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Articles on Hindi Films

Compiled by Raj Dogra this is a comprehensive work based on the 78 RPM records of non film Hindi Urdu records.

It is spread into three volumes and index by the name of the singer, provides information about the lyricists music director, date of recording, record number etc.

It is called 

Tarana A Journey of Hindustani Non Film Recorded Songs

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New DS-557.

From Bombay Chronicle, August 1943
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The latest censorship rules were published in 1983. The rules were surprisingly similar to the one in 1927, British government being replaced by the Indian government.

However there were three big changes by now.

Outright banning was minimal, censors suggested cuts in audio, video or both and if the producers agreed to the cuts the film was passed with cuts.

There was a formal appeal process to the censor board and even to the courts, all the way to Supreme Court.

The society as well as the censors had become more liberal allowing for more violence and more sexual content. This was possible because of the rating system, where films were restricted to be shown to people of a certain age or adults or special audiences only etc.

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New DS-502