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Details: Published: 02 August 2025; Last Updated: 02 August 2025

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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 154th book,

Films and Shows in Bombay - 1934

Ajit Sidhu
and
Professor Surjit Singh

What is the year of the film? This question is often asked but it may surprise you to know that it has many answers. The most definite answer is the year mentioned on the censor certificate. This used to be hard to find. However, now the year and the whole censor information of Hindi films from 1931 to 2010 is available on the website

http://hamraaz.org/hfgk

There is no official publication for the release information. Also, this information changes from city to city as films having limited number of prints, cannot be released everywhere at once. Finding this information 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.
Recently, SS and two of his co-workers published a book on the films running in the Madras theatres based on the Indian Express Newspaper (Madras Edition),

Films Showing in Madras Theatres (1941-1947), by MV Surender, N Ramaswamy and Prof Surjit Singh (2021)

In the book at hand, we present information about the stage shows, silents and talkies running in Bombay in 1934. We plan to cover the years 1931-1950 at least, another volunteer is working on 1941-1950. This information is based on the Bombay Chronicle newspaper available on the Internet Archive website.
It is fascinating to follow the life of many films, some run for a long time, some only a few weeks, some move to other theatres. We found this information to be enjoyable to work with and fascinating.
We hope that our readers will also enjoy this nostalgia-inspiring work.

Paperback 6 by 9, Black and White, 344 pages, color cover.

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First few pages may be read here

Details: Published: 23 June 2025; Last Updated: 23 June 2025

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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA announces their 149th book

Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion Book 4

Arunkumar Deshmukh

Tens of thousands of artists have contributed to Hindi cinema since 1931. Barring a few famous ones, other are long forgotten and are destined for obscurity. By sheer determination the author has obtained information on many such artists.
There are scores of others with similar names. Their biographies and filmographies are often mixed up even in well-known books and popular websites. By deep research the author has distinguished between a lot of such cases. This is his fourth book on these topics. Another new chapter about some unknown facts about Hindi cinema has also been added.

Paperback, 6 by 9 in, 227 pages.

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As usual, first few pages may be read here

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Details: Published: 24 June 2025; Last Updated: 24 June 2025

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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA announces their 150th book

Films Shown in Bombay - 1942

N Ramaswamy
Professor Surjit Singh

At present two people (Ajit Sidhu and N Ramaswamy) are involved in cataloging the RELEASE information of films in Bombay in the 30s and 40s. This is not the Certification date, which is available on the Database Website and in two books, and, of course, in the Hindi Film Geet Kosh volumes.

The release information, ie film, date and place of first release is very important. This book has the information about films released in 1942, charting their course throughout the year. .

Paperback, US Letter, 134 pages.

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First few pages may be seen here