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First time credited in Mother India (1957) along with his predecessor W Seys. Then first time as Color Consultant in Zimbo (1958).
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I was too young to be taken to the movies when Nagin (1954) came out. I bought the song booklet with my pocket money, memorized all the songs and sang along whenever the songs were played, during festivals, marriages, in the paan shops of Moti Bazar in Malerkotla.
I saw it in 1967-68 in Chandigarh at a Matinee show. Of course, I enjoyed it thoroughly. One scene stuck in memory and puzzled me. I S Johar was a theater owner. He had thick eyebrows, fake mustache, fake glasses, walked in a funny sort of bent way with hands on hips and talked very fast.
The mystery was solved a few years later when I saw my first Marx Brothers film, Duck Soup, in Pittsburgh.
I S Johar was doing an impression of Groucho Marx!
See a clip here
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In Musing 865, I pointed out how the film name shown in the Censor Certificate in the beginning of the film could be different from the name shown in the Titles. I gave the example of Saahib Beebee Aur Ghulaam. Sunny Agarwal has found two more! Thank you Sunny!
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