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Published: 19 October 2017

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Words like 'unsung' and 'rare' are usual very loosely on the internet. In a group on Facebook, Sajjad is called unsung! My foot! He is the most overly sung MD, in my opinion. Any photo or song is declared 'rare' or even 'rarest of the rare', even though a quick google search reveals that these have been on the internet for years! Here is one truly rare image of Raj Kapoor from the Bengali film Bari Didi.

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 Listen to Jung Aur Aman (1968)

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Published: 18 October 2017

Last Updated: 18 October 2017

Another interesting song. Here is a guy from the theater auditioning for a role in a talkie in 1934. He names all the plays he has acted in (all famous ones) and sings a song that has the lines,

may bhee ho, mahafil bhee ho, saaGar bhee ho jo paas men,

paas jo dilbar na ho, to ye mazaa kuchh bhee naheen

This is clearly an allusion to the famous rubaaee of Omar Khayyam

Listen to 1934_Actress_03_tumhee-ko-chaahate-hain-ham.mp3

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 Listen To Baharon Ki Manzil (1968)

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Published: 17 October 2017

Last Updated: 17 October 2017

One reads all kinds of things about star salaries in the fifties. Here is a table from the Doctoral Thesis of Rikhab Dass Jain. Gives you an indication of the popularity of the stars. There are lots of interesting tables in his thesis.

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 Listen to Raat Andheri Thi (1967)