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First of all let me clear up  a confusion. Last time, I was talking about the song  'Badhai Hai' but the image shown was of the song 'Gazab Kiya' that showed Roopmala. Because of the confusion, people started telling me how Roopmala looked like and about well-known appearances of Roshan Kumari in films :)

What I mentioned in the text was that according to Richard Singer the dancer in 'Badhai Hai' is Roshan Kumari (daughter of the singer Zohrabai). Then Shefali Gandhi doubted that statement, but without telling me who that actually is. That made me look at the song again. Richard Singer has given a good explanation of why the 'Badhai Hai' dancer is Roshan Kumari. I feel safe saying the same.

Here are four images, three of Roshan Kumari, from filmfare (thanks Sudarshan Talwar), in Jalsaghar and Mirza Ghalib. The bottom right is from Waris 'Badhai Hai'.

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This is Kamta Prasad's car from Jeevan Naiyya (1936).

Does any one know what kind of car this might be?

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from the silent Shiraz.

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  2. Musing 980. Chunilal. J 66
  3. Musing 1278. Roopmala. New 334
  4. Musing 927: Kidar Sharma and Nawab. J 18
  5. Musing 971. Dar Kashmiri. J 58
  6. Musing 1072: Lata 25,000 to 60,000. J 144
  7. Musing 1050. Paro. J 128
  8. Musing 947. Najmul Husain. J 36
  9. Musing 1125. Madhubala. J 195
  10. Musing 976: Ajmal. J 63
  11. Musing 1054. Fazlu. J 131
  12. Musing 1097. Madhubala. J 167
  13. Musing 1112. Revist Tarzan Goes To India. J 182
  14. Musing 1024. Silent Cinema. J 106
  15. Musing 1102. Madhubala at 13. J 172