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Published: 02 November 2018

Last Updated: 02 November 2018

 From the introduction to Ghalib by Ali Sardar Jafri. How to pronounce Urdu word? Rather than the original Persian or Arabic, he prefers the spoken version, so chiraaGh not chraaGh.

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Rafi 135

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Published: 02 September 2017

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A famous Mumbaikar, Lt-Col Richard Temple gave six talks on Indian Cinema on the Bombay Radio Station in July 1938. He touched on many aspects. About music in Indian films, he wrote thus:

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Listen to Shadi (1962)

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Published: 24 October 2017

Last Updated: 24 October 2017

If you have listened to very early recordings from 1905 or so by Gauhar Jan and others, you couldn't have missed how they say, My name is Gauhar Jan etc. Looks like it was done in filmi songs (and perhaps in the theater songs) too. Here is the earliest example I could find

  Listen to faulaadee-mukkaa_01_duniyaa-kee-karanee-bharanee-hai.mp3

THe singer clears says the name of the production company, the film name and the name of the character.

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Listen to Tamanna (1969)