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Published: 13 February 2023

Last Updated: 13 February 2023

I watched this movie long ago. Recently I bought a Busby Berkeley DVD collection and I watched it again today.

I was surprised to see Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi show up at the end of a dance number!

MK Gandhi in 42nd St

I assume everybody knows that he also shows up in the song, You Are The Top, by by Cole Porter and John McGlinn,

You're the top
You're Mahatma Gandhi
You're the top
You're Napoleon Brandy

I guess American lyricists knew about him in the 30s.

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Published: 22 April 2023

Last Updated: 22 April 2023

In this film set in the biblical times, we find a Dholak and a Harmonium!

Somebody should collect a few hundred of these, it will be an easy book to write :)

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Published: 02 May 2023

Last Updated: 02 May 2023

I vaguely remember reading it somewhere, thanks to K C Pingle for reminding me.

Laxmikant Kudalkar (of Laxmikant-Pyarelal) acted as a child artist in a Gujarati film "Raja Harishchandra". He came to the industry to become a hero. Worked in about 5 films : 1) Raja Harshchnadra, 2) Pundalik (Hindi & Gujarati), 3) Aankhen (Nalini Jaiwant's brother), Shaadi Ki Raat (Geeta Bali's brother), 5) Jogidas Khumand (Khatiawadi).

Many years prior to this he did a small dubbing stint for Vishnupant Pagnis's film "Narsi Bhagat". But typhoid made him completely bald. He went back to learning Mandolin. Became an expert. Went to play for AIR. He recorded his first composition for K Parvez's "Tumse Pyaar Ho Gaya". Then came for a movie "Chhalia Babu" & one more film. All these 3 films did not see the light of the day.

Here in Ankhen (1950).

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