507. Yet Another Sujata. T04
Musing 1506. Sharmila Tagore. T03
Musing 1505. Sulochana's first film. T02
Musing 1503. Prem Dhawan and Robert Master.
Musing 1502. Ho Ke Majaboor Mujhe, Part 2. N 831
Musing 1501. Ho Ke Majaboor Mujhe. N 830
Musings 1401-1500
Musings 1301-1400
Musings 1201-1300
Musings 1101-1200
Musings 1001-1100
Musings 901-1000
Musings 801-900
Musings 701-800
Musings 601-700
Musings 501-600
Musings 401-500
Musings 301-400
Musings 201-300
Musings 101-200
Musings 1-100
Published Books
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Here I will maintain links to books published by professor toofaanii publishers
NEW Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1961-1970) [ENGLISH]
NEW Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1961-1970) in HINDI हिन्दी फ़िल्म गीत चित्रीकरण (1961-1970) सिंह और 'हमराज़'
NEW Beete Hue Din Part 2 HINDI (Book) in Hard Cover
NEW Beete Hue Din Part 1 (Book) in Hard Cover
NEW Hindi Films: The Stars of the 1932-37 Films Hindi Film Stars Series: Part 3
Hindi Films: The Stars of the 1932-37 Films Hindi Film Stars Series: Part 2
Tales of Stealth for the Curious One
बीते हुए दिन (भाग-2) Beete Hue Din (Part-2)
Early Hindi Film Advertisements II (1940-43)
PICTORIAL JOURNEY OF HINDI CINEMA 1951
filmindia Covers Collection
Hindi Films The Stars of Silent Films Hindi Films Stars Series: Part 1
Films and Shows in Bombay - 1931
Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion Book 2
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1961-70)
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1961-70) HINDI / हिन्दी सवाक् फ़िल्मोग्राफ़ी (1961-1970)
Group Dancers of Indian Cinema (Golden Age and Beyond)
Lyricists of Hindi Cinema.
Fact and Fiction.
Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1951-1960) in HINDI. हिन्दी फ़िल्म गीत चित्रीकरण (1951-1960) सिंह और 'हमराज़'
From Jhunjhunu to New York
History of Indian Cinema
Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1951-1960)
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-60) in HINDI. हिन्दी सवाक् फ़िल्मोग्राफ़ी 1951-1960)
Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast IV (1943-1946)
India: A Reckoning With History [Musing 1157]
The Story of The Rainbow Bunch
ALI(VE) in Bits And Pieces.
The Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.
Filmography of Pandit Bharat Vyas
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-60)
C Ramchandra book
WITH YOU, MAA, WITHOUT YOU, OH MAA! by Ali Peter John
Early Hindi Film Advertisements (1935-39)
Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast III (1941-1942)
MUNNA The boy who grew into a legend. (Amitabh Bachchan) by Ali Peter John
Encyclopedia of Silent Cinema by Sanjeev Tanwar
Book on Dev Anand by Ali Peter John
LAXMIKANT-PYARELAL Music Forever.
Witnessing Wonders by Ali Peter John.
The Caliginous Light, a novel
Rainbow of Emotions by Lalit Berry
Films Showing in Madras Theatres (1941-1947)
Background Dancers in Hindi Films (1952-68)
Censor Certificate Book (HINDI) (1931-2010) हिंदी सवाक फ़िल्में (1931-2010): सेंसर सर्टिफ़िकेट जानकारी
Censor Certificate Information of Hindi Talkies (1931-2010)
बीते हुए दिन (हिंदी सिनेमा की भूली बिसरी यादें) Beete Hue Din by Shishir Krishna Sharma HINDI edition
Biography of Master Ebrahim.
