Here is the timeline:

1969: He is frustrated that he cannot find an encyclopedia of Hindi films or songs, considers compiling one.

1980: He publishes, and privately prints and sells Hindi Film Geet Kosh - Volume III.

1984-1991; He publishes the rest of the volumes, Volume 5 was compiled by Biswanath Chatterjee.

1993: He buys his first PC and immediately thinks of entering the massive data into a database.

1997: Publishes the second revised edition of Volume III by using Corel Ventura Desktop Publishing software.

1999-2017: Makes many efforts to have the massive data entered into a database, failing each time and losing lots of time and money.

2018: Decides to do it himself with help from a guy in San Diego.

2020: Database website launched with sample data.

2021: Censor Certificate Information from 1931 to 2010 made public.

2021: Volume III film and song info made public.

Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and I are happy to report that the song information from Vol IV is available today, filmography was done in 2022.

Please note that the filmography includes not only the usual information included in the Geet Kosh volumes, but also the names of Junior Artists, Background Dancers, and other actors spotted by us by watching the films.

Also, the song information includes not only the usual information included in the Geet Kosh volumes, but also the song picturization information, with the people who are singing the song on-screen and the Leading Stars, Character Artists, Junior Artists, Background Dancers, and other actors spotted by us by watching the films.

The database website is

DATABASE WEBSITE

Happy Birthday, Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'!

Now You Know!

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