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Published: 14 August 2023

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In my book on Edwina Violette, which is available to read on my website,

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I made a mistake about her appearance in the famous song from Teesri Manzil. I said that she is lying in the crescent moon. This mistake was copied into her filmography on IMDB

However, later I found out that I was wrong and corrected myself in the Errata also published on my website

This reminds me of two Hindi expressions about blatant copying,

makkhee pe makkhee maaranaa (= You copy the text, see a dead fly on the text, find a dead fly and paste it on to the copy)

naql ke liye aql chaahiye (= Even for the process of merely copying, you need some brains)

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Published: 24 September 2023

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When I bought a copy of the Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema on my visit to India, at the Delhi Book Fair decades ago, I read carefully about where they got all the information from. I was pleased to see the big mention of Har Mandir 'Hamraaz' work. Among regional languages I saw the name Murlidhar Soni and his forthcoming book on Rajasthani Cinema. I also saw the name M D Soni for Bhojpuri cinema.

I always suspected that both are the same person, and he is. I understand that his book is finally coming out after more than two decades. 

He is my Facebook friend and a well-known Hindi journalist. I am honored to know him.

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Published: 11 March 2024

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