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Published: 31 October 2017

Last Updated: 31 October 2017

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

Listen to 1937_captain-keerti-kumaar_aashaa-kabhee-na-jaaye.mp3

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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)

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Published: 29 October 2017

Last Updated: 29 October 2017

Before disc records there were cylindrical records. The disc records were first made by Fred Gaisberg. Once in a whlie somebody says Gauhar Jan was the first recorded artist in India. Then some person who knows better corrects him saying that Sashimukhi was the first. In reality, the very first artist to be recoded on a disc is W S Burke! Here is a page from issue 7 of The Record News,  a magazine published from 1991 to 2012 by the Society of Indian Record Collectors. You can learn more about the Society, learn more about Mr Burke, and read all the magazine issues, full of rare info and photos on my website

SIRC

The image of the said page

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 Listen to Priya (1970)