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Published: 02 September 2017

Last Updated: 11 September 2017

A famous Mumbaikar, Lt-Col Richard Temple gave six talks on Indian Cinema on the Bombay Radio Station in July 1938. He touched on many aspects. About music in Indian films, he wrote thus:

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Listen to Shadi (1962)

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Published: 25 February 2018

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So, when was the first dance seen in the movies? In turns out that the answer is the very first feature film, Raja Harishchandra (1913).. The film is easily available and one can check that after half an hour of start, one person starts playing kartaal, he dances and others join in. In Kaliya Mardan (1919) I counted three places where dance-like movements take place? So, what about the tallies? That is a topic for another day. 

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Bharat 30 Lata Gobindram

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Published: 21 October 2018

Last Updated: 21 October 2018

These are all silent films. Numbers are for first run only. Later they would run in minor circuits and even villages.

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Rafi 125