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Published: 29 August 2017

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Special Effects

Trick photography was invented soon after photography itself was invented. Phalke was a known trickster. In his Lanka Dahan (1917) Anna Salunke played both Rama and Sita. They did not forget these things when talkies came. In Awara Shahzada (1932) Sahu Modak played a double role. Don't let anyone tell you that special effects were invented much later.

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 Narsingh Collection 679

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Published: 27 September 2017

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In the early early talkies, males had to play female roles also, because the acting had a bad reputation and no respectable female would come forward. When they did, men did not like it. Kamlabai in an interview

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 Listen to Purnima (1965)

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Published: 17 March 2018

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Here are the lyrics of the original version of 'inheen logon ne' recorded by Akhtari Jaan

Miss Akhtari Jaan P 3682 Daadraa

inheen logon ne le leenaa dupaTTaa meraa

na jaano bajajavaa se poochho

jis ne ashrafee gaz deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano rangarajavaa se poochho

jis ne gulaabee rang deenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

na jaano more saiyaaN se poochho

jis ne uDaakai mazaa leenaa dupaTTaa meraa - inheen ...

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