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Published: 07 January 2018

Last Updated: 08 August 2023

Interesting perspective on the Indian market by Hollywood in 1922-23, from a yearbook. It should be remembered that at this time more than 50% films shown in India came from Hollywood!

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RMIM meet 2017, 6

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Published: 11 May 2025

Last Updated: 30 June 2025

This is from a PhD dissertation in Hindi, submitted to a university from Jhansi in 1989.

Nest set of heroines:

    Vaasaksajjaa

Piyaa aiso jiyaa mein samaay gayo re,
main to tan-man ki sudh-budh ganvaa baithi.
Har aahat par samajhi vo aaye re,
jhat ghunghat mein mukhdaa chhupaa baithi.

    Parkiyaa

Ek daa teen, aajaa mausam hai rangeen.
Raat ke chhip chhip ke milnaa duniyaa samjhe,

    Lakshitaa

Jaadugar sainyaa chhodo mori banhiyaan,
ho gayi aadhee raat, ab ghar jaane do.
Pheeka-pheeka kajraa, tootaa huaa gajraa,
kah degaa saari baat.

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Published: 08 December 2022

Last Updated: 23 December 2022

A page from the Hindi book, Gujarat Chalchitra Prampara, by Ushakant Mehta, published in 1975.

Top: Ad for Phalke's The Hindustan Cinema Film Company

Below: Ad for the first weekly Gujarati film magazine.

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