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Musing 2300. Tarana Volume 1

Musing 2299. Jeevan, Kamini Kaushal (1949)

Musing 2298. Anant Marathe (I think)

Musing 2297. Tarana sample pages

Musing 2296. Late Gurcharan Singh Sandhu (1948-2023)

Musing 2295. RIP...Return if possible

Musing 2294. Geeta Bali in 1949

Musing 2293. TARANA - 3 Volumes - Non-Film Songs

Musing 2292. Kisan Kanya (1937)

Musing 2291. Rehana in 1949

Musing 2290. Miss Prabha in 1937

Musing 2289. Dilip Kumar in 1949

Musing 2288. Ameena in 1937

Musing 2287. Durga Khote in 1949

Musing 2286. Chandramohan in 1937

Musing 2285. Version Records in Hindi Films - A Catalog

Musing 2284. Wasti in 1949

Musing 2283. Umashashi in 1937

Musing 2282. Suraiya Chowdhary in 1949

Musing 2281. Sabita Devi (right) in 1937

Musing 2280. Sumati Gupte in 1949

Musing 2279.Leela Chitnis in 1937

Musing 2278. Sofia in 1949

Musing 2277. Shobhana Smarth in 1937

Musing 2276. Sharda in 1949

Musing 2275. Shanta Apte in 1937

Musing 2274. Films and Shows in Bombay - 1934

Musing 2273. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast 1974 Part A (A-F)

Musing 2272. Rehana, Raj Kapoor in 1949

Musing 2271. Padma Devi in 1937

Musing 2270. Poornima in 1949

Musing 2269. Karuna Devi in 1937

Musing 2268. Nigar Sultana in 1949

Musing 2267. Prabha in 1937

Musing 2266. Nayan Tara in 1949

Musing 2265. Kokila in 1937

Musing 2264. Edwina!

Musing 2263. Naseem Bano in 1949

Musing 2262. Uma Shashi in 1937

Musing 2261. Munawwar Sultana in 1949

Musing 2260. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast 1973 Part C

Musing 2259. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast 1973 Part B

Musing 2258. B Nandrekar in 1937

Musing 2257. Mumtaz Shanti in 1949

Musing 2256. Ratanbai in 1937

Musing 2255. Mubarak

Musing 2254. Miss Mehtab in 1937

Musing 2253. Mohana in 1949

Musing 2252. Master Vinayak in 1937.

Musing 2251. Manorama in 1949

Musing 2250. Leela (Kolhapur wali) in 1937

Musing 2249. Kishore Sahu in 1949

Musing 2248. Kokila in 1937

Musing 2247. Madhubala and Jiloo in 1949

Musing 2246. Kashmira in 1937

Musing 2245. Shyam and Rehana in 1949

Musing 2244. Jayshree in 1937

Musing 2243. Sitara (dancer), Motilal and Suraiya

Musing 2242. Indurani in 1937

Musing 2241. Madhubala in 1949

Musing 2240. Enchantress (1937)

Musing 2239. Madhubala

Musing 2238. Ratanbai Shilotri (Nutan's grandma)

Musing 2237. Frontiers of Freedom (1937)

Musing 2236. Suraiya in 1949

Musing 2235: Films Shown in Bombay - 1942

Musing 2234: Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion Book 4

Musing 2233. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast 1973 Part A

Musing 2232. Pathe to Swastik

Musing 2231. Ajay = Subhash Ghaee in Taqdeer 1967

Musing 2230. Not Dilip in 1937.

Musing 2229. Ramola in 1949

Musing 2228. Jaishree in 1937

Musing 2227. Shyama in 1949

Musing 2226. Ashalata in 1937

Musing 2225. Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast 1972 Part C

Musing 2224. Sikandar in 1942

Musing 2223. A Hussain

Musing 2222. Agha in 1949

Musing 2221. Indurani in 1937

Musing 2220. Raj Kapoor, Tripti Mitra in 1949

Musing 2219. Yaqub, Bibbo in 1937

Musing 2218. Nirupa Roy in 1949

Musing 2217. Yaqub in 1937

Musing 2216. Meena Shorey in 1949

Musing 2215. Veena in 1937

Musing 2214. Rehana in 1949

Musing 2213. Zubeda in 1933

Musing 2212. Mehtab in 1937

Musing 2211. Madhubala in 1955

Musing 2210. Sadhna Bose in the 30s

Musing 2209. Madhu Bose in 1933

Musing 2208. Kamini Kaushal in 1949

Musing 2207. Madras Film Diary 1941

Musing 2206. Cinema Samachar 1939

Musing 2205. Gandhi as Lyricist?

Musing 2204. Timeline of Indian Cinematography

Musing 2203. Pooran Bhagta Tamil Version

Musing 2202. History of Tamil Cinema 1955

Musing 2201. Growing our family Sheo Khetan, Life Story, Part 6

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Here is the timeline:

1969: He is frustrated that he cannot find an encyclopedia of Hindi films or songs, considers compiling one.

1980: He publishes, and privately prints and sells Hindi Film Geet Kosh - Volume III.

1984-1991; He publishes the rest of the volumes, Volume 5 was compiled by Biswanath Chatterjee.

1993: He buys his first PC and immediately thinks of entering the massive data into a database.

1997: Publishes the second revised edition of Volume III by using Corel Ventura Desktop Publishing software.

1999-2017: Makes many efforts to have the massive data entered into a database, failing each time and losing lots of time and money.

2018: Decides to do it himself with help from a guy in San Diego.

2020: Database website launched with sample data.

2021: Censor Certificate Information from 1931 to 2010 made public.

2021: Volume III film and song info made public.

Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' and I are happy to report that the song information from Vol IV is available today, filmography was done in 2022.

Please note that the filmography includes not only the usual information included in the Geet Kosh volumes, but also the names of Junior Artists, Background Dancers, and other actors spotted by us by watching the films.

Also, the song information includes not only the usual information included in the Geet Kosh volumes, but also the song picturization information, with the people who are singing the song on-screen and the Leading Stars, Character Artists, Junior Artists, Background Dancers, and other actors spotted by us by watching the films.

The database website is

DATABASE WEBSITE

Happy Birthday, Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'!

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