Unsung Junior Artists 2, Who Made Their Debut After 1959
Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast II (1938-1940) by Sheo Khetan and Surjit Singh
Beete Hue Din (Forgotten Memories of Hindi Cinema) by Shishir Krishna Sharma
Unsung Junior Artists of Hindi Cinema Vol 1 by Upendra Samaranayake and Surjit Singh
The Illustrated History of Punjabi Cinema (1935-1985) by Bhim Raj Garg
Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast (1933-1937) by Sheo Khetan and Surjit Singh
Drops on a Leaf (A Book of Poetry) by Ms Jyoti Bhamra
Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion by Arunkumar Deshmukh and Surjit Singh
The Lost Treasure: Early Talkies of Hindustani Cinema by K Pasupuleti and Surjit Singh
Book on RMIM by Surjit Singh
Indurani: An Unsung But Unforgettable Heroine Of The Early Talkies by Surjit Singh
Edwina Violette, An Unsung Dancer by Surjit Singh
Telugu Filmography Volume 2 (1981-2000) by Dr V S Vutukuri
Telugu Filmography Volume 1 (1932-1980) by Dr V S Vutukuri
Sahraa Sahraa a book of Urdu poetry by Raj Kumar Qais, in Urdu and Devanagri
Music and Arts in Hyderabad By Kamalakar Pasupuleti
Physics books
Reference book on Water
Statistical Mechanics Text Book
ALL POSTED SONG LINKS
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Note: I am collecting all the links to all the songs ever posted on my website for easy reference. I will be updating this file once every few months.
Musing 1299.6 Nine Hours To Rama (1963). New 356.
Musing 1299.3 Film World. New 355.
Musing 1299. Kishore Kumar. New 354.
Musing 1298. Indurani in her first film. New 353.
Musing 1297. Madhubala. New 352
Musing 1296. Madhubala. New 351
Musing 1295. Hukam Ka Ekka (1964). New 350.
Musing 1294. Madhubala. New 349.
Musing 1293. Madhubala. New 348.
Musing 1292. Madhubala. New 347.
Musing 1290. Madhubala. New 345
Musing 1289. Madhu Bala. New 344
Musing 1288. Madhubala. New 343
Musing 1287. Madhu Bala. New 342
Musing 1286. Madhubala. New 341
Musing 1285. Madhu Bala. New 340
Musing 1284. Madhubala. New 339
Musing 1283: History of Indian Cinema
Musing 1282. Madhubala. New 338
Musing 1281. Madhubala. New 337
Musing 1280. Sharda Dhulekar. New 336
Musing 1279. Sheila Kashmiri. New 335
Musing 1278. Roopmala. New 334
Musing 1276. Radhika. New 332.
Musing 1275. Nalini Chonkar. New 331
Musing 1273. Meena Fernandez. New 329
Musing 1272: Maya Das. New 328.
Musing 1270. Heera Sawant. 326
Musing 1266. Some Tidbits Part V (final). 323
Musing 1263. Hindi Film Song Picturizations (1951-1960)
Musing 1262: Some Tidbits Part IV. 320
Musing 1260. Nagin (1954) and Groucho.
Musing 1257. Some Tidbits Part III. J 316
Musing 1254. Lata in Filmfare. J 313
Musing 1253. Lata in filmindia. J 312
Musing 1252. Lara Lappa in 1950
Musing 1251. Some Tidbits Part II. J 311
Musing 1250. Trickey Joe. J 310
Musing 1248. Thinker Stubour. J 308
Musing 1247. Some Tidbits. J 307
Musing 1242. Tigress (1948). J 302.
Musing 1234. Eruch Tarapore. J 294
Musing 1230. Edwina Violette. J 290
Musing 1227. Ram Singh Thethi, Saxophone Player. J 287
Musing 1226. Tony Pereira. J 286
Musing 1223. The Biggest Star in the World. J 283
Musing 1222. Phyllis Maidment.
Musing 1219. Basant Nepali. J 280
Musing 1215. Clive Maxworth. J 276
Musing 1214. Mr Maxworth. J 275
Musing 1213. June Maxworth. J 274
Musing 1212. Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-60) in HINDI. हिन्दी सवाक् फ़िल्मोग्राफ़ी 1951-1960
Musing 1211. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast IV (1943-1946)
Musing 1210. Robert Master. J 273
Musing 1209. Sheila Ramchandra. J 272.
