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Published: 19 March 2018

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If you think women are westernized now, have a read at  the 'Modern Girl' of the 20s in Bombay. And then, as now, men did not like that.

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Bharat 51 Lata Snehal Bhatkar

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Published: 18 March 2018

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Since the film Jhoola (1941) is available, everybody knows that this song by Ashok Kumar inspired the one in Padosan. But very few probably know that the original was actually by Muhammad Hussain HMV P 426 Jan 1916.

Listen to 1941_jhoolaa_14_ik-chatur-naar.mp3

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Bharat 50 Lata Snehal Bhatkar

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Published: 17 March 2018

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Here are the lyrics of the original version of 'inheen logon ne' recorded by Akhtari Jaan

Miss Akhtari Jaan P 3682 Daadraa

inheen logon ne le leenaa dupaTTaa meraa

na jaano bajajavaa se poochho

jis ne ashrafee gaz deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano rangarajavaa se poochho

jis ne gulaabee rang deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano more saiyaaN se poochho

jis ne uDaakai mazaa leenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

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Bharat 49 Lata Shyam Sunder