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It was a common device in old novels that a person participates in a radio program or a newspaper competition in order not to be found. I think it happens in one of Premchand's novels. Here Saigal is hiding his identity

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Published: 18 December 2017

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In spite of all the evidence I am presenting that the silent and early film makers already did lots of stuff, some people may remain non-believers. Well, here are the two opening pages of an actual shooting script for an actual silent film Gul-e-Nakawali (Kohinoor, 1924). The whole script is about 160 hand-written pages.

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Published: 14 May 2019

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with his award, 1955.

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Panjabi Vanjara 1954