Since 1999

Hindi Films

Hindi Films, all aspects

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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 142nd book

Hindi Talkie Filmography (1981-85)

Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
and
Prof Surjit Singh

This book is a sister project, part of the much larger project undertaken by the two of us, with the help of many volunteers. Full details of the project can be seen on the main website

http://hamraaz.org/hfgk/index.php

The project is an outgrowth of the massive Hindi Film Geet Kosh (1980-) series of books compiled by the first author. The website is planned to contain all the data in the Geet Kosh, suitably expanded and revised by including the latest information.
The whole history of the Geet Kosh may be read in the My Story section of the above-mentioned website. Suffice it to say that after the pioneering work of Firoze Rangoonwalla and BV Dharap, Geet Kosh was a unique and original compilation work expanding the earlier work in many directions.
The database on the website is divided into three section for convenience. The Censor Certificate section has the information about the censored films. The Filmography section has the information about film production and other details. The Song section has detailed information about the songs.
It is a work in progress.
This book is based on the Filmography Section of Hindi Talkies Feature Films from 1981 to 1985.

Paperback, 6 by 9 in, 243 pages.

Now You Know!

As usual, first few pages may be read here

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I am glad to report the publication of a book by my dear friend, veteran RMIMer Abhay Jain.

Tandem Songs in Hindi Films  (Years 1931-2024)

From the description:

This book is for Hindi film music enthusiasts of every generation.

It is a based on listening to thousands of songs by author covering a period of over 90 years.

Tandem songs are songs generally with the same title (initial one or two lines also referred to as a Mukhda) or even the full song from the same movie but sung by different singers.

Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Lata Mangeshkar)
Ehsan Tera Hoga Mujh Par (Mohammad Rafi)
Male solo and female solo from Junglee (1961)

Most Tandem songs are solo songs sung by two different singers. But there are also Tandem songs sung by different set of one or more singers. There are few cases where, one of the Tandem songs is sung by a solo singer and the other one by two or more singers, one singer may be common in both songs or it may be an entirely different set of singers for both Tandem songs.

This book lists 1,242 Tandem songs, with 2,553 total songs from 1136 films, starting from year 1935 and spanning over nine decades up to year 2024.

Contents include:
  • Year-wise song details including film name, mukhda, singers, composer and lyricist.
  • List of singers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
  • List of lyricists including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
  • List of composers including number of Tandem songs and number of films.
  • Year-wise list of Tandem songs including chart.
  • Decade-wise list of Tandem songs including chart,

Hindi film music enthusiasts will find this book informative and an authentic reference material.

Paperback, 9 in by 7 in, Landscape. 211 pages.

First few pages may ne read here

 

NOTE: This is the International Edition available on lulu.com

For Indian Edition, please see page 2.

professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 141st book

PICTORIAL JOURNEY OF HINDI CINEMA 1949

Sanjeev Tanwar

A compilation of Hindi film posters of the year 1949. A collector's item. Year-wise collection of posters, cover page images of booklets, still photographs, etc. for the pleasure of re-visiting the Golden Era of the Silver Screen. The PICTORIAL JOURNEY OF HINDI CINEMA-1949 covers all posters of Hindi films made in 1949.

Full color, US Letter, paperback, 164 pages

Now You Know!

A few pages here

Subcategories

Articles on Hindi Films

Book published on the 25th Anniversary of RMIM

Book on RMIM