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The first silver jubilee talkie in India is Amrit Manthan (1934) by Prabhat. The term was coined by Prabhat distributor Baburao Krishnarao Pai. Film ad photo thanks to Ajit Sidhu and BR pai photo from a book published in 1938. 

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One of the three acclaimed dramatists of the Parsi theatre, Pandit Narayan Prasad Betab (1872-1945). The other two are Pandit Radheshyam Kathavachak and Agha Hashr Kashmiri. 

From his biography by his daughter Dr Vidyavati Namra.

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Miss Gauhar from Bijapur. Title page of a record catalog, Suresh Chandvankar collection

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Book published on the 25th Anniversary of RMIM

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