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Published: 02 July 2023

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We are used to seeing the film people misspell names of films ans actors in English. Here is proof that they can do it in any script. Here they spell the word for stone in Hindi as Paththar, not Patthar.

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Published: 01 July 2023

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WE hear about cinemas closing. About 100 years ago new cinemas were opening. See the news about Capitol Rialto was also opened around the same time. Both owned by Globe Theatres Ltd.

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Published: 30 June 2023

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When I bought a copy of the very first edition of the first published volume of Hindi Film Geet Kosh (1951-1960) in 1980, I was overjoyed. I had never seen anything like it. After a few months I calmed down and started finding misprints. One of the most annoying was the name of this lyricist spelt as Raja Mehndi Ali Khan (with an extra 'n'). I hesitated to contact the author because, I thought, it is too late to do anything. Also surely, somebody must have told him by now.

Imagine my surprise when I obtained the Revised Edition in 1997, it had the same mistake! To this day I deeply regret not having sent him a postcard in 1980.

It turns out that it is a very common mistake, even producers of films, who hired him to write the lyrics, misspell his name.

See here a title card from Jab Yaad Kisee Kee Aatee Hai (1967)

Please note that his name has the word Mehdi, not Mehndi.

Note: This has been corrected in all the latest editions and the Database Website.

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