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Published: 07 October 2017

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First time for Shahu Modak and Shanta Apte. Interesting info in this ad from the Indian Express, Madras Edition, Jan 6, 1933. People ask why HFGK does not have release dates? Two main reasons, there is no universal documentation for release dates, and, it changes from city to city. We can see from here that it played at the Kinema Central, Madras from Jan 7, 1933. We also see that it had been running in Bombay for 21 weeks before that. In fact, I have read that it ran for 25 weeks in Bombay.   

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Listen to Preet Na Jane Reet (1966) 

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Published: 06 October 2017

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This is the earliest song in which there is a long intro and the interludes are also long.

Maya (1936) Aj Sakhi Ayi

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 Listen to Kunwari (1966)

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Published: 05 October 2017

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As far as kissing and nudity on screen are concerned, the censorship after independence was stricter than before. Usually, it is easier to show nudity in mythological films. They offer many situations. There is the nude bathing by gopis, with Krishna stealing their clothes, they have to come out of water covering themselves with their bare hands. Then we have the Rishi Vishwamitra losing his balance, when Menaka, having been sent by Indra whose singhasan was always in peril, loses her anga-vastra, as they say. Another often used situation is when Anasuya, in the nude,  has to serve food to the trinity of gods, whom she, in a hilarious twist,  reduces to crying babies. The last one was used for the first time by D N Sampat of Kohinoor in the silent days. Here is B D Garg writing abut him:

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   Listen to Insaaf (1966)