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Published: 26 August 2018

Last Updated: 26 August 2018

Here are some more pictures from Sholay

Sanjeev Kumar and Jairaj

Julian on left

Sharad Kumar on the left

And, finally, the error in the titles saying that Amjad is introduced. Wrong! As a child, he had already acted in at least 4 films, Nazneen (51), Char Paise (55), Ab Dilli Door Naheen (57) and Maya (61). As agrown up he was in Hindustan Ki Qasam (1973).

Hindustan Ki Qasam (1973)

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Rafi 80 

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Published: 17 January 2018

Last Updated: 08 August 2023

The tune here is decidedly Western, but the words are so fascinating that they were used again with a very similar tune. I will let you guess where.

Listen to 1939_Hero-No-1_leujee-memasaab-hamaaraa-pistaa.mp3

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RMIM WestCoast 2017 06

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Published: 25 August 2017

Last Updated: 03 November 2017

A Very Hard Worker, True to His Word

N S Vishwanath, a fellow RMIMer came to see me and I gave him copies of all my Hindi films on a hard disk. He gave them to one of hiss friends Sheo Khetan. One fine day, Sheo informed me that he has copies of all my movies and he would like to do a project based on them. I ignored his request becuase my projects are very labor-intensive. He did not give up, so I requested him to capture photos of all the named actors, and the ones that had a speaking part and even animals. Our hope is to publish a massive album of all the actors who ever worked in Hindi films, to 1960 at least for now.

He started doing it and has finished about 30 films. Here is a sample of his work. Enjoy!

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