Musing 1208. Robert D'Costa. J 271
Musing 1207. Aruna (Dancer). J 270
Musing 1203 Mystery Man. J 266
Musing 1202. Sopariwala. J 265
Musing 1200. Ram Singh Saxophonist. J 263
Musing 1199. Toofani Tamancha (1935). J 262
Musing 1198. Saigal goes for audition. J 261
Musing 1197. SN Banerjee. J 260
Musing 1196. Bipin Gupta J 259
Musing 1195. Niranjan Sharma. J 258
Musing 1194. Mohana (Cabral). J 257
Musing 1193. Vijayalaxmi. J 256
Musing 1192. Mauji (Prakash Singh). J 255
Musing 1191. Dev Kishan Ahuja. J 254
Musing 1189. Madhubala. J 252.
Musing 1188. Sumati Gupte. J 251
Musing 1187. Baburao Pendharkar. J 250
Musing 1184. Maya Banerjee. J 247
Musing 1183. Anant Marathe. J 246
Musing 1182. Noorjehan Senior. J 245
Musing 1180. Preetibala. J 243
Musing 1179. Further Inches. J 242
Musing 1178. These Crucial Inches. J 241
Musing 1177. OP Nayyar on All India Radio. J 240
Musing 1176. Dharmendra. J 239
Musing 1175. Color Laboratory. J 238
Musing 1173. Yahudi 1958. J 236
Musing 1172. Kanhaiyalal. J 235
Musing 1171. Ramanand Sagar and Ashalata Biswas. J 234
Musing 1169. Kashmira (Panjabi, 1983). J 232
Musing 1168. Some Famous Collectors. J 231
Musing 1166. Sheila Vaz. J 229
Musing 1165. Book and the Train. J 228
Musing 1164: Origin of Yahudi Ki Ladki. J 227
Musing 1163. Naya Daur Song. J 226.
Musing 1162. Yahudi Ki Ladki (1957). J 225
Musing 1161. Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933). J 224
Musing 1159. RD Burman and Asha. J 222
Musing 1158. Lata and Naushad. J 221
India: A Reckoning With History [Musing 1157]
Musing 1156. Uday Shankar. J 220
Musing 1155. Surinder Kaur. J 219.
The Story of The Rainbow Bunch [MUSING 1153]
Musing 1151. Aan in Egypt. J 217
Musing 1150. Madhubala in Shama. J 216
Ali Peter John (1950-2022) RIP [Musing 1147]
Musing 1145. Gurcharan Singh Sandhu from London UK.
Musing 1144: Baburao Patel was Wrong! J 212
Musing 1143. Mr Surendra Nath Sen, BA LLB. J 211
Musing 1142. Pakistan's first film. J 210
Musing 1141. Diwan Bashesharnath Kapoor. J 209
Musing 1140. First Pakistani film in the US. J 208.
Musing 1139. Edwina book errata. J 207
Musing 1133. Hari Shivdasani. J 202
Musing 1132. Shankar created the tune. J 201
Musing 1131. Dalsukh M Pancholi. J 200
Musing 1130. Two Refugees. J 199
Musing 1129. Indira Gandhi in 1936. J 198
Musing 1128. First English Song.
Musing 1127. Five Refugees. J 197
Musing 1126. Call of the Valley. J 196.
Musing 1124. Leela Naidu. J 194
Musing 1123. Paan shop in Kanpur. J 193
Musing 1120. Hiralal in Dr Z (1959). J 190
Musing 1119. Jhaverchand Meghani. J 189
Musing 1118. Mohanlal Dave. J 188
Musing 1117. Jagdish Saran Srivastava. J 187
Musing 1116. Jagdish Shrivastva. J 186
Musing 1115. Najam Naqvi J 185
Musing 1114. Heera Sawant. J 184
Musing 1112. Revist Tarzan Goes To India. J 182
Musing 1111. Tarzan Goes To India (1962). J 181
Musing 1110. Pandit Amarnath. J 180
Musing 1107. Kishori (Old Name: Cuckoo)! New J 177
Musing 1106. Baby Tabassum. J 176
Musing 1104. Damayanti Sahni. J 174.
