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Published: 07 November 2025

Last Updated: 07 November 2025

Well-known music director, did Veena recital from Madras.

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Published: 17 December 2025

Last Updated: 17 December 2025

Har Mandir Singh Hamraaz and I are happy to announce the completion of updating and editing of volume two, 1941 to 1950. Filmography was already updated. Song picturization information is now finished. The data has been uploaded to the database website.

Sadly, for this decade only 143 films are available to us. The rest of the data was obtained from the booklets. In the end we have picturization for 221 films and 1,606 songs.

Many producers have been careful to preserve their films for example Prabhat, Wadia, New Theatres etc. We thank them from the bottom of our heart.

Was is not for the M and M video of Karachi, Pakistan, we would have not have even 143 films. Out of commercial interest they videotaped the movies from Doordarshan and provided them in the VHS format. You can clearly see their imprint on many of the movies available on Youtube and elsewhere.

It is possible that these movies and many more are available in a better quality elsewhere in India. If so we will be grateful if you can help us find them.

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Published: 23 March 2026

Last Updated: 23 March 2026

Khurshid Anwar was an eminent music director of the Indian Sub-Continent. Some of you may know that I edited a book based on his interviews published in Urdu, in Daily Imroze, Lahore during July - September 1983. The interviews were translated into English and a complete filmography was included.

I am happy to report that Khwaja Khurshid Anwar Trust and Irfan Anwar have allowed me to make the book available for free. I am grateful to them.

Here is a pdf of the book

Khurshid Anwar Book

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PS: The printed books are still available on the usual websites.

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