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Illustrated History of Punjabi Cinema (1935-1985)

 

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I heard about Bhim Raj Garg from Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' in the early 90s. He has been working on Panjabi Film Geet Kosh, now expanded to include pictures ans renames, Illustrated History of Punjabi Cinema. Later I kept running into his name in various publications and articles that had to do with the history of Punjabi cinema. For example, the famous Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema by Willemen and Rajadhyaksha (1999) credit only his name for all the information on Punjabi Cinema. Here is a story of his quest and a few sample pages from the book.

 

Listen to the very first song in this collection of Girdharilal Vishwakarma of Jodhpur.

http://hindi-films-songs.com/main/glv-155.html

I am hearing ghughroos in this song. This is the earliest song in which I have heard them. So, if somebody makes a list of ghunghroo songs and fails to mention this song, you know what to do.

Now you know!


Listen to Cobra Girl (1963) 

This song from Shukriya 1944 was used again in the 50s, different singers

Listen to 1944_shukriyaa_hamaaree-galee-aanaa.mp3

Now you know!


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