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Published: 13 October 2017

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Many people do not know that as early as 1952, a magazine in US had declared Madhubala as the biggest star in the world! Read the original article here

Madhubala as seen in US (1952)

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 Listen to Ghar Ka Chiragh (1967)

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Published: 12 October 2017

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In this song from Romantic India, sung by Noor Jehan (Sr) who later character-acted in such films as Anarkali (1953), after the dialog I am hearing Piano, the earliest song in which I clearly can recognize it.

Listen to 1936_Romantic-India_sunaa-do-prem-kee-meeThee-taan.mp3 

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 Listen to Chhaila Babu (1967)

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Published: 11 October 2017

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Just in case people think that use of English words in songs is a new phenomenon. I take you back all the way to the theater days. Her is a song written by the famous playwright Agha Hashr Kashmiri for the drama Silver King:

kyon chhipaayee laa de bhaee Khaalis whiskey
rang ho jis men Miss kee
aur lazzat ho jis men Kiss kee

which loosely translates as

O brother, bring it, why have you hidden pure whiskey
which has the color of a Miss
and which has the bliss of a kiss

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 Listen to Badrinath (1967)