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Published: 01 November 2017

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Madhubala had problems with the press early in her career (1949-50). It is relatively rare to find interviews by her or anything written by her. I found this write-up by her in which she expresses her thankfulness to people who helped her in times of great difficulty. It si from Filmfare.

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Published: 31 October 2017

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This is the earliest song in my collection in which I am able to hear Sarangi.

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 Listen to Amar Prem (1971)

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Published: 30 October 2017

Last Updated: 30 October 2017

In the British days, they did not care for kissing etc. but censored the political stuff with a heavy hand. Many examples exist. After independence, we still banned kissing etc, but also material that was deemed to be sensitive for religious or/and political reasons. What kind of scenes did they censor? I used to read in the magazines details of scenes that were cut, skirt above knees, dress too revealing etc. But I could never find an example of what was cut. Not until now! Here is an image from a deleted scene from 5 Rifles (1974)

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 Listen to Pushpanjali (1970)