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In the preface to his book on Junior Artists, Upendra writes,
"Once you start to see these individuals they become like a family, one could always count on to show up in a party or a crowd scene."
After watching hundreds of songs, I also feel like that. But it was not always so.
In the early 90s, I got and saw lots of movies and kept seeing this fat guy, but I had no ides who her was. Lights came on when I saw the credits in Baiju Bawra (1952).
Nadir = Hathi Singh!
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Number 3 2017/08/18
Filmographies
My mentor and guru Prof R K Pathria always proof-reads my books. When reading my book on Indurani he was surprised to know that only one of her films survives. He wanted to know how I prepared the list of her films and if I am sure that these films were even made!
So I told him briefly about the meticulous record-keeping habits of the British (rivaled by the Nazis!). British Govt passed the Indian Cinematograph Act of 1918, which required all films headed for public exhibition to obtain a censor certificate and be notified in the official Gazette. Censors had to watch the film and give a certificate of approval or reject it.
Where are these gazettes? Nobody had any idea. Then around 1966, one tireless man went on a quest to track these down and prepare the first reliable filmography of Hindi films. Who was that man? Stay tuned.
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This post is a tribute to many people. First the person who supplied the VHS tape to Tom Daniels, who mastered it into DVD and posted on his YouTube channel. Then Narsingh who extracted the 12 images from the video. And, above all Edu happily remembers all the wonderful time she spent in the industry and knows most of the people with whom she worked. She identified almost all the people here
Now you know!
Bharat 13 Lata H Mangeshkar
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