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Published: 31 October 2020

Last Updated: 02 November 2020

When you ask some older people about the date of a film, they will probably tell you when they saw it.  Mostly it is a good answer. If you look up the dates in various compilations, with a few exceptions, the date on the censor certificate would mentioned. This is also true of Geet Kosh. Sometimes people get confused by this, because they saw the film in one year and Geet Kosh mentions the previous year. I remember a friend of mine, who must have owned the books for decades, asked me about the dates. I said the years are from the censor certificate, it says clearly in the 'pustak ke prayog hetu nirdesh' ! Apparently never read it.

People accept release dates, they remember those dates. But the release dates are not unique, unlike censor years, which change by 10 year intervals if the film is re-certified. Films are released in different parts of India and the world

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Published: 29 October 2020

Last Updated: 02 November 2020

Since the establishment of the Censor Boards in 1920, any film to be shown in public had to be examined by the Board, passed and given a censor certificate, which was required to be displayed in the beginning of the show. The decision of the Board was published in the Govt Gazette. We have access to the Gazette pages from Bombay from 1920 to about 2000. All the information from these pages is being entered into computer files, being checked and will be made available on the website free of charge and free of ads, without any watermarks, just like the material on my website. Here is sample page showing the certification of the first talkie.

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Published: 23 October 2020

Last Updated: 02 November 2020

These days I am very busy with the HFGK database websites

hamraaz.org/hfgk

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If you have visited the sites and have read the articles, you would know that we are offering rewards for finding mistakes and helping us with the database and the website. For example, you may be able to get a copy of a movie I have. Here is my updated Hindi movie collection

My Hindi Film List