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professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 14th book:
Unsung Junior Artists of Hindi Cinema Vol 1 (Who Debuted Before 1961)
by Upendra Samaranayake and Prof Surjit Singh
This is the first ever book on Junior Artists (previously called Extras) in Hindi cinema. These people are NOT lead players, supporting or character artists. These artists are supposed to remain inconspicuous, do not have a spoken part, never get a closeup, and, are akin to other props on the set such as sofas, stuffed tigers and wall clocks!
A lot of these artists are seen as teachers, temple priests, policemen, moneylenders, henchmen, beggars, lawyers, judges, and regular party goers or court attendees, to name a few. They are known by various names: junior artists, atmosphere, background talent, background artists or performers, supernumeraries, supers, walking background, human props, and so on. Of course, they are never mentioned anywhere.
In this book you will find almost 50 of them (who debuted before 1961) named and identified by their roles in hundreds of films. Next time when you watch your favorite film and wonder who is that sitting at a party or in a cabaret, open this book and you will be find enlightenment!
We are happy to acknowledge the superb help from Shishir Krishna Sharma, who contacted two key people in the industry to get letters of appreciation from them, Shri B N Tiwari, President, Federation of Western India Cine Employees, and, Shri Hemanshu Dadbhawala, Vive President, Junior Artists Association.
The book is in English, 6" by 9", 306 pages. The first 20 pages can be read here. As usual, it is available on Amazon and Pothi.
International Edition
In India
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Note: The Sitara in the cast of Devdas (1935) is not the well-known Sitara Devi who acted in films like Roti (1942) and Hulchul (1951), but a different Sitara, sister of Jamuna. We thank Dr J P Guha for this information.
professor toofaanii publishers is happy to announce their 12th book
Hindi Films: Pictures of the Cast (1933-1937)
by Sheo Khetan (it is first non-technical book) and Prof Surjit Singh (it is his 8th book and 6th on Hindi cinema)
How many times have you wanted to know how the actors in old movies looked like? Of course, we are all familiar with the famous ones, Saigal, Ashok Kumar, Lila Chitnis, Madhubala. But how about many others whose names appear in the film cast and filmographies? This book is an attempt put faces to their names. We have taken the first 20 Hindi films whose videos are in our collection and captured pictures of the cast and included more than 300 pictures.
Black and White, paperback, color cover, 117 pages, with Table of Contents and Index.
Buying information
1. Paperback on Pothi India
2. ebook on Pothi India
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Errata
Please make these corrections in your copy, if necessary.
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Page |
Original |
Corrected |
Found By |
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Filmography |
Film Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1959) |
Film: Tere Ghar Ke Samne (1963) |
Murli Dhar Soni, Jaipur |
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Filmography |
Film: Ye Zindagi Kitni Haseen |
Film: Ye Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai |
Murli Dhar Soni, Jaipur |
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Page 16 Azurie |
Azurie in Jugnu (1947) |
Azurie was not in Jugnu (1947) |
Surjit Singh |
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Page 16 Cuckoo |
Banned Cuckoo song in Parwana |
This happened to Azurie not Cuckoo |
Surjit Singh |
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Page 3, Figure |
Edwina is in a crescent |
She is the letter C of Rocky |
Khushboo Verma, City |
| Filmography | Credits in 3 films | 4th has been found. It is not in the film titles but in the film booklet of Teen Devian (1965). The last but one line is Latif M A - Edwina - Joyce - Jainy |
Murli Dhar Soni, Jaipur |
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