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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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In Hindi films, until recently, people just played foreign records, or based songs on their tunes. I did not see any permission info in the titles.

It is also rare to display permission for using old Indian songs. In Poorab aur Pashchim (1970), I saw this.

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filmindia 1936.

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