Details

Published: 01 October 2023

Last Updated: 01 October 2023

When the first edition of the Volume 4 (1961-1970) of the Hindi Film Geet Kosh came out in May 1986, Har Mandir Singh 'Hamraaz' wrote that it was a song-less film. This was based on the information available to him at that time.

Thirty-six years later, when he was preparing the second edition, the film was available and he deleted the remark about it being a song-less film. This is because he found one song in a female voice with chorus:

Banne Re Teree Ankhiyan Suramedaane ...

When he sent the files to me, I also watched the film for picturization information, and found one more song!

So, here is the entry in the picturization book.

Of course, this information will go on the website. Here are the two songs and the title music.

Click to listen and Download, right-click and Save as for downloading.

Listen to sara-akash-1-banne-re-teri.mp3

Listen to sara-akash-2-madbhari.mp3

Listen to sara-akash-title.mp3

Now You Know! 

Details

Published: 07 January 2023

Last Updated: 07 January 2023

The book "Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same name Confusion" by Arunkumar Deshmukh was one of the earliest books I published. At that time the book was made available on Amazon and Pothi.com only. Later I found out how to publish books on Amazon India and Flipkart and I made most of my books available there.

Because of an oversight, I never did the same for Arunkumar's book. This has been corrected. The book is now available at

AMAZON INDIA

FLIPKART

The webpage has been updated and is found here

Forgotten Artists of Early Cinema and The Same Name Confusion with Arunkumar Deshmukh

Now You Know!

Details

Published: 18 February 2023

Last Updated: 24 February 2023

When the reward program was announced in 2001, not many songs or films were there on the internet. Not too many books had been written.

Now there are a ton of Rafi songs available everywhere and hundreds of books listing Hindi film songs have been written.

Therefore the 2001 reward program is ended.

I am announcing a new Rafi Reward Program.

If you believe that you have found an unknown Rafi song, send me its information, i e, film/nonfilm, co-singers, lyricists, music directors, record numbers, as much info as you have. If I find the song listed anywhere in any book, magazine, newspaper, article, thesis, internet website, I will send you the proof that it is a known song, and you get my thanks.

If I cannot find it listed anywhere, then please send me the song in a reasonable quality. I will have it examined by RMIM experts, and, if they agree that Rafi's voice is in the song, you will get my thanks and the reward. I reserve the right to put the song and the whole story on my website and on Facebook.

Rafi from Filmfare 1954.

Now You Know!

New 435