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professor toofaanii publishers, Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 71st book

Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast V (1947-1949) by

Sheo Khetan and Prof Surjit Singh

6 by 9, 224 pages, BW interior, Color Cover

How many times have you wanted to know how the actors in old movies looked like? Of course, we are all familiar with the famous ones, Saigal, Ashok Kumar, Lila Chitnis, Madhubala. But how about many others whose names appear in the film cast and filmographies? This book is an attempt put faces to their names. We have taken 59 films from 1947 to 1949 whose videos are in our collection and captured pictures of the cast and included almost 1,100 pictures, not only big stars but also character artists and junior artists.

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A Year in Hindi Movies 1936

1936 Ashok Kumar begins carrear

Born on October 13, 1911 at Bhagalpur, Bihar, as Kumudlal to a famous lawyer, Kunjlal Ganguly, whose family migrated from Nadia to Khandwa some hundred years ago, Ashok Kumar was a brilliant student,

  1. Musings 201-300
  2. Musing 24: K(h)artaal, Kan Kan Men Bhagwan (1963)
  3. Musing 1546: Zebunissa, then and now. T38
  4. Musing 1140. First Pakistani film in the US. J 208.
  5. Musing 364: Sholay, Rafi 79
  6. Photos of Actors 1
  7. Musings 101-200
  8. Musing 1299. Kishore Kumar. New 354.
  9. Platinum Jubilee of Talkies (2006)
  10. Musing 1091. Vinita Butt (Yasmin). J 162
  11. Musing 1485. Madhubala in Time Magazine. N 814
  12. Musing 1198. Saigal goes for audition. J 261
  13. A Year in Hindi Movies 31-35
  14. Musing 1217. Bulbul. J 278
  15. Compiling Data of Indian Films