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Published: 14 February 2022

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When I first heard this song from Ek Thi Ladki (1949) on Radio Ceylon on the morning show while going to school in the late fifties I had a vague feeling that I had heard it before. I kept thinking about it and other vague memories came back. I talked to my father, he corroborated and clarified my three vague memories from 1950.

1. Lots of people and food. He said it was my uncle Amar Singh’s wedding in Patiala in the middle of 1950 and, of course, there were people and good food.

2. Plastic duck laying eggs. He said that he had bought this for me and it dispensed candy eggs when pressed in the middle. He would refill it when I was not looking. I was surprised as to how it could keep laying eggs, so I broke it open to find nothing.

3. Lara Lappa. He said it was very popular and was playing everywhere, and, definitely during the wedding all day!

Of course, being just 3 years old, I had no idea about films, singers, music, etc. But I do remember that I liked it and also sang along without understanding much of it.

Lata Didi and I go way back.

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Published: 23 July 2022

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in 1937, and in Amarpali (1966).

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Published: 10 October 2021

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Notwithstanding the fact that some time ago I had mentioned the coining of the word Tollywood (from Tollygunj) in Calcutta in 1932, it appears that people don't know about it. So, let us do some research. Go to the Hindi Film Geet Kosh (HFGK) Database Website, click on the Censor Certificate information page. As you may know this page has information about more than 11,000 films (1931-2010). The information comes directly from the Government gazettes, where it was originally published. It was copied and painstakingly checked by volunteers. It is available to browse or to search for free, no login. no registration, no annoying pop-ups or ads. . Now, a part of this information (after 1949) is available on the Official Censor Board website, but no browsing, only search. If you want info about films before 1950, our website is the only internet resource.

In the Censor Certificate page, type tollywood in the search box. You will see

You can see all the information that is available in the Gazette for Javaanee Kaa Nashaa (1935), produced by Tollywood Studio. Scrolling down you will see more,

a total of 9 films.

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