Musing 1103. Shankar photo labeled as Hasrat Jaipuri. J 173
Musing 1102. Madhubala at 13. J 172
Musing 1101. Madhubala Court Case (revisited). J 171
1100th MUSING! Baaboo Samajho Ishaare. J 170
Musing 1099. Bollywood in article. J 169.
Musing 1098. Shanta Apte beat up Baburao Patel? J 168
Musing 1096. Moni Chatterjee. J 166
Musing 1094. Mohanlal Aima. J 164
Musing 1093. RMIM group in Action. J 163
Musing 1092: ALI(VE) in Bits And Pieces.
Musing 1091. Vinita Butt (Yasmin). J 162
Musing 1089. Thomas Daniel Bangla Films. J 160
Musing 1088. More M Y Mohan. J 159
Musing 1087. M Y Mohan, Singer? J158
Musing 1085. Baby Shakuntala. J 156
Musing 1083. Ragas in Songs. J 154
Musing 1082. Salida, Mozart and Me. J 153
Musing 1081. The Golden Era of Hindi Film Music.
Musing 1079. Alladin Ka Chiragh or Charagh. J 151
Musing 1077. Jagdish Sethi. J 149
Musing 1076. Madhubala in Nata (1955). J 148
Musing 1075: More JFH Van der Auwera. J 147
Musing 1074: JFH Van der Auwera. J 146
Musing 1072: Lata 25,000 to 60,000. J 144
Musing 1071: SSL Certificate. J 143
Musing 1070. Censor Certificate Book (HINDI)
Musing 1069. Lara Lappa and Me.
Musing 1067. Khurshid Anwar. J 141
Musing 1066. HFGK in RMIM. J 140
Musing 1065. Shashichand F. Kapoor
Musing 1064. A Year in Hindi Films. J 139
Musing 1063. S N Tripathy. J 138
Musing 1062. Shashi Kapoor. J 137
Musing 1061. Film Song Books in Rekhta. J 136
Musing 1059. Nishee in MIlan (1958). J 134
Musing 1058. More Yashodhara Katju. J 133
Musing 1057. Keval Singh Ragi (1923-1974)
Musing 1056. Yashodhara Katju. J 132
Musing 1055. Filmography of Pandit Bharat Vyas
Musing 1053. Hindi Talkie Filmography (1951-60)
Musing 1052. Evolution of Filmography. J 130
Musing 1051. Rajendra Singh. J 129
Musing 1049. Ratan Gaurang. J 127
Musing 1048. Sitara (not Devi). J 126
Musing 1047. Sulochana Chatterjee. J 125
Musing 1046. Harmonium Ban on AIR. J 124
Musing 1045. C Ramchandra book
Musing 1044. Baalam again. J 123
Musing 1042. De De Khudaa Ke Naam Pe.
Musing 1040. Achala Sachdev. J 120
Musing 1039. Bir Sakhuja. J 119
Musing 1038. Leela Mishra. J 118
Musing 1037. Bhagwan Sinha. J 117
Musing 1031. Sulochana Kadam singing. J 112
Musing 1030. Sulochana Kadam. J 111
Musing 1029; Waris (1954) 'Badhai Hai'. J 110
Musing 1028. Roshan Kumari. J 109
Musing 1027. Filmography Update.
Musing 1026. My Website. J 108
Musing 1025: S D Burman in 1948. J 107
Musing 1024. Silent Cinema. J 106
Musing 1023. S B Nayampally. J 105
Musing 1022: "Bollywood" in 1969. J 104
Musing 1021. G M Durrani. J 103.
Musing 1020. How Ali Peter John met Azurie. J 102
Musing 1017. "Bollywood" in 1977. J 99
Musing 1015. Sajjan misbehaves. J 97
Musing 1014: The Sad and Glad of Kishore Kumar. J 96
Musing 1013. Meeting Dev Anand. J 95
Musing 1012. More cinematographers J 94
Musing 1011. Josef and Charlotte Wirsching. J 93
Musing 1010. WITH YOU, MAA, WITHOUT YOU, OH MAA!
Musing 1009. Banjarin (1960). J 92
Musing 1008. Poster Designers. J 91
Musing 1007. More Abu Baker. J 90
Musing 1005. TWCMIBBIWNPWOT J 88
Musing 1004. Nadir (Mota). J 87
Musing 1002. Fatty Prasad. J 85
Musing 1001. I can recognize more now! J 84
1000th Musing: Paise Ki Gudiya (1974). J 83
Musing 999. Avtar Singh Gullu. J 82
Musing 998. Nazir Kashmiri. J81
Musing 997. Herman Benjamin. J 80
Musing 996. Neville Lyons. J 79
Musing 994. Terence Lyons. J 77
Musing 992. Bharat Shinde. J 75
Musing 991. Keith Violette. J 74
Musing 990. Marie Shinde. J 73
Musing 989: Early Hindi Film Advertisements (1935-39)
Musing 987. Madhubala's sisters, REPOST
Musing 982: Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast III (1941-1942)
Musing 979. Akhtari Faizabadi. J 65
Musing 977. MUNNA The boy who grew into a legend.
Musing 975. Jiya Jale (2018). J 62
Musing 974. Master Vinayak. J 61
Musing 973. Baby Madhuri. J 60
Musing 972: Dar Kashmiri (more). J 59
Musing 971. Dar Kashmiri. J 58
Musing 970. Bharat Milap (1942). J 57
Musing 969. Laila Majnu (1953). J 56
Musing 968. Hari Shivdasani. J 55
Musing 967. Meena Shorey. J 54
Musing 966. Protima Dasgupta. J 53
Musing 965. Munawwar Sultana. J 52
Musing 963. Prof Ramanand. J 50
Musing 962. Some more Tollywood. J 49
Musing 961. More Tollywood. J 48
Musing 957. Encyclopedia of Silent Cinema
Musing 956. Child Suresh. J 44
Musing 955. CR Book English. J 43
Musing 954. CR Book Hindi. J 42
Musing 952. C Ramchandra Autobiography. J 41
Musing 951. Hansa Wadkar. J 40
Musing 948: Nana Palsikar. J 37
Musing 947. Najmul Husain. J 36
Musing 943. Khemchand Prakash. J 32
Musing 942: Rajasthani Cinema Book. J 31
Musing 941. LAXMIKANT-PYARELAL Music Forever.
Musing 940. Saroj Borkar. J 30
Musing 937. A Vintage Car. J 27
Musing 936. Witnessing Wonders by Ali Peter John.
Musing 935. Vasant Desai. J 26
Musing 933. Kamlesh Kumari. J 24
Musing 931. Pankaj Mullick. J 22
Musing 930. Chandraprabha. J 21
Musing 927: Kidar Sharma and Nawab. J 18
Musing 926. Bhaskarrao Vishnu Dhaarap भास्करराव विष्णु धारप J 17
Musing 923: Ai Mere Watan Ke Logo. J 14
Musing 922: Protima Devi. J 13
Musing 921: The Caliginous Light, a novel
Musing 919: Seeta Devi. New J 10
Musing 918: Snehprabah Pradhan. New J 11
Musing 917: Enakashi Rama Rau. New J 9
Musing 916: Maya Devi. New J 8
Musing 915: Rainbow of Emotions by Lalit Berry
Musing 914: Saroj Borkar. New J 7
Musing 913: Films Showing in Madras Theatres (1941-1947)
Musing 912: Sunita Devi, Mumtaz Ali. New J 6
Musing 911: Diwan Sharar. New J 5
Musing 910: Lalilta Pawar. New j 4
Musing 909: Kanhaiya Lal. New j 3
Musing 908. Madhu (unreleased). J 2
Musing 907: Happy Birthday, Edu! New Series J 1
Musing 906: Kishore Kumar, Madhubala. New 84
Musing 905: Discount for Master Ebrahim Book. New 83
Musing 904. Master Ebrahim book at discount
Musing 903. Surekha Sikri (1945-2021). New 82
