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Published: 30 November 2025

Last Updated: 30 November 2025

Light music singer of AIR Delhi

Music Director Hindi films.

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Published: 20 September 2025

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When I was listening to Radio Ceylon in the late 50s and early 60s I thought all the letters were made up and the name of this village was certainly fictitious. Clearly I was wrong!

From the book, "Fandom: Identities and Communities in a Mediated World"

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Published: 16 December 2025

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When you undertake a massive project like the Hindi Film database, you always have to decide when to stop checking. if you keep going forever then, of course, you will never publish anything. If you stop too soon then there might be many mistakes. So it's somewhat of a compromise when to stop.

I have been watching Hindi movies to determine the picturization of various songs. I checked my data  as much as I could but then when I found that I have done enough, I published. My hope was that other people will watch films and let me know if I made mistakes.

Recently a Facebook friend of mine named Sudipta Bhaduri contacted me and started asking me some questions about the database website. It turns out that he has been consulting it to find the picturizations, he seems to be very interested in people singing the songs and and also those who are sitting around or dancing. In the end, I was able to convince him to do a project for me and he is working on it now.

Yesterday he expressed doubt about three songs from Miss Mary. He said that the elderly person who is sitting there is not Badri Prasad, which is what I have written on the website. It looks like Jagdish Sethi to him. I watched the song again and definitely he is correct!.

I want to thank him for pointing out my mistake. I am happy to have a friend like him. 

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