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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 83rd book
Film News and Reviews at Madras Theatres (1937-41)
Compiler: M V Surender
Editor: Professor Surjit Singh
When one talks about the year associated with a film, it is usually the censor certification year. This is because that is the only official year related to the film Secondly, the two pioneers in film compilation work, Firoze Rangoonwalla and BV Dharap, decided to use this year. This information is published in the official gazettes. The censor information of Hindi films from 1931 to 2010 is available on the website
http://hamraaz.org/hfgk
The other year, or more commonly date that people often mention is the date of the first release of the film. This date varies from city to city as films having limited number of prints, cannot be released everywhere at once. This was specially so in the early years. The film release information is not published in a unique source and requires much more work. One can find it in the magazine reviews, magazine and newspaper ads, and, sometimes in the trade publications. All these sources are hard to come by.
We were lucky to find issues of the Madras edition of the Indian Express online. One of us (MVS) clipped images from the online source and they were published here
http://hindi-films-songs.com/books/IndianExpress-FilmNewsArchive2.html
Here one can follow the life of many famous Indian films in various theatres. One can read the news about the films and their stars and also reviews written at that time. We found this window into the mindset of the film-going people of that bygone era to be enjoyable to work with and fascinating.
We hope that our readers will also enjoy this nostalgia-inspiring work.
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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 94th book
Radio Transcripts Volume – 3
(Vividh Bharati: Aaj Ke Fankaar-II & Special Bhoole Bisre Geet)
by Sujoy Chatterjee
When N Ramaswamy recently mentioned that Sujoy Chatterjee has transcribed about 1,000 radio and TV programs from various sources, the first thought that came to my mind was that this a gold mine! It must be published. Luckily, Sujoy agreed. This is the third of a series.
From his preface:
Listening to radio has been the author's favourite pastime since childhood. From early 21st century, with the arrival of the personal computer and the traditional mobile phone, he took his hobby to the next level, that is, he started making transcripts of radio and television programmes that were somehow related to film music. The transcribed information mostly comprises of biographies and interviews of artists, transcripts of programmes presented by them, and record of trivia and interesting incidents related to the making of film songs, and other additional details.
Over the years, the number of transcripts crossed the thousandth mark. The information base thus created is massive. This book is the first Volume of the Series entitled ‘Radio Transcripts’ that includes transcripts of programmes broadcast over Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) on special occasions and those broadcast or telecast over few other radio and television channels.
If you are looking for some never-heard-before and at the same time reliable information about film-related Radio Programmes, you will enjoy the series.
Pages 334, 6 in by 9 in, transcripts in Roman script and Hindi/Urdu language.
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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 85th book
Hindi Films: The Stars Of 1938-40 Films: Part 4
Sheo Khetan
Sheo Khetan was born in Sitamarhi, Bihar in 1949. He did his BTech from IIT Kanpur. in 1970. He came to Stony Brook, NY in September 1970 and finished MS in Mechanical Engineering. He then did an MBA in finance and continued working in the Semiconductor industry for next 32 years. In 2005, he turned to his original love, old Hindi movies. He writes books on Hindi films.
In this book the author discusses the Early Talkie Era of Indian cinema (1938-1940). He introduces us to dozens of long-forgotten stars, their basic information, their life and their films. It is fully illustrated with hundreds of pictures from books, magazines and films. This is Part 4 in the series.
Paperback 6 by 9 in, English, 172 pages.
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