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Published: 16 June 2025

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In the single screen era of Cinema Halls usually the cinema halls stayed in the same place with the original name. Sometimes the name changed.

In my lifetime I do not remember any cinema hall having its name changed in any city that I have been to.

In our work on the release dates of movies in the 40s, we found this example where the name change was announced in a newspaper!

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From the Bombay Chronicle.

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Published: 15 June 2025

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When I was preparing the picturization of the database from 1961 to 1970 Hindi Film songs, I saw Subhash Ghai in the song Aiye Bahar Ko Ham Bant Len from Taqdeer (1967).

I did not see him in the credits so I put it down as uncredited appearance.

Recently Dr Ramnath Iyer pointed out that he acted in early films with the name Ajay. This was new information for me and I have now incorporated it in the database.

Thank you Dr Ramnath.

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Published: 14 June 2025

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 This is not the famous Dilip Kumar (Yusuf Khan).

Late Shahid Pardesi had mentioned that this is Nazir, who was credited as Dilip in a few films..

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