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Published: 16 December 2021

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In Raj Nartaki (1941) and Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai (1960).

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Published: 15 December 2021

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Thanks to great sleuthing by Arun Simha, we have this mention from Oct 12, 1969 Times of India, quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary.

Typical university libraries have access to the Proquest database of Times of India issues. If you can get the original article, I will be grateful.

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Published: 14 December 2021

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He was mainly a singer. But he also acted in a few movies. The name G M Durrani is mentioned in the cast of many films in the Hindi Film Geet Kosh. I noticed that in the cast where the video is available he is mentioned as G M Durrani (Singer), whereas in other places, simply G M Durrani. The thinking is that we don't have the movie, we don't know if it is the same person. When I made list for Vol III using the Database Website, I found that in Ardhangini (1959) there was a G M Durrani, plain. I guess 'Hamraaz' had not seen the film at that time.

I have a copy, saw him with his typical nose and voice, as a servant with Meena Kumari. This info will go into the database the new edition of Volume III.

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