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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA is happy to announce their 168th book
Hindi Talkie Filmography (1941-1950)
Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
and
Prof Surjit Singh
This book is a sister project, part of the much larger project undertaken by the two of us, with the help of many volunteers. Full details of the project can be seen on the main website
http://hamraaz.org/hfgk/index.php
The project is an outgrowth of the massive Hindi Film Geet Kosh (1980-) series of books compiled by the first author. The website is planned to contain all the data in the Geet Kosh, suitably expanded and revised by including the latest information.
The whole history of the Geet Kosh may be read in the My Story section of the above-mentioned website. Suffice it to say that after the pioneering work of Firoze Rangoonwalla and BV Dharap, Geet Kosh was a unique and original compilation work expanding the earlier work in many directions.
The database on the website is divided into three section for convenience. The Censor Certificate section has the information about the censored films. The Filmography section has the information about film production and other details. The Song section has detailed information about the songs.
It is a work in progress.
This book is based on the Filmography Section of Hindi Talkies Feature Films from 1941 to 1950.
Paperback, 6 by 9, 247 pages
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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA announces their 183rd book
Ajit Sidhu
and
Professor Surjit Singh
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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)
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.
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professor toofaanii publishers, East Lansing, MI USA announces their 172nd book
Hindi Song Picturizations (1941-1950) by
Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz'
Prof Surjit Singh
Sadly, only 143 movies are available to watch for this decade and we have provided song picturization info for the main actors and also others present from these movies by watching them carefully.
Happily, 'Hamraaz' had collected thousands of film booklets and many of them have song picturization information. That has provided additional information.
US Letter Size, Hindi Paperback, 153 pages.
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