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Published: 30 March 2018

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Here is Leela Chitnis offering her views on type-casting, in 1952!

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Surinder Dhall Rare 2

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Published: 30 August 2017

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Jyoti is Bindu's Mom

Har Mandir Singh sent me all the special issues of Nai Duniya (Indore) and in one of them it said that Jyoti was Bindu's mother. Har Mandir also has a rule about having two independent sources. Luckily a very knowledgeable friend confirmed it. So, I mentioned it on RMIM. Somebody quickly pointed out that Jyoti, who acted in Aurat (1940) was married to G M Durrani. More research showed that Bindu's mom was actually Jyotsna Desai, a stage actress. I immediately accepted my mistake.

What about the 2 independent sources? Turns out that my friend had spent lots of time in Indore and his source was the same magazine that had the mistake!

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 Dharti Ke Lal (1946)

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Published: 29 November 2017

Last Updated: 29 November 2017

In a color film of the 60s, Mehmood keeps singing a line, yaa ilaahee miT na jaandee dadre-dil'. Here is original song that he was mispronouncing for comedic effect.

Listen to 1938_billee_04_yaa-ilaahee-miT-naa-jaaye.mp3 

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