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A popular side heroine of the 40s, many songs were filmed on her.

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I had borrowed this book from a library in 2011 and scanned about one half of it and put it on my website. 

I have now scanned all of it and have uploaded it on the Internet Archive website.

It is a really very good directory, gives you a snapshot of the film industry in India and neighboring countries in 1952.

I hope it'll be useful to researchers.

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Asian Film Directory And Who's Who 1952 by V Doraiswamy

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Published: 17 February 2026

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From her autobiography The Hit Girl.

Her grandparents from the father's side, Motilal Mohandas and Gomti Parekh

Her parents, Salma Ibrahim Lakdawala and Bachubhai Motilal Parekh when they were in courtship.

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