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Published: 09 October 2022

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As told by Edwina Violette to me:

1. Saroj later became a legendary choreographer.

2. P L Raj was mainly a choreographer.

3. Dancer Aruna is different from the actress Aruna Irani.

4. Dancer Bhagwan is different from the famous actor Bhagwan.

5. Thinker and Bobby are brother and sister, respectively.

6. Harbans, also known as Harbans Papay, has been honored with the Uttar Pradesh Ratan Award.

7. Background dancer Sitara and the famous dancer-actress Sitara Devi are different.

8. Suresh is also known as Suresh Bhatt who became a choreographer.

9. Nimmi the background dancer is different from the famous actress Nimmi.

10. Vishwas (1969) was dedicated to Herman Benjamin.

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Published: 08 October 2022

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Background dancer.

Cobra Girl (1963) song, Ankh Mili To Dil, Ruby and Edwina.

Zindagi Aur Maut (1965) song, Teri Nazaron Ka Ishara, Unknown, Pamela, Ruby, Edu.

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Published: 07 October 2022

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I was too young to be taken to the movies when Nagin (1954) came out. I bought the song booklet with my pocket money, memorized all the songs and sang along whenever the songs were played, during festivals, marriages, in the paan shops of Moti Bazar in Malerkotla.

I saw it in 1967-68 in Chandigarh at a Matinee show. Of course, I enjoyed it thoroughly. One scene stuck in memory and puzzled me. I S Johar was a theater owner. He had thick eyebrows, fake mustache, fake glasses, walked in a funny sort of bent way with hands on hips and talked very fast.

The mystery was solved a few years later when I saw my first Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup, in Pittsburgh.

I S Johar was doing an impression of Groucho Marx!

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Clip from Nagin (1954)   

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