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Articles on Hindi Films

Musing 1200. Ram Singh Saxophonist. J 263

Musing 1199. Toofani Tamancha (1935). J 262

Musing 1198. Saigal goes for audition. J 261

Musing 1197. SN Banerjee. J 260

Musing 1196. Bipin Gupta J 259

Musing 1195. Niranjan Sharma. J 258

Musing 1194. Mohana (Cabral). J 257

Musing 1193. Vijayalaxmi. J 256

Musing 1192. Mauji (Prakash Singh). J 255

Musing 1191. Dev Kishan Ahuja. J 254

Musing 1190. Vanmala. J 253.

Musing 1189. Madhubala. J 252.

Musing 1188. Sumati Gupte. J 251

Musing 1187. Baburao Pendharkar. J 250

Musing 1186. Kesari. J 249

Musing 1185. Madhubala. J 248

Musing 1184. Maya Banerjee. J 247

Musing 1183. Anant Marathe. J 246

Musing 1182. Noorjehan Senior. J 245

Musing 1181. Madhubala. J 244

Musing 1180. Preetibala. J 243

Musing 1179. Further Inches. J 242

Musing 1178. These Crucial Inches. J 241

Musing 1177. OP Nayyar on All India Radio. J 240

Musing 1176. Dharmendra. J 239

Musing 1175. Color Laboratory. J 238

Musing 1174. Madhubala. J 237

Musing 1173. Yahudi 1958. J 236

Musing 1172. Kanhaiyalal. J 235

Musing 1171. Ramanand Sagar and Ashalata Biswas. J 234

Musing 1170. H K Maria. J 233

Musing 1169. Kashmira (Panjabi, 1983). J 232

Musing 1168. Some Famous Collectors. J 231

Musing 1167. Madhubala. J 230

Musing 1166. Sheila Vaz. J 229

Musing 1165. Book and the Train. J 228

Musing 1164: Origin of Yahudi Ki Ladki. J 227

Musing 1163. Naya Daur Song. J 226.

Musing 1162. Yahudi Ki Ladki (1957). J 225

Musing 1161. Yahudi Ki Ladki (1933). J 224

Musing 1160: Yahudi. J 223

Musing 1159. RD Burman and Asha. J 222

Musing 1158. Lata and Naushad. J 221

India: A Reckoning With History [Musing 1157]

Musing 1156. Uday Shankar. J 220

Musing 1155. Surinder Kaur. J 219.

Musing 1154. Surendra BA LLB.

The Story of The Rainbow Bunch [MUSING 1153]

Musing 1152. Madhubala. J 218

Musing 1151. Aan in Egypt. J 217

Musing 1150. Madhubala in Shama. J 216

Musing 1149. C S Dubey J 215

Musing 1148. Shivraj. J 214

Ali Peter John (1950-2022) RIP [Musing 1147]

Musing 1146. Uma Dutt. J 213

Musing 1145. Gurcharan Singh Sandhu from London UK.

Musing 1144: Baburao Patel was Wrong! J 212

Musing 1143. Mr Surendra Nath Sen, BA LLB. J 211

Musing 1142. Pakistan's first film. J 210

Musing 1141. Diwan Bashesharnath Kapoor. J 209

Musing 1140. First Pakistani film in the US. J 208.

Musing 1139. Edwina book errata. J 207

Musing 1138. Motilal. J 206

Musing 1137. Mubarak. J 205

Musing 1136. Husn Banu. J 204

Musing 1135. Motilal. J 203

Musing 1134. Ishwarlal.

Musing 1133. Hari Shivdasani. J 202

Musing 1132. Shankar created the tune. J 201

Musing 1131. Dalsukh M Pancholi. J 200

Musing 1130. Two Refugees. J 199

Musing 1129. Indira Gandhi in 1936. J 198

Musing 1128. First English Song.

Musing 1127. Five Refugees. J 197

Musing 1126. Call of the Valley. J 196.

Musing 1125. Madhubala. J 195

Musing 1124. Leela Naidu. J 194

Musing 1123. Paan shop in Kanpur. J 193

Musing 1122. Jaikishan. J 192

Musing 1121. Bioscope. J 191

Musing 1120. Hiralal in Dr Z (1959). J 190

Musing 1119. Jhaverchand Meghani. J 189

Musing 1118. Mohanlal Dave. J 188

Musing 1117. Jagdish Saran Srivastava. J 187

Musing 1116. Jagdish Shrivastva. J 186

Musing 1115. Najam Naqvi J 185

Musing 1114. Heera Sawant. J 184

Musing 1113. Madhubala. J 183

Musing 1112. Revist Tarzan Goes To India. J 182

Musing 1111. Tarzan Goes To India (1962). J 181

Musing 1110. Pandit Amarnath. J 180

Musing 1109. Amarnath. J 179

Musing 1108. Kanu Roy. J 178

Musing 1107. Kishori (Old Name: Cuckoo)! New J 177

Musing 1106. Baby Tabassum. J 176

Musing 1105. S L Puri. J 175

Musing 1104. Damayanti Sahni. J 174.

Musing 1103. Shankar photo labeled as Hasrat Jaipuri. J 173

Musing 1102. Madhubala at 13. J 172

Musing 1101. Madhubala Court Case (revisited). J 171

Sureshji passed away a year ago. Not a day goes by when I do not remember him.

A few yeas ago I remember him telling me that he is going to put all his collection on the Internet Archive. It turns out that he did. For three years he worked tirelessly to upload it all. Here is the link

Sureshji's collection on the Internet Archive

He has uploaded 633 GB of data, 2,187 images, 1,693 audio files, 434 texts and 379 videos.

The black and white photo magazines you have been enjoying came from his collection.

Here is another one.

NOTE: I have downloaded the whole collection and made two backup copies.

Now You Know!


New DS-268

 

 

Also known as Meena Parel. Worked in 33 films from 1951 to 1964.

Sharda (1957) song, Bhaagwaan Zara Dheere Bol.

Isi Ka Nam Duniya Hai (1962) as a Barmaid with Mehmood.

 

 

 Now You Know!


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