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Another curious fact from the titles. This was brought to my attention by Kharag Singh, who is working with me on projects involving group dancers.

The credits mention 13 playback singers. I think it is a record until this film. May be broken now.

 

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A many people pointed out, he is not as obscure as I had thought. He was very active in Hollywood even having a role in Casablanca (1942)! 

He has a Wikipedia page with lots of references.

LAL CHAND MEHRA

Photo from the South Asian American Digital Archive

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Film Char Din

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New DS-353.

  1. Musing 2229. Ramola in 1949
  2. Musing 2145. Review of Singar (1949)
  3. Musing 2187. Shodhganga: a reservoir of Indian theses
  4. Musing 1429. Khayyam as singer. New 463
  5. Musing 1567. Kavita. T59
  6. Musing 1353. Variety Reviews Awara (1951). New 405.
  7. Musing 1593. Veer Abhimanyu (1970).
  8. Musing 1394: Unknown Rafi Song?
  9. Musing 1528: Raakhee-Gulzar. T24
  10. Musing 1362. Film Star Salaries 1960. New 412
  11. Musing 1486. Pather Panchali in Time 1958. N 815
  12. Musing 2136. Kamlesh Kumari in 1937
  13. Musing 1343. RMIM is 31 years old!
  14. Musing 1354. Program Schedule 1934. New 406
  15. Musing 1339. Vinayak Damodar Karnataki. New 393.