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Published: 30 July 2023

Last Updated: 30 July 2023

Thanks to Kamal Kapoor, another unknown face has been identified. He acted as a Police Inspector in the film Gustakhi Muaf (1969) under the name Kiran Kumar.

I could not find his name in another Hindi film, so he joins the company of people like Erica Lal, who appeared in only one Hindi film!

Now You Know!

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Published: 07 October 2023

Last Updated: 07 October 2023

I knew about the silent and talkie star with this name, having read about him in Hindi Film Geet Kosh and other books. So when I saw the name in Aurat (1940) as an Assistant Recordist, I wondedred if he is the same person. The Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema has a very detailed entry on him, but sadly is silent about this matter.

I asked many friends, some said the two are different, others said he is the same.

Finally, I saw the proof that he is the same man in Filmfare, Oct 2, 1964.

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New21. S H Bihari

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Published: 25 April 2025

Last Updated: 25 April 2025

Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and I are happy to report that the work on the Songs Section of the Hindi Film Geet Kosh Volume 6 (1981-1985) in Hindi and English has been completed.

This volume was originally published in 2018, so the main effort has been on converting the data in the printed book to a database.

The picturization information is not complete yet.

My dear friend Kharag Singh of Ghatsila, Jharkhand, India is  diligently working on it.

With this update the database has information

for 29,305 songs for 3,823 feature films, 1931-1940, 1951-1970, 1981-1985

The database website is

https://hindi-movies-songs.com/hfgk/index.php

Now You Know!