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Published: 07 January 2023

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The book "Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same name Confusion" by Arunkumar Deshmukh was one of the earliest books I published. At that time the book was made available on Amazon and Pothi.com only. Later I found out how to publish books on Amazon India and Flipkart and I made most of my books available there.

Because of an oversight, I never did the same for Arunkumar's book. This has been corrected. The book is now available at

AMAZON INDIA

FLIPKART

The webpage has been updated and is found here

Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion with Arunkumar Deshmukh

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Published: 20 December 2022

Last Updated: 20 December 2022

In the US when an unknown person is to be charged with a crime, he is listed as John Doe, a generic name. The Indian equivalent is Ashok Kumar!

From the book Piracy in the Indian Film Industry by Scaria.

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Published: 26 December 2022

Last Updated: 26 December 2022

Recently, Rajat Maheshwari from Indore, India asked this question:

"When does Raj Kapoor introduce himself as Ranbir Raj in a movie?"

[Note: This is interesting because it is his own name in real life.]

I vaguely remembered that it was in Shree 420 (1955) and said so. Later I verified that it was correct.

Here is a page from my copy of the HFGK Volume 3 and a short clip from the film. By the way, Nargis father is Ramesh Sinha.

 Ranbir Raj in Shree 420

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