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We are lucky to have Some old magazines and books from the 30s and 40s published in Bombay and Calcutta.

It is nice to have a perspective on the (undivided) Indian film industry from the south. This was published by the South India Chamber of Commerce in 1941.

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New DS-387

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I have been told that Libby Rana later acted as Nivedita. In the credits of Tu Hi Meri Zindagi (1965), they mention Nivedita on one page and Libby on the other. I know how Libby looks like but no idea about this Nivedita here.

 

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Narsingh 810

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Stars according to the Indian Talkie Silver Jubilee 1956 editors.

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Narsingh 827.

  1. Musing 1624. Ghulam Ahmed Baba Chishti.
  2. Musing 1926. Miss Shakuntala Majumdar 1936
  3. Musing 1482. Electricians! N 811
  4. Musing 1484. Lotan. N 813
  5. Musing 2219. Yaqub, Bibbo in 1937
  6. Musing 1494. Playback, who was first? The Conclusion. N 823
  7. Musing 1542. Speak English and get Rs 25! T35
  8. New06 Mixed Songs.
  9. Musing 1726. Gohar (Jr)
  10. Musing 1924. Miss Gauhar
  11. Musing 1891. Lekh 1949.
  12. Musing 2171. Amirbai Karnataki (right), Indurani
  13. Musing 1524. Calcutta Fire 1925. T21
  14. Musing 1578. Rs 30,000 for an award. T69
  15. Musing 1728. Nargis, which one?