Since 1999
My friends
People who have helped me one way or the other
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Mr. Arunkumar Deshmukh
A Very Knowledgeable Researcher of Hindi and other Films
I saw his name here and there around 2012 on RMIM, and later on memsaabstory blog and other places. He asked interesting questions and many times answered others' questions. His answers always showed the depth of his knowledge and study. He did not merely state the answer, but often went through a list of commonly accepted ones, detailing problems with them and then, finally, expressing his opinion with authority.
I found him most commonly on Atul's Song a Day blog and we became Facebook friends. He is very well read on the subject of Hindi and Marathi (I am sure a few more!) films and film people. I treat him as an authority on what he writes.
He was born in 1940. He got his Bachelor's in Agriculture, joined Glaxo in 1964 and retired as General Manager (Marketing) in 1998. He did consultancy until 2007 and is currently director in two Pharma companies.
He has been watching films since the early 50s, including the ones from the 30s and 40s. Evey body of his age did that, presumably. What he did different was to write detailed notes about every film he saw in notebooks. Their number has swelled to more than 100!.
The information in his notebooks combined with extensive reading of books he has collected and studying of others' articles has helped him write more that 800 reviews of films and more than 1000 articles on the subject. Links to some of these are provided below.
On his retirement day in 1998
Recent photo
An informal meet of some Regulars on atulsongaday.me
From left back row-
Dr Jagdish Bhatt (US), Bharat Upadhyaya (Mumbai), Bakshish Singh (Delhi), Arunkumar Deshmukh
Sudhir kapoor(Delhi), Sadanand Kamath (Mumbai) and Mrs. Khyati Bhatt (US)
He lost his wife in 2014. He has two daughters, both married and 4 grandchildren, from whom he learned how to use computers.
Links to some articles by Arunkumar Deshmukh
1. More than 450 articles on atulsongaday.me
http://atulsongaday.me/category/guest-posts/post-by-arunkumar-deshmukh/
2.Article on the Interview of daughter of Actor Parshuram, on memsaabstory.com
http://memsaabstory.com/2013/01/23/guest-post-parshuram-a-forgotten-gem/
3. Article on the interview of son of comedian Bhudo Advani, on memsaabstory.com
http://memsaabstory.com/2011/12/08/guest-post-bhudo-advani/
4. Article, in 3 parts, on "Same name Confusion" on www.anmol fankaar.com
http://www.anmolfankaar.com/features/blog/317-same-name-confusions-part-1.html
5. 3 articles on 'Multiple version songs' Marathi to Hindi, Telugu to Hindi and Kannada to Hindi
http://www.songsofyore.com/multiple-version-songs-4-hindi-and-marathi/
Many other articles on harveypam.blogspot, Geeta Dutt.com, Sangeet ke sitare etc
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Shri Narsingh Agnish
A Fellow Panjabi, Generous Friend and a Music Lover
Almost four years ago to date (September 20, 2004, in fact), I received an email from Narsingh Agnish about buying Geet Kosh volumes. He got them and enjoyed them thoroughly. Also, he found out that one of his favorite songs was from the movie Begunah. When he inquired about getting the song, I introduced him to late Satish Kalra and the rest of the RMIM gang!
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FROM THE CULTURALLY RICH CITY OF PESHAWAR
ALLAH DAD KHAN
(We are from Allah and to him we shall return)
Janeywaley tujhe hum yaad kiye jayen ge
By Late Late Aman Durrani
From the very childhood Allahdad Khan had enjoyed listening gramophone records on a machine brought by his father from Bombay to Peshawar in the year 1935. He has, since long reserved 
a portion of his house for the preservation and display of his treasure of gramophone records. He has made Herculean efforts for his very comprehensive collection. The process was between the BEE and the FLOWERS. Above all he is a very generous person. He shares "this honey" with all those who desire or deserve the treatment. This includes doctors and surgeons... Dr. Amjad Hussain from America, Dr. Siraj from Canada, Dr. Zahoor Ahmad Awan and Dr. Ahmad Jamal, nephew of Gul Hamid. Mr. Allahad has a comprehensive album of Gul Hamid, the most charming film hero of thirtees. Mr. Allahdad is always available for entertaining friends and guests and his sons help him in this aspect. The main custodian of the valuable asset is Qaiser Khan, his son. You find here an edge over the traditional hospitality of this province. People come in groups every evening or week ends and for the whole day on holidays. In such a gathering of dedicated people every one feels relaxed and refreshed.
Mr. Abdul Aziz a businessman with great affinity to Bengal Music and Mr. Sadullah Jan, Mr. Tariq Latif, Mr. Babar and Mr. Majid Kanwar from Islamabad lovers of Geeta Roy songs are casual visitors. I (a retired engineer) am a regular visitor. All of them have their own selective collection also